Citing Textual Evidence

What is evidence?

➜ Evidence is made up of

facts, statements, or
physical signs that prove
something or support a
conclusion.

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Identify textual evidence:

What makes
other
statements
weak? Why?

What kinds
of textual
evidence are
used in
strong
statements?

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Find directly stated evidence:

Quotation

The exact
words used
by a writer.
In quotes.
“________.”

Paraphrase

A restatement
of all the ideas
in a text using
different words;
should be
about the same
length as the
original text.

Summary

A brief
retelling of
the text’s
main ideas
using
different
words.

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Open Ended

It was a beautiful summer morning as Mr. Robinson woke up, put on his highly-fashionable outfit, and walked out the front door. Then, disaster struck! Buzzing and plotting outside of his front door was none other than his worst enemy...a wasp. "No." Mr. Robinson whimpered. His bottom lip shook up in down in sheer terror. Then, that fear turned to anger. His face turned red and his eyes flashed with violence. "Not...today..." He said, before going back to his bedroom and preparing his materials. Mr. Robinson put on three winter coats as protection from the wasp's deadly stings. He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes. He put on blue shoes because...well, there wasn't really a practical reason to wear the blue shoes they just kind of looked nice. He was ready to fight the wasp to THE DEATH! As he went back outside, though, he noticed...his enemy had already flown away...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What text evidence tells you it was warm outside?~~~

Open Ended

It was a beautiful summer morning as Mr. Robinson woke up, put on his highly-fashionable outfit, and walked out the front door. Then, disaster struck! Buzzing and plotting outside of his front door was none other than his worst enemy...a wasp. "No." Mr. Robinson whimpered. His bottom lip shook up in down in sheer terror. Then, that fear turned to anger. His face turned red and his eyes flashed with violence. "Not...today..." He said, before going back to his bedroom and preparing his materials. Mr. Robinson put on three winter coats as protection from the wasp's deadly stings. He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes. He put on blue shoes because...well, there wasn't really a practical reason to wear the blue shoes they just kind of looked nice. He was ready to fight the wasp to THE DEATH! As he went back outside, though, he noticed...his enemy had already flown away...

~~~What text evidence tells you Mr. Robinson was prepared to fight?~~~

Open Ended

It was a beautiful summer morning as Mr. Robinson woke up, put on his highly-fashionable outfit, and walked out the front door. Then, disaster struck! Buzzing and plotting outside of his front door was none other than his worst enemy...a wasp. "No." Mr. Robinson whimpered. His bottom lip shook up in down in sheer terror. Then, that fear turned to anger. His face turned red and his eyes flashed with violence. "Not...today..." He said, before going back to his bedroom and preparing his materials. Mr. Robinson put on three winter coats as protection from the wasp's deadly stings. He put on sunglasses to protect his eyes. He put on blue shoes because...well, there wasn't really a practical reason to wear the blue shoes they just kind of looked nice. He was ready to fight the wasp to THE DEATH! As he went back outside, though, he noticed...his enemy had already flown away...

~~~What text evidence tells you Mr. Robinson hates wasps?~~~

Open Ended

The year was 2032. It was about time to choose a new President of The United States of America. The leading candidate in everyone's heart was Mr. Robinson, who ran on policies that every American could support.

First, he wanted to eliminate all bumblebees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets living in America. Mr. Robinson's opponent thought that bees were, ahem, "good for the environment", but Mr. Robinson simply proposed that we make robot bees that pollinate the same as regular bees, but without the stingers! Mr. Robinson smirked confidently, knowing he would win this Presidential Race because of two reasons: 1) He was very super popular, and whenever he checked his cell phone, there were, like, 40 missed calls and 80 text messages...so...he was popular! 2) All of his former students loved him so much they'd all vote for him in a landslide!!

~What evidence tells you that Mr. Robinson thinks he's going to win?~~~

Open Ended

The year was 2032. It was about time to choose a new President of The United States of America. The leading candidate in everyone's heart was Mr. Robinson, who ran on policies that every American could support.

First, he wanted to eliminate all bumblebees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets living in America. Mr. Robinson's opponent thought that bees were, ahem, "good for the environment", but Mr. Robinson simply proposed that we make robot bees that pollinate the same as regular bees, but without the stingers! Mr. Robinson smirked confidently, knowing he would win this Presidential Race because of two reasons: 1) He was very super popular, and whenever he checked his cell phone, there were, like, 40 missed calls and 80 text messages...so...he was popular! 2) All of his former students loved him so much they'd all vote for him in a landslide!!

~What evidence tells you that not everyone agrees with Mr. R?~~~

Open Ended

The year was 2032. It was about time to choose a new President of The United States of America. The leading candidate in everyone's heart was Mr. Robinson, who ran on policies that every American could support.

First, he wanted to eliminate all bumblebees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets living in America. Mr. Robinson's opponent thought that bees were, ahem, "good for the environment", but Mr. Robinson simply proposed that we make robot bees that pollinate the same as regular bees, but without the stingers! Mr. Robinson smirked confidently, knowing he would win this Presidential Race because of two reasons: 1) He was very super popular, and whenever he checked his cell phone, there were, like, 40 missed calls and 80 text messages...so...he was popular! 2) All of his former students loved him so much they'd all vote for him in a landslide!!

~What evidence tells you that it's fall time in the USA?~~~

Open Ended

Snow crystals floated softly from the sky as Mr. Robinson graded his students' essays and listened to "lo-fi hip hop (beats to study and relax to)" on YouTube. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw all the teachers of GCMS gathered at his door, waiting to surprise him!! "Surprise!" they all yelled. Mrs. Meyer was in the center, holding a golden trophy. Mr. Martin held balloons in Mr. Robinson's favorite color. Ms. Wynne was doing a festive breakdance to celebrate. Ms. Malott drew her favorite math equation on the white board to show her joy. Mr. O'Sullivan handed everyone in attendance a piece of cake he'd baked the night before. "What's the occasion?" Mr. Robinson asked everyone, tears of happiness running down his bearded cheeks."The 'most fashionable teacher' award! Congrats!" They cheered.

~~~What text evidence shows that it's winter time?~~~

Open Ended

Snow crystals floated softly from the sky as Mr. Robinson graded his students' essays and listened to "lo-fi hip hop (beats to study and relax to)" on YouTube. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw all the teachers of GCMS gathered at his door, waiting to surprise him!! "Surprise!" they all yelled. Mrs. Meyer was in the center, holding a golden trophy. Mr. Martin held balloons in Mr. Robinson's favorite color. Ms. Wynne was doing a festive breakdance to celebrate. Ms. Malott drew her favorite math equation on the white board to show her joy. Mr. O'Sullivan handed everyone in attendance a piece of cake he'd baked the night before. "What's the occasion?" Mr. Robinson asked everyone, tears of happiness running down his bearded cheeks."The 'most fashionable teacher' award! Congrats!" They cheered.

What text evidence shows that Ms. Wynne is happy?

Open Ended

Snow crystals floated softly from the sky as Mr. Robinson graded his students' essays and listened to "lo-fi hip hop (beats to study and relax to)" on YouTube. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw all the teachers of GCMS gathered at his door, waiting to surprise him!! "Surprise!" they all yelled. Mrs. Meyer was in the center, holding a golden trophy. Mr. Martin held balloons in Mr. Robinson's favorite color. Ms. Wynne was doing a festive breakdance to celebrate. Ms. Malott drew her favorite math equation on the white board to show her joy. Mr. O'Sullivan handed everyone in attendance a piece of cake he'd baked the night before. "What's the occasion?" Mr. Robinson asked everyone, tears of happiness running down his bearded cheeks."The 'most fashionable teacher' award! Congrats!" They cheered.

What text evidence shows that this is an important event at GCMS?