Finding Text Evidence

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Based on your reading of the text, you can INFER that:

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Sheepdogs are gentle and loyal.

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Joseph and Caitlin were choosing the players for their teams. It was Caitlin's turn to choose, and only Jason was left. Caitlin said, "Jason."

We can infer that…

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Jason was not a very good player.

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What is happening in the following scenario? Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how  Tim was feeling. "It's okay Thor," he said, "Dad says we will like California."

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Tim is moving to California with his family.

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You can tell that shoes before 1800:

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didn't fit very well

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To improve the quality of instruction, students should be able to grade their teachers. Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim? Options: Speaking to a local journalist, one student said, "Student assessments of teachers are necessary for quality instruction to occur. I'm grateful that the administration adopted this much-needed program." Several students surveyed about their teachers' effectiveness said that they questioned the anonymity of the survey and therefore were not completely truthful. In one school, almost all teachers reported that they would change their approach if student feedback indicated that it was not working.

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In one school, almost all teachers reported that they would change their approach if student feedback indicated that it was not working.

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When reading literature, it is important to cite text evidence to support your analysis of the most important details and events of a story. In addition to citing text evidence to answer comprehension questions, you can also use text evidence to make inferences.

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True

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To make an inference, we use evidence from the text, and our prior knowledge.

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True

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In real life, people who can back up an opinion about a text with Textual Evidence are taken more seriously than people who can only give a reason of “just because". True or False?

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True