Cite the evidence by embedding a quote and referencing the source for a writing response.
How to teach textual evidence. Text evidence practice can start early and helps your students develop advanced comprehension skills recognize vocabulary and context clues and perform better on standardized tests. Citing Textual Evidence is a key skill needed to analyze and break down any text that you read. Paraphrasing inferential text evidence using a statement from a specific text to support our argument or.
Learn how to teach students to cite textual evidence engage in collaborative discussions and draw evidence from literary text in preparation for writing. When citing a text there are 3 key steps you need to remember. In preparation for writing a magazine article about child labor students identify and discuss textual evidence.
Then have students try the exercise themselves with a different question answer and evidence. Go back to the text. The ONLY difference between citing paraphrases and citing direct textual evidence is that you dont need quotation marks.
Explain the meaning of text evidence. Remember the details from the text are in your own words. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says e.
Text is written work. Phrases like According to the textThe author stated or In the fourth paragraph the passage mentioned are perfect for students to use to introduce the text theyve found. This eSpark Learning video aligns with Common Core State Standard RI71.
Explicit Textual Evidence Giving Explicit Textual Evidence about your answers or opinions regarding a text is pretty simple. At this point I briefly share why we need to learn this skill. We cite text evidence as proof that our answers are correct.