Using+CER++When+Writing+a+Blog+Post

Using CER when writing a blog post:[[image:smart_guy_using_a_computer.jpg width="210" height="172" align="right"]]
CER as you know stands for Claim, Evidence and Reasons. As you write your blog posts you must include all three of these factors in your writing. Know that you may go back and forth between evidence and reason and that your claim should clearly state your opinion.

Claim - this is the answer you are giving to a discussion question.

Evidence - this is the evidence you have found within the text to support your claim

Reason - this is WHY you believe as you do.

Sample Discussion Question: Do you think Ooka is a fair judge?

Sample post using CER: Yes, I do think Ooka is a fair judge. I think this because he shows himself to be fair throughout the story. He listens to Yahichi's story and took him seriously even though his claim was small. Ooka also says it "just as dishoest to steal one grain of rice as it is to steal a large sack." This shows that Ooka, like most judges believes it is never right to steal and he judges everyone by the same standard - an important meaning of the word fair. Ooka finds Gonta a job. Ooka understands that if he just arrested Gonta his family would suffer as well as Gonta. Finally Ooka tells Gonta that it is not enough for him to just pay back what he stole, he must pay back 10% interest as well. This shows that Ooka is being fair to Yahichi as well because if Gonta had boorwed the rice as he should have, then he would have had to pay interest to Yahichi.