Citing Textual Evidence to Support a Claim

What is another way to think of textual evidence?

• An answer to the question.

• My paraphrased version of the article.

• A word-for-word quote from the article.

• My opinion of the article.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What do I include at the end of the quote/textual evidence?

• A period

• Parenthesis

• Author

• Citation in Parenthesis

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which paragraph is written correctly to respond to this question: Why do people feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner?

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone." This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith).

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which piece of textual evidence is written correctly?

• Eric heard "June wants to go to the park" (Lovett).

• Eric heard, "June wants to go to the park" (Lovett).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which piece of textual evidence is written correctly?

• The teacher said that, “She was my favorite student” (Wetherly).

• The teacher said that “She was my favorite student” (Wetherly).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Tornadoes are destructive. Which piece of evidence supports this claim?

• The tornado was 2 miles wide.

• 3 out of 4 families in our community are without power and 35 have lost parts of their house or roof.

• The tornado's wind speeds reached 100 mph.

• It was an F1 tornado.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

when citing a source you should use

• an exclamation point

• a semi colon or colon

• quotations

• a period at the end of the sentence

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are the first 4 steps of completing a citing textual evidence to support an inference (I=B+C)

• Read the question

  Scan the text

  Read the text

  Think and choose what to use

• Read the text

  Scan the question

  Read the question

  Think and choose what to use

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does a strongly supported inference need?

• Background knowledge and textual evidence that answers the question or writing prompt.

• Background knowledge and an explanation of why the narrator is writing the text.

• Lots of textual evidence. The more the better!

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

proof is also known as

• citing

• evidence

• metaphor

• support

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.8