A sixth-grade science report must make a claim the class can test with its own measurements. Which claim can the report actually test?

Which claim could a science team settle by taking measurements in the school hallway?

A student researching a town's 1890 mill has the mill's payroll ledgers and the local newspaper from those years. Which claim could those sources settle?

A report claims, "Water in the covered jar evaporated more slowly than water in the open jar." Which sentence is relevant evidence from the group's data?

A history paper claims, "Riverton flooded badly in the spring of 1927." Which evidence is a primary source for that claim?

A science argument says the school should switch to reusable trays. Which sentence acknowledges the opposing claim without giving up the argument?

A history essay argues that the canal helped the town. Which sentence acknowledges the opposing view without conceding the argument?

A lab write-up must let another class repeat the test. Which sentence describes the heating step precisely enough to repeat?

Which write-up gives the order and the amounts another group would need to repeat the mixing step?

A technical write-up says, "Measure the spring's stretch." Which revision names the tool and the unit precisely enough to repeat?

Draft step: "Pour the salt into the beaker of water and stir until it dissolves." What must the writer add so another group can repeat this step exactly?

A write-up reads: "1. Record the starting mass. 2. Add the tablet. 3. Record the final mass." Which revision makes step 1 repeatable?

Which sentence keeps the objective, formal register that a lab report requires?

Which sentence keeps the formal register that a history write-up requires?

A student is explaining how a water-treatment plant works. Which opening sentence sets up an explanation organized by sequence?

A history write-up moves from the drought of 1932 to the town's response in 1934. Which sentence states that time relationship accurately?

A science write-up reads, "The stuff that dissolved spread through the water." Which revision uses precise domain vocabulary?

A report written for fourth graders uses the term "sediment." Which sentence introduces that term the way the write-up should for this audience?

A history write-up draws on two sources: a diary a farmer kept during the 1932 drought, and a 2018 textbook chapter about that drought. The diary is the primary source of the two.

A report claims, "Reusable trays cost the district $4,200 less over ten years." A classmate claims, "Reusable trays are the better choice for our school." How do the two claims differ?