RI.11.1

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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TEKS.ELA.CR.4F

TEKS.ELA.E1.4F

TEKS.ELA.E1.5C

TEKS.ELA.E2.5C E3.5C

TEKS.ELA.RI.5C

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.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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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TEKS.ELA.E1.4F

TEKS.ELA.E2.4C

TEKS.ELA.E2.4F

TEKS.ELA.E3.4F. E4.4F

TEKS.ELA.E4.4C

What are the steps to citing evidence?

• State your idea, explain your reasons, and summarize
• Explain your reasons and cite evidence
• State your idea, cite evidence, and explain 
• Cite evidence and explain the evidence

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TEKS.ELA.CR.4F

TEKS.ELA.E1.4F

TEKS.ELA.E1.5C

TEKS.ELA.E2.5C E3.5C

TEKS.ELA.RI.5C

What does analyze mean?

•  break down to reveal
• to correct

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TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

TEKS.ELA.E3.6

TEKS.ELA.E4.6

Claim or Evidence:
Dogs make better pets than cats.

• Claim
• Evidence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Claim or Evidence:
You will produce enough saliva in your life time to fill up two swimming pools.

• Claim
• Evidence

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

Counterclaim is: 

• making someone care
• the other side of the argument

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.1C