Evidence Caption
Choose the figure, table or image and the claim the caption must support.
Worked classroom example
English
“Plant height after seven days under two light conditions: the brighter-light plant grew 5 cm and the comparison plant grew 2 cm.” Keep the units and conditions; explain causation elsewhere if justified.
Use this example to make the language move visible. Select subject content appropriate to the class’s age and prior knowledge.
Teaching sequence
- Choose the figure, table or image and the claim the caption must support.
- Write a caption naming what is shown, the relevant conditions and one precise evidence detail.
- Check that the caption helps the reader interpret the evidence without overstating the conclusion.
Materials and purpose
a graph or image
A visible model and one manageable writing move help learners communicate their subject thinking with increasing independence.
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Prepare
Use a graph or image. Choose a second example that checks the same language move without repeating the original answer.
Classroom task
Choose the figure, table or image and the claim the caption must support.
Check independent transfer
Check that the caption helps the reader interpret the evidence without overstating the conclusion.
Collect a response on fresh content. Note what was achieved without the model, partner or teacher prompt, then choose one next teaching step.
Teacher language
Teacher language
Can the reader identify the evidence and conditions from your caption?
“What does your reader need to understand at this point?”
“Which revision makes the relationship between your ideas clearer?”
Respond to the learner
Identify one successful meaning or language choice. Ask about one gap, allow thinking time, then invite a revision. Check the revised move again on a fresh example.
Adjust support and challenge
Offer a brief model, useful vocabulary and partner rehearsal where needed. Keep the subject goal; reduce one prompt on fresh content and record what was independent.
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More support
Use oral rehearsal, a brief model and a limited sentence frame. Remove one support for the fresh writing task. Allow familiar-language notes or another response mode when checking subject understanding.
Greater independence
Change the content, evidence or audience. Remove the completed model and ask learners to explain a choice. Increase subject complexity only when it fits the curriculum and prior knowledge.
Choose the next step
If subject meaning is insecure, reteach the concept. If the concept is understood but the English is unclear, model one useful language relationship and invite a fresh response.