Text Evidence Passages

the prompt asks students to analyze the passages to develop one or more claims and provide reasons and evidence in support of the claim(s).

• Argumentative

• Informational/ Explanatory

• Narrative

What is a sufficient amount of evidence for one paragraph?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Which paragraph should you include evidence in?

• Introduction

• Body Paragraph 1

• Body Pargraph 2

• Conclusion

How do you start your explanation of evidence? You write...

• I know this because...

• A different way of seeing things is...

• This evidence shows that...

• In the text it says...

Textual evidence must include...

• Quotation Marks

• Question Marks

• High Marks

• Exclamation Marks

How do you show your text evidence? You write...

• One way I showed this is...

• I know this because...

• The text states,...

• This shows me that...

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: A writer should include what information in there CITATION-C portion of each BODY PARAGRAPH?

• Title and author of passage

• Sentence starter

• Quotation Marks around text evidence

• An explanation

When you introduce your text evidence, what two things should you include? (check all that apply)

• Author's name

• Action Verb

• Page Number

• Your opinion

When you introduce your quote, if you don't know the author's name, what should you mention instead?

• use the title of the text

• write, "by unknown"

• just write the quote

What can you do to strengthen your text evidence, BEFORE you introduce the quote?

• Provide context by briefly summarizing what's happening in the text.

• Add another quote. Two quotes in a row are twice as effective.

• Give your opinion so the reader knows how much to trust the quote.