Identifying Evidence Practice

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.

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.

Why do we have textual evidence 

• To prove a claim
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• because your teacher says so
• to express an opinion

Evidence that DOES connect to the claim is _____________ evidence.

• Strong

• Weak

Evidence that DOES NOT connect to the claim is _______________ evidence.

• Strong

• Weak

Select the WEAK evidence for this claim: Dogs are better than cats.

• Dogs are quicker to train in a household.

• Dogs are more lovable than cats.

• Dogs are always happy to see their owners.

• Dogs are clumsy and shed their hair everywhere in the house.

• Dogs are more adventurous than cats.

Select the WEAK evidence for this claim: The driving age should be lowered.

• Lowering the driving age would make teens more responsible.

• Newer, young drivers are twice as likely to cause car accidents than older, experienced drivers.

• Teens have much better eyesight when they are younger, which would help their driving.

• Teens can get jobs at a younger age because their parents won't have to drive them.

Select the STRONG evidence for this claim: Schools should start later in the morning.

• Students would be more awake in class for getting more sleep in the mornings.

• Schools would get out later in the day, which gives students less time to complete homework or after school activities.

Select the WEAK evidence for this claim: School buses should require all students to wear a seat belt.

• In case of an accident, students will stay safe in their seats.

• Students would not be able to exit the bus as quickly in case of a car accident or fire if they had seatbelts on.

Select the STRONG evidence for this claim: Children should be given allowance for doing chores.

• Earning money for chores will help children learn responsibility very early in life.

• Children can become irresponsible by spending all of the money they earn right away.