You Teach Project

Citing Evidence & Making Inferences

​By: Brandon G and Patrick F

ELAGSE8RL1

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

The R in RACE stands for restate. This means to restate the question into an opening sentence. The R is often combined with the A in the same sentence.

​​Restate

​The A in RACE stands for answer. This means to answer ALL parts of the question in your own words.

​​Answer

​C stands for Cite. This part is where you cite evidence from the passage to support your answer. You should cite at least twice in the 8th grade.

​​Cite

​E is for Explain. In this last part, you will explain why the evidence supports your answer.

Explain

Cite

How do we Cite Our Evidence?

After finding evidence in a text, you can then cite it. There are two ways to cite: explicitly and paraphrased. When you cite explicitly, you need to use quotation marks and write the evidence word for word. On the other hand, when we paraphrase, you don't have to use quotation marks, but you cannot write the information word for word.

Cite

The Purpose?

The reason why citing textual evidence is so important is that it supports our answer and claims using facts instead of baseless opinions. This can prove whether our claim is truthful and accurate.

According to the text, Patrick is very smart because he got all A's and he skipped the 8th grade.

​Citation

Patrick is very smart. He is so smart that he gets all A's and he skipped 8th grade and went straight to high school.

In the Text

Lets try an Example

​Inferences

An inference is an educated guess based on textual evidence and background knowledge. Basically, by taking what we already know and using information found in the text we can make an inference. Inferences are never directly stated.

For Example:
If someone is crying, I can infer that they are sad.
If someone is running around carrying a leash, I can infer that they lost their dog.

Multiple Choice

What does RACE stand for?

• Restate, Answer, Context, Evidence

• Restate, Argument, Cite, Explain

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

• Restart, Answer, Conclusion, Ending

Multiple Choice

What is the formula for making inferences?

• Text Evidence + Background Knowledge

• Evidence + What you already know

• Background Info + Your Opinion

• Research + Text Evidence

Multiple Select

What is the Purpose for Citing?

• Can prove that our answer is factual.

• Supports our answer.

• Supports our explanation.

• All of the Above

Poll

How Much do you Understand Citing Evidence and Making Inferences?

• I understand!!

• I understand but still need more work.

• I don't understand.

• I don't care