This analysis activity for author's claim, use of evidence, and counterclaim will help students understand this challenging reading skill. This ready-to-go author's claim printable with guided notes, 2 passages, and a graphic organizers is the perfect author's claim lesson. Students can use this graphic organizer to practice identifying the author's claim or an author's argument, the evidence used to support the claim/argument, and the counterclaim. The author's claim graphic organizers can b