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Does the evidence support the claim?

Read three original arguments about a bike-rack roof, later library hours and water refill stations. Follow two worked examples, then answer twenty questions about whether claims match their evidence.

This is one argument-and-evidence foundation, with original texts and questions. It gives practice with feedback, and scoring stays with the official test.

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The lessons and practice open from a saved Year 9 argument goal with current learning access.

A claim needs a matching measure

  1. Bike racks · B4–B534 of 45 survey respondents report a rain concern. That cannot prove every student would cycle daily.
  2. Library · L3–L427 students arrived before 3:30 pm. The sign-in sheet does not count later-hour users.
  3. Refill station · R6–R7Three leaks at one tap cannot establish the reliability of every station.
Each number comes from its labelled sentence in an original fictional text. The example checks the reach of a conclusion.

How you learn it

  1. Prepare. Name the claim, sample and measure.
  2. I do. Follow two complete evidence checks.
  3. We do. Try five guided questions with three prompts.
  4. You do. Try five with less support, then ten independently.
  5. Revisit. Return after 3, 7 and 14 days to explain limits and competing views.
Learner and full teaching explanations share the same online questions. Four A4 print editions, student copies and answer copies, use the same texts and answers.

Your route in the Learning Map

This mapped skill and its 31 authored prerequisites form one saved route. Earlier lessons stay open for revision.

View all 32 lessons in the route

Reading and viewing

  1. Knows that print carries a messageKindergarten
  2. Learns and uses everyday and taught wordsKindergarten
  3. Predicts what a text will be about and links it to your lifeKindergarten
  4. Uses words you already know to make sense of a textKindergarten
  5. Uses words to name, describe and sortKindergarten
  6. Finds who, what, when, where and why in a textKindergarten
  7. Knows that texts are made for different reasonsKindergarten
  8. Chooses the right word and plays with wordsKindergarten
  9. Works out how a sentence puts its meaning togetherKindergarten
  10. Retells a text in orderKindergarten
  11. Sees how purpose, audience and setting shape a textYears 1–2
  12. Builds word families and reads words with more than one meaningYears 1–2
  13. Knows how a story is builtKindergarten
  14. Reads complex sentences and tracks what each word refers toYears 1–2
  15. Chooses precise and subject-specific wordsYears 1–2
  16. Talks about what characters are like and why they actKindergarten
  17. Makes simple inferences using clues in the textYears 1–2
  18. Follows narrative patterns and the feelings they createYears 1–2
  19. Explains how word choices shape a text's meaningYears 3–4
  20. Says what you think about a text and whyKindergarten
  21. Pulls information together from across a whole textYears 1–2
  22. Describes how plot, character and setting work togetherYears 3–4
  23. Distinguishes fact from opinion, identifies bias and questions the authorYears 5–6
  24. Retells and summarises what was readYears 1–2
  25. Recognises opinions and arguments in textsYears 1–2
  26. Identifies the main idea and supporting detailsYears 3–4
  27. Tells themes apart from topicsYears 3–4
  28. Sees how perspective and context shape literatureYears 3–4
  29. Recognises argument, authorship and authorityYears 3–4
  30. Judges argument, objectivity and the authority of textsYears 5–6
  31. Analyses how arguments are constructed and evidencedYears 7–8
  32. Evaluates how arguments are constructed and evidenced (the target)Target skill · Years 9–10

What this covers

Year 9 reading descriptions include evaluating evidence, bias and competing perspectives. This foundation teaches one linked NSW Stage 5 argument skill through original persuasive texts.

The official Year 9 Reading assessment has 48 items across three tailored testlets and a 65-minute limit. This untimed route builds one part of that skill base.

Sources: NAPLAN proficiency descriptions, what is in the tests, 2026 assessment framework and NSW Stage 5 English (checked 5 October 2026). EdDots wrote these questions independently.