Claim, evidence and explanation revision desk

This desk helps you check whether a paragraph has a claim, evidence and an explanation, and whether each part does its own job. It suits students writing short answers in Bahasa Melayu, English or Chinese, and anyone explaining a character’s action with support from the text.

What is this desk for?

Some paragraphs list facts without saying what the facts prove. Others state an opinion and never point to anything in the passage.

The desk makes the three roles visible. You tag each sentence yourself, give a short reason, and the page shows a labelled map of your paragraph. The labels are written words, so the map still works if you cannot tell colours apart.

How do I use it?

1. Read the task and the short passage. Both are original and fictional.
2. Write or paste one paragraph, or load an example draft.
3. Choose a role for each sentence from the list: Claim, Evidence or Explanation.
4. Write one short reason for each tag.
5. Answer the three self-review questions honestly.
6. Read the checklist, revise your paragraph, and save the draft as Version A to compare it with the next version.

How does it work?

The desk checks only what a computer can check honestly. It looks for a role with no sentence tagged, more than one claim, evidence without an explanation, and a number in an evidence sentence that does not appear in the passage.

It cannot tell whether a sentence really proves your claim. That judgement stays with you, which is why every tag asks for a reason and every role comes with a question to ask yourself.

The same sentence can be tagged differently by two readers. A sentence like “The school should start later” can be a claim in one paragraph and a link back to the task in another, so the reason you give matters more than the label.

A worked example

This example is original. The passage says a fictional school started lessons later for four weeks, and late arrivals fell from 18 a week to 7 a week.

A student writes: “The school should start later. It would be better for everyone.” The student tags the first sentence as the claim and leaves the second untagged.

The desk reports that evidence is not yet selected and explanation is not yet selected. It does not mark the paragraph down. The student then adds a sentence quoting the fall in late arrivals, tags it as evidence, and adds a sentence saying why fewer rushed mornings could lead to that fall.

What are the limits?

The desk does not check facts, grammar, language quality or whether your reasoning is sound. It works with one bundled task, so it is practice for the habit and not a full exam simulation.

It supports language and case-explanation writing inside the subjects you already study. It is not a separate literature course, and it gives no grade or predicted mark.

Where does this habit show up?

The claim, evidence and explanation pattern runs through checking that every paragraph answers the question and writing a conclusion that follows the argument. It also supports explaining character actions using textual evidence and building a character, event and evidence table.

For a second check on your structure, try the structured-answer self-review. If you want a teacher to go through a paragraph with you, see Bahasa Melayu tuition and the one-hour trial class (from RM50).