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    Citing Textual Evidence

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    Citing textual evidence is an important skill that requires students to closely read texts to find specific details that support claims, answers, and ideas. Students must look back at the text to locate evidence rather than just stating opinions or conclusions. This helps students think critically about what they're reading and use higher-level thinking. While challenging, citing evidence encourages deeper analysis and ensures students' claims are supported. The document provides tips for teaching students to cite evidence, such as modeling the use of evidence, asking text-dependent questions, and having students collaborate and reflect on their skills. Various strategies are also outlined to incorporate evidence-based skills into classroom lessons and assessments.

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    Citing textual evidence is an important skill that requires students to closely read texts to find specific details that support claims, answers, and ideas. Students must look back at the text to locate evidence rather than just stating opinions or conclusions. This helps students think critically about what they're reading and use higher-level thinking. While challenging, citing evidence encourages deeper analysis and ensures students' claims are supported. The document provides tips for teaching students to cite evidence, such as modeling the use of evidence, asking text-dependent questions, and having students collaborate and reflect on their skills. Various strategies are also outlined to incorporate evidence-based skills into classroom lessons and assessments.

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    Citing textual evidence is an important skill that requires students to closely read texts to find specific details that support claims, answers, and ideas. Students must look back at the text to locate evidence rather than just stating opinions or conclusions. This helps students think critically about what they're reading and use higher-level thinking. While challenging, citing evidence encourages deeper analysis and ensures students' claims are supported. The document provides tips for teaching students to cite evidence, such as modeling the use of evidence, asking text-dependent questions, and having students collaborate and reflect on their skills. Various strategies are also outlined to incorporate evidence-based skills into classroom lessons and assessments.

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    Citing Textual Evidence

    Uploaded by

    HECY BUNGKAYO
    Citing textual evidence is an important skill that requires students to closely read texts to find specific details that support claims, answers, and ideas. Students must look back at the text to locate evidence rather than just stating opinions or conclusions. This helps students think critically about what they're reading and use higher-level thinking. While challenging, citing evidence encourages deeper analysis and ensures students' claims are supported. The document provides tips for teaching students to cite evidence, such as modeling the use of evidence, asking text-dependent questions, and having students collaborate and reflect on their skills. Various strategies are also outlined to incorporate evidence-based skills into classroom lessons and assessments.

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    Citing 

    Textual Evidence 
    Tips and Resources  

     
    What does it mean?  Why do we have to do it? 

    ● As readers, writers and thinkers, it is  ● Read closely to determine what the 
    natural for students to develop ideas,  text says explicitly and to make 
    ask questions, and make claims  logical inferences from it; cite 
    regarding what they are reading.  specific textual evidence when 
    ● Citing textual evidence requires  writing or speaking to support 
    students to look back into the text for  conclusions drawn from the text. 
    evidence to support an idea, answer a  CCSS.ELA­LITERACY.CCRA.R.1 
    question or make a claim.  ● It is an important skill especially in a 
    ● Citing evidence requires students to  society where it is increasingly more 
    think more deeply about the text,  important for students to be critical of 
    analyze the author, source etc.   what they read. 
    ● Students also need to practice finding  ● It encourages students to use higher 
    strong evidence to support their ideas.  level thinking skills.  
    ○ Good evidence doesn’t require a  ● It is hard! Students struggle with it, 
    lot of explanation to fit a claim.  and the sooner we start helping them 
    with it the easier it will become. 
     
    Tips 
    Summarized from ​
    The Great Books Foundation 
    Click on link for more detailed explanations! 

    1. Model the importance of evidence 
    ○ Use evidence when you share ideas and always encourage students to provide 
    evidence. 
    2. Choose texts and questions that warrant close reading 
    ○ Choose complex short texts that will encourage students to form ideas and opinions. 
    3. Explain what makes strong evidence 
    ○ Remind students that good evidence fits the question and the answer. 
    4. Ask text dependent questions 
    ○ Make sure the questions you ask require students to go back into the text. 
    5. Encourage collaboration 
    ○ Have students work together and discuss. 
    6. Have students reflect on their own use of evidence 
    ○ Have students self­assess: do they think they did a good job finding evidence? 
     
    Strategy Ideas  
    1. Conversational Roundtable 
    ○ Click on the link to access an article that explains the importance of collaborative 
    conversations and how this strategy can be used. 
    2. Discussion Web 
    ○ This web can be modified in many ways to encourage students to find evidence 
    supporting both sides of a central question. 
    3. It Says, I Say, And So 
    ○ This is a great strategy for teaching inferring and using evidence. Math example 
    included. 
    4. Vocabulary Study 
    ○ Require these components to encourage students to use evidence when 
    determining meaning of vocabulary words­​ word, clue(evidence), explain, 
    meaning 
    5. Math Justifications and Grading Process 
    ○ This article explains how evidence can be used in justifying an answer in math 
    and includes great rubrics for assessment.  
     
     
    Additional Resources 
    Click on the book cover to explore each book on Amazon! 

     
     
    Articles and Web Resources 
     
    Show Me the Proof: Requiring Evidence in Student Responses­Fisher and Frey 
    Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies from ISBE 
    Tips for Citing Evidence in Writing and Close Reading from UVM 
    Checklist for Students to Evaluate their Use of Evidence from ReadWriteThink 
    Developing Evidence Based Arguments Lesson Idea from ReadWriteThink 
     

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