The Forever War of the Mind The New York Times As you read highlight in yellow or underline in pencil the evidence that supports that post-traumatic stress disorder is a problem for soldiers.

What is text evidence in reading. Our job is to carefully go back into the text and find the proof we need to prove our case. Claim is an assertion of belief about what is true. All squares are rectangles but all rectangles are not squares.

Remind students of the following statement. The text stated ____. Marcus answered Because it says right here that he helped create the world we now live in Jennifer added The author says that he thought that the government should serve the people Michael continued Yeah it says that the government gets.

Explain that good readers answer comprehension questions after reading and they go back to find text evidence. Browse Scholastic printable resources for citing text content and using it to support a readers interpretation of the text. Include evidence-based terms such as.

However often these details are just thatdetails. Find fiction and nonfiction texts with questions mini-books graphic organizers close reading text-marking activities and practice tests on supporting answers with evidence from the text. That way struggling readers will be able to hear words that they may not have understood or read correctly.

Finding text evidence then is like being a detective a reading detective. Highlight in pink or underline in pen the evidence supporting that post-traumatic stress disorder isnt a problem for them. Read through the text thoroughly.

It is important because it gives your words validity and strength proving that you did in fact read and understand that text for yourself. Display sentence stems on an anchor chart that students will use when discussing the text evidence they found. Text evidence is when you use specific examples from a text such as quotations to help support your own claims and ideas.