cite textual evidence

What is textual evidence?

• Your 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.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

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 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

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

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

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.

Tags

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.

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.

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.