MEAL Paragraph

Evidence should...

• Come from the text

• be made up

• not support claims

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

All evidence needs analysis or explanation

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

You can put quotes from the text in evidence with no explanation.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Paragraphs need the following

• Main Idea

• Evidence

• Analysis

• Link

• Introduction of new topics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A topic sentence should be the first sentence of a body paragraph.

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

A concluding sentence summarizes or links your reader back to the main idea of the paragraph.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Where do the details about your topic go?

• In the topic sentence
• In the concluding sentence
• In the body of the paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Good examples/evidence does NOT:

• Restate something people already know

• include facts

• include quotes

• directly relate to the main point

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

A good analysis...

• Is in your own words

• restates the topic sentence

• is repetitive

• Uses phrases like "This quote shows..."

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following is a good example of evidence?

• The narrator is insane because he does crazy things.

• The narrator is insane because he is a killer.

• The narrator says " I did not hate the old man; I even loved him. He had never hurt me."

• The narrator talks about how he did not hate the old man.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1