This is a video lecture explaining how to make and support inferences about literature using textual evidence.
How to cite textual evidence. Always prepare your reader for the quote. Rules for Using Quotes. This video outlines how to effectively add textual evidence to an essay about a piece of writing that uses MLA format.
And for a research paper you will need to include the APA or MLA formatting as well as a Works Cited. Teaching students to cite textual evidence to support analysis is the most important skill students at your school can learn. Yes you still need to mention the authorspeaker and the title.
This skill transfers to all ELA standards categories and to all other subjects. Explicit Textual Evidence Giving Explicit Textual Evidence about your answers or opinions regarding a text is pretty simple. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
How to CITE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE in various ways. I like using anchor charts so much and this one really comes in handy to teach kids how to cite evidence by using the authors exact words using quotation marks and telling where you found it On page 7 or In the second paragraph. A quotation should never suddenly appear out of nowhere.
Cite what in the text led you to that idea. The citations contain all the references to the work of other authors that are mentioned in the text. Go back to the text.
How To Cite Textual Evidence. The biggest evidence of an authors work is a citation. Locate the specific word phrase or sentence that answers the questionsupports your response.