Text Connections and Evidence

Label the picture with the matching vocabulary word.

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inference

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text evidence

What is text evidence?

• It is the details and evidence that comes from the text that is used to support your analysis.

• It is when the reader breaks down the important ideas from the author.

• When you expand on the author's ideas by adding your own opinions.

• When you give the author credit for their ideas.

When you use text evidence and your background knowledge to make a guess about what is happening and characters in the story. "Reading between the lines."

• Making Inferences

• Making Predictions

• Evaluating

• Making Connections

A sentence starter for making connections is

• This reminds me of

• I predict

• My opinion about this is

• I like how the author

Facts, details, or information that support or prove a claim

• Claim

• Summarize

• Paraphrase

• Evidence

Specific details, facts, or quotations from a text that are used to support or illustrate a point in an argument

• Textual Evidence

• Source

• Data

• Central Idea

•  A statement or assertion that can be supported with evidence.

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Grounds

• Logic

What is the purpose of using text connections in reading comprehension?

• To relate personal experiences to the text

• To summarize the text

• To critique the author's writing style

• To memorize the text

Which of the following is an example of text-to-self connection?

• This character reminds me of my friend.

• This event is similar to another book I read.

• This setting is similar to a place I visited.

• This theme is common in many stories.

What does it mean to make a text-to-world connection?

• Relating the text to global events or issues

• Connecting the text to another book

• Linking the text to personal experiences

• Comparing the text to a movie