Citing Textual Evidence 6th Grade

Michael woke up with a startled. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well.

What can you infer about Jacko's mood?

• He’s Grumpy

• He’s Cheerful

• He’s Happy

• He’s Scared

Which piece of evidence could BEST be used to prove this claim:

The government SHOULD decide what students eat for lunch.

• School lunches, on average have only about 550 calories;however, lunches brought from home have about 850 calories.

• The rules make lunches cheap for students, but they cost schools money.

• The GAO report said that students in one district refused to eat school lunches for three weeks.

Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sob. His mother comforted him, "There, there, Max. We'll just find something else to do." She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, "I don't wanna sand-mich!" A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.

What line in the text tell you that Max is upset it is raining?

• Mom sighed

• He says, "I don't wanna sandwich!"

• Dropping his kite from his hand, Max broke out into a full sob

• Thunder struck and rain poured

Explicit means..

• To explain something

• Stated clearly

• To break information into parts

• Something that’s not stated clearly

Words, phrases, or sentences from a text that support an idea is textual evidence.

• True

• False

It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the horizon bright and keen.

She hadn't meant to come down onto the beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the street, till she could walk home from school in peace without strangers staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

What time of day do you think it is and why?

• morning because birds are out at that time

• afternoon because she is coming home from school

• evening because there was no one on the street

• lunch time because she wanted to feed the birds

What does it mean to paraphrase?

• the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

• to put someone else's word in your own words

• to quote

• none of the above

What is plagiarism?

• the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

• putting something in your own words

• quoting

• summarizing

Dogs make better pets than cats.

• Claim

• Evidence

Which states the definition of the main idea?

Click all that apply:

• tells the most important thing about a topic

• what the passage is mostly about

• the BIG idea

• smaller pieces of information