Support your claim!

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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Why is it important to use evidence to support a claim?

Answer explanation

Evidence helps support any observations of ideas that you make from the text. When you have evidence, it makes your claim stronger and easier to accept!

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What parts of this paragraph show evidence that is supporting the claim?

• "if the large seed plants died out in the Galapagos Island, I believe that the finches with large beaks would go extinct"

• "paragraph 2 of the same article goes on to say that finches with small and narrow beaks survive by gathering small seeds of hunting insects. Lastly, the large beaked finches eat large seeds"

• "Therefore, I believe that if the large seed plants died out, the large beaked birds would no longer have a food source..."

Answer explanation

The writer pulls directly from the text to show the reader exactly why they came to that conclusion. If you make an inference about something, you must prove why you think you're right by showing exact parts from the text that will help defend your argument/claim.

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I cannot wait to go to school today! I love getting to school and being able to see my friends and hang out with them. Sometimes being home can be a bit stressful so when I get to go to school I can't wait to learn new things from my awesome teachers and spend quality time with the people who really make me happy.

What can you infer about how the writer feels about school?

• She hates going to school.

• I don't know.

• She loves going to school because she isn't a fan of staying home.

• She doesn't like her home.

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What is an inference?

• Something you have a gut feeling about.
• A conclusion or claim that you make about a text

• Evidence that supports your claim.
• What the story is mostly about.

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a claim must be

• argumentative

• right

• only about a character

• I have no idea

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, so it's easier than having to go to a store and buy it yourself.

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Underline where the writer supports their claim.

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Josie's week is jam-packed. In addition to school, homework, and chores, she has soccer, band practice, ballet lessons, and Girl Scouts. She rarely has time to spend with her friends or watch tv.

which word best describes Josie?

• Happy

• Nervous

• Busy

• Young

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How confident do you feel using evidence to support your claim about a story?

• Not confident at all.

• Somewhat

• what's evidence?

• I got this!

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