Text Evidence and Citations Pre-Assessment

What is your name?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What is text evidence?

• Proof that my answer is correct.

• A portion of the text that supports my response.

• A portion of the text that refutes my response.

• A claim based on what the text says.

Answer explanation

Text evidence is a passage or line from the text that supports the response you have made to a question.

Text evidence alone is not proof that an answer is correct.

Text evidence should not refute your response.

Your response should be a claim supported by the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

True or False: Text evidence gives my response validity.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Appropriate text evidence supports the claim you have made and through that support gives the claim validity.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

True or False: Finding text evidence does not push me to think critically about the text.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Searching for text evidence pushes a reader to think critically about they are reading as they search for evidence that their claim is correct.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is one reason we use citations?

• To ensure that our answer is correct.

• To show that we read the text.

• It protects us from plagiarism.

• To make our responses look more professional.

Answer explanation

Using citations protects us from plagiarism and gives the original author credit for their work.

Citations do not ensure that an answer is correct.

Having citations does not prove that you have read a text.

Although citations are frequently used in professional writing, we do not use them to add the appearance of professionalism to our writing.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False: The MLA format for in-text citations is (Author's Last Name Pg #)

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The correct MLA format for in-text citations is (Author's Last Name Pg #). An example of this would be (King 75) if you were citing from a Stephen King book on page 75.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

After using text evidence and the appropriate citations, what should you do next?

• Add a second piece of text evidence to further support the response.

• Nothing, the response is complete.

• Explain the text evidence and why it refutes your answer.

• Explain the text evidence and why it supports your answer.

Answer explanation

You should always explain your text evidence and how it supports your claim after using it in your response.

Adding a second piece of text evidence is not a bad idea, but you need to explain your first piece of evidence first.

You should never use text evidence without explaining it. Your response is not complete without the explanation.

You need to explain how the text evidence supports your claim NOT how it refutes it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8