Respond to Text

Reading Focus: Text Evidence to Support Responses

Text Excerpts from "Click-Clack the Rattlebag" by Neil Gaiman

Learning Target

​SWBAT use text evidence to support their answers and responses. (6C)

How are text evidence and understanding connected?

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​Essential Question

But first...​

How do you feel when someone asks you to prove your answer or idea?​

Now this...​

​What is text evidence?

• Text evidence is a word, phrase or sentence from a text that proves your claim (idea) or answer.

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​In short...

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• ​It is the pieces of text that make your answer believable.

How can I cite the text?

1. ​You can use words straight from the story/article called direct quotes.

2. ​You can paraphrase what was said in the text by using your own words to describe or explain what the author wrote.

Let's study an example using our text...​

Poll

Which evidence from the text best shows why the boy wants the narrator to take him to bed?

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• A. "...and I am a bit scared. Not very scared. Just a bit."

• B. "Yes, actually, I think you do."

• C. "...will you tell me a story?"

• D. "...I've finished my homework..."

Sometimes, we have to actually write out our answers...

​This is the acronym we use to remember how to answer these types of questions.

​Here's an example using our text:

​Why did the boy want the narrator to take him to bed?

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1. I have to Restate the question.

2. I have to Answer the question.

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​We can do this in one sentence!!

​The boy wanted the narrator to take him to bed because he was slightly scared.

​Here's an example using our text:

​Why did the boy want the narrator to take him to bed?

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3. I have to Cite my text evidence using direct quotes or paraphrases.

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​The author uses the boy's speech to show that he is scared in paragraph 3 of the story, "...and I am a bit scared. Not very scared. Just a bit." The boy then explains that he is scared because it is a large old house with lights that don't always work right which makes the house dark.

​Here's an example using our text:

​Why did the boy want the narrator to take him to bed?

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4. I have to Explain why my answer is right.

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Therefore, he wants the narrator to take him to bed so that he feels safer on the way.

All together now...

​Why did the boy want the narrator to take him to bed?

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​The boy wanted the narrator to take him to bed because he was slightly scared. The author uses the boy's speech to show that he is scared in paragraph 3 of the story, "...and I am a bit scared. Not very scared. Just a bit." The boy then explains that he is scared because it is a large old house with lights that don't always work right which makes the house dark. Therefore, he wants the narrator to take him to bed so that he feels safer on the way.

Now you try...​

You may work with a partner!​

Open Ended

What do you think happened to the narrator at the end of the story? Explain your answer with support from the text.

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