Understanding and Citing Text Evidence

What does text evidence help to support in a reading passage?

• The main characters

• The author's biography

• The book's publication date

• Your answer to questions

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the first step in using text evidence?

• Quoting the text

• Asking a question

• Finding the evidence

• Writing a summary

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.6.8

What should you do after finding evidence in a text?

• Change it completely

• Forget where you found it

• Cite it in your writing

• Ignore it

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.2.9

How can evidence in a text be identified?

• By closely reading the text

• By reading the title only

• By guessing

• By looking at pictures only

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

What makes evidence strong?

• Its length

• Its font size

• The number of words

• How it supports a claim

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.2.9

What strategy is recommended for noting evidence?

• Forgetting it after reading

• Making it up

• Ignoring it

• Highlighting or underlining

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.6.8

What should you ask yourself about the evidence?

• How it supports a claim or idea

• If it's about animals

• How long it is

• If it's interesting

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why is it important to paraphrase the text evidence?

• To make it longer

• To avoid plagiarism

• To make it more difficult

• To change its meaning

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the purpose of using direct quotations?

• To make the work longer

• To fill space

• When it's necessary for clarity

• To confuse the reader

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why is it important to familiarize yourself with text evidence sentence starters?

• To make the text longer

• To cite evidence effectively

• To memorize the text

• To confuse the reader

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1