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 What is Text Evidence?

TEXT EVIDENCES are information

you find in the selection that help
support your answer

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 What is Text Evidence?

As readers, writers and thinkers, it

is natural for students to develop
ideas, ask questions, and make
claims regarding what they are
reading.

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 IMPORTANT!
• Citing textual evidence requires students to
look back into the text for evidence to
support an idea, answer a question or make
a claim.
• Citing evidence requires students to think
more deeply about the text, analyze the
author, source etc.

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• Students also need to practice finding strong

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evidence to support their ideas.
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“Good evidence doesn’t require a
lot of explanation to fit a claim.”

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How do you find text evidence?

PROVE IT

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 P -- PASSAGE
The evidence must be found somewhere in
the PASSAGE
It could be in just one PARAGRAPH
It could be several places throughout the
PASSAGE
Don’t stop with the first piece of evidence
you find. Sometime the best supporting
piece of evidence comes later in the text

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R -- REFERENCE the specific location

You should be able to REFERENCE a specific

section of the text

On page _____, …..

In paragraph ……
It says in paragraph _____ on page ____,
that….
 O -- OFFERS Support
There must be a connection between the
question and the evidence
Make sure the evidence actually SUPPORTS
your idea
“I know because…”
“The reason I think is______ because ….”

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 V -- VIEW of the author
Provide the author’s view on the topic

Link back to what the author meant or author’s

purpose
“The author stated….”

“For instance, the author states….”

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 E -- EYE can see it
Has to be something your EYES can physically
see in the text
Something is directly stated that supports the
idea
“The text directly states …”
 “In the text, it explicitly states…”
 “The text said ….”
 I --- INFERENCES
You must use CLUES from the text to figure
something out because it was not stated
completely in the text
You must also use your own knowledge to
help
“I think ______ because _______”
“I can infer from __________ that _______”

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 T --- TEXT FEATURES
 Text Features help the reader understand the text
 Title
 Headings
 Charts, Tables, Graphs
 Illustrations

“The illustration shows….”

 “The graphic showed …”

“Based on the section _____,”

 “According to the title,”

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 Example
The Rhinoceros
By Oliver Herford QUESTION: How does
the Rhinoceros look at
SO this is the Rhi-no-ce-ros! the beginning of the
I won-der why he looks so cross.
poem?
Per-haps he is an-noyed a bit
Be-cause his cloth-ing does not fit.
(They say he got it read-y made!) Answer: Upset
It is not that, I am a-fraid.
He looks so cross be-cause I drew Evidence: The author
Him with one horn in-stead of two.
directly stated, “he looks
Well, since he cares so much for
style, so cross.”
Let's give him two and see him Cross means angry or
smile. mad.
 Example
The Happy Sheep QUESTION: What is the
by Wilfred Thorley
setting of the poem?
All through the night the happy sheep
Lie in the meadow grass asleep.
Answer: in the
Their wool keeps out the frost and
rain
meadow/at night
Until the sun comes round again.
They have no buttons to undo, Evidence: The author
Nor hair to brush like me and you. states, “All through the
And with the light they lift their night, the happy
heads sheep/Lie in the
To find their breakfast on their beds, meadow grass.”
Or rise and walk about and eat The author has DIRECTLY
The carpet underneath their feet. stated the setting of the
meadow at night.
 Example
Trade Rats
by Ethel Twycross Foster
The little clock struck twelve; all were sleeping soundly, the tent flap was rolled away, and a streak of
moonlight stretched half across the floor.
Mary and her mother lay on a bunk, and beyond the partition one could hear the even breathing of father
and cousin Jack. All else was still save the occasional cry of a night hawk or the far distant call of a coyote.
Slowly, cautiously, stealthily into this silence crept a tiny object. Its sharp black eyes flashed fire in the
moonlight, and in its small mouth it carefully carried a cactus burr.
“Pst! Mary, did you hear something?” It was cousin Jack’s hoarse whisper that broke the
silence and awakened Mary from a beautiful dream, and her eyes popped open wide. She snuggled closer to
Mother and stared into the moonlight. All she could hear was a funny little scratching sound unlike any she
had ever heard around camp, and she knew not what it meant. None of her little animal friends made a noise
like that.
Jack was out of bed, had lighted a candle and, in his pajamas, was searching under bunks, tables, and chairs
for the thing that had caused the noise. Mary sat up in bed in time to hear a swift, rustling sound and see a
small object dart out of the tent door. Jack knew it would do no good to search outside, so he tumbled back
into bed and once more all was still.
The next morning at breakfast all were wondering who the strange visitor could have been, but soon the
incident was forgotten. Toward noon, Mary went to a vacant bunk where she kept her clothes and picked up
her new doll. She removed its dress and looked about for a little red wool gown, of which she was very fond,
for the day was chilly and it looked like rain. But the gown was gone; high and low she looked, but find it she
could not. At last, tired out with searching, she fell asleep, and the pretty lost gown remained a mystery.
 Example
QUESTION: What was the reason that Mary could not find the doll’s
gown?

Answer: Whatever had been in the house during the night had taken it
Evidence: The reader must INFER from the clues in the text
Clues:
Jacks hears something and awakens Mary
Mary heard a scratching sound like she had never heard before
Mary had heard a swift, rustling sound and something dart out
the door
The doll’s gown was missing
 Example
Trade Rats
by Ethel Twycross Foster
The little clock struck twelve; all were sleeping soundly, the tent flap was rolled away, and a streak of
moonlight stretched half across the floor.
Mary and her mother lay on a bunk, and beyond the partition one could hear the even breathing of father
and cousin Jack. All else was still save the occasional cry of a night hawk or the far distant call of a coyote.
Slowly, cautiously, stealthily into this silence crept a tiny object. Its sharp black eyes flashed fire in the
moonlight, and in its small mouth it carefully carried a cactus burr.
“Pst! Mary, did you hear something?” It was cousin Jack’s hoarse whisper that broke the
silence and awakened Mary from a beautiful dream, and her eyes popped open wide. She snuggled
closer to Mother and stared into the moonlight. All she could hear was a funny little scratching sound
unlike any she had ever heard around camp, and she knew not what it meant. None of her little animal
friends made a noise like that.
Jack was out of bed, had lighted a candle and, in his pajamas, was searching under bunks, tables, and chairs
for the thing that had caused the noise. Mary sat up in bed in time to hear a swift, rustling sound and see a
small object dart out of the tent door. Jack knew it would do no good to search outside, so he tumbled back
into bed and once more all was still.
The next morning at breakfast all were wondering who the strange visitor could have been, but soon the
incident was forgotten. Toward noon, Mary went to a vacant bunk where she kept her clothes and picked up
her new doll. She removed its dress and looked about for a little red wool gown, of which she was very fond,
for the day was chilly and it looked like rain. But the gown was gone; high and low she looked, but find it
she could not. At last, tired out with searching, she fell asleep, and the pretty lost gown remained a mystery.