Claims, Reasons and Evidence Worksheets for 6th to 8th Grade

What your child practices

Claims, Reasons and Evidence is a core 6th to 8th grade language arts skill (Grades 6 to 8 in Canada), and this set gives your child 56 questions over 6 worksheets. Middle school writing is judged on clarity and precision, and practicing Claims, Reasons and Evidence directly helps your child revise their own essays and reports. It opens with a guided Learn and Practice page, moves on to a practice sheet and a review test, then finishes with two quick quizzes and a mixed review. It is aligned to Common Core RI.6.8, which focuses on finding the reasons an author gives to support a point. In Canada it matches the BC curriculum for Grade 6. Answer keys sit on page 2 of each PDF, so checking takes seconds. Before printing, try the Claims, Reasons and Evidence video lesson, then print a sheet while it is fresh.

Tips for parents

• Ask your child to spot the skill in their own recent writing and revise one paragraph.
• Ask your child to explain why an answer is right, not just what it is.
• Turn a mistake into a mini lesson: fix it together and write one new example.