Order the Evidence
Learners place evidence in a logical order, label each card’s job and write a linking sentence.
Worked classroom example
Science
Order a result, comparison and explanation before writing a conclusion.
Use this example to make the language move visible. Select subject content appropriate to the class’s age and prior knowledge.
Teaching sequence
- Select four pieces of evidence for one question.
- Pairs arrange them and label each as claim, support, example or qualification.
- Learners write a link that explains why the order makes sense.
Materials and purpose
four evidence cards and a writing question
Planning the sequence before drafting helps a reader follow an argument.
Try it in your next lesson
Prepare
Use four evidence cards and a writing question. Choose a second example that checks the same language move without repeating the original answer.
Classroom task
Learners place evidence in a logical order, label each card’s job and write a linking sentence.
Check independent transfer
Learners write a link that explains why the order makes sense.
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
What should your reader understand first?
“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.