Textual Evidence

What is textual evidence?

• You claim.
• Proof from the text to support your answer.
• What the author thinks about a topic.
• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

Ice, Ice, Baby! What does this acronym mean?

• Introduce, Cite, Explain
• Infer, Comment, Example
• Introduce, Cite, Example
• Infer, Cite, Explain

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

• It makes your paragraph longer.
• It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing.
• It shows that you know what you are talking about.
• It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

What city, in the state of Ohio, is home to the first traffic light?

• Columbus
• Dayton
• Cincinnati
• Cleveland

What is an inference?

• Something you have a gut feeling about.
• An educated guess.
• Evidence that supports your claim.
• What the story is mostly about.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

Why would the trip to Mars seem short?

• The rocket would travel 26,000 miles per hour.
• The crewmembers were excited about the trip.
• The trip would only take 6 months.
• The crewmembers would be asleep for much of the trip.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

Which inference is supported by the first paragraph of the text?

• Kathleen might not see her parents again, but she can still communicate with them.
• Kathleen is going on a trip from which she might never return.
• Kathleen wanted to get away from her parents.
• Kathleen's parents were upset because they expected the mission to fail.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the official rock song of the state of Ohio?

• Hang on Sloopy
• Buckeye Battle Cry
• Carmen Ohio
• Ohio

Which sentence from the text best explain why the ship's navigator must be accurate?

• She checked the course that had been set, because even the slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan Cruiser thousands of miles off course.
• Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer. 
• It was a risky mission that nobody would have accepted without believing that it was possible.
• She entered the latest information about local weather, dangerous  oribiting space debris, and solar activity.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

Which piece of evidence supports that Kathleen is brave?

• "Even slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan cruiser thousands of miles off course."
• Kathleen might never see her parents again.
• "Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer."
• Something could go wrong during takeoff. 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A