Exploring Text Evidence Concepts

The video tutorial explains the concept of text evidence, emphasizing its role in supporting answers to questions about a text. It guides viewers on how to locate and use text evidence effectively, including highlighting or underlining relevant parts and noting their location. The tutorial provides an example using a question about hurricane damage, demonstrating how to incorporate text evidence into a response. It concludes with tips on using sentence starters and ensuring answers are well-supported by the text.

What is the purpose of text evidence?

• To support or prove your answer

• To create a new story

• To summarize the text

• To confuse the reader

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What should you do after finding the text that supports your answer?

• Delete it

• Rewrite it

• Ignore it

• Highlight or underline it

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Where should you make a note of the text evidence?

• In a different book

• In a separate notebook

• In the margins of the text

• At the end of the book

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Which of the following is a good sentence starter for using text evidence?

• Maybe

• In my opinion

• I think

• The text said

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What should you remember to use when responding to a question with text evidence?

• A new paragraph

• A question mark

• A conclusion

• A sentence starter

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What causes damage during a hurricane according to the text?

• Snow and ice

• Heavy rain and high winds

• Earthquakes

• Tornadoes

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What should you not forget to choose when using text evidence?

• A new book

• A sentence starter

• A different author

• A different text

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