CER Deer in Colorado

1. Claim: 1-2 sentences. Your claim should be short and to the point. Make your claim wisely because you will be supporting it with evidence later. What do you think caused the change in the number of male deer, female deer and fawns in Colorado in the years of 2005-2013?

SS: "The reason why..."

Evidence: PARAGRAPHS 1-2. Your evidence supports your claim of why think the number of deer changed in Colorado. It should be in 1-2 paragraphs. Your evidence should have numbers from the figures we used in slides 8-12. The green highlights will help.

Sentence Starters:

"According to figure __..."

Reasoning: Paragraph 1-2: Your reasoning should connect the evidence to the claim. Why or how does your evidence make sense. Explain the evidence and why it supports your claim. Give examples if you need to, in order for the reader to believe you. I suggest you use the pink highlighted sections from slides 9-12 to help you.

Word Bank: connected causes effects deaths relsults increase decrease year Sagebrush Cheatgrass predators pattern rainfall amount number of deer going down going up percentage elk deer fawn native species introduced species Figure _