Evidence Too
What's a claim without evidence to support it? Just your opinion.
Goal:
Goal:
As you may remember from earlier lessons or assignments, a claim is only as good as the evidence that supports it. You should have plenty of examples to use as evidence in your Comparing Myths worksheet. Now, you just need to write some sentences that sum up what your examples show. Your reason statements should look a little like these:
In both cultures' myths, animals came from the same ancestors as people. Therefore, they also have spirits inside them--just as people do.
In a way, the Iroquois myth about the origin of people is the opposite of what Aborigines say in their myths. One culture has people falling from the sky while the other has people coming up from under the ground.
Give Your Evidence: Look at the details you wrote on your Comparing Myths worksheet, and think about how you can sum them up in a few reason statements that would support your claim. Then write your reason statements on your notebook paper or add them to your word processing document. Be sure to leave lots of room after each reason statement to add examples.