Text Evidence Review

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What is textual evidence?

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Proof from the text to support your answer.

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Why is it important to provide textual evidence?

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It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point.

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What is an inference?

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An educated guess.

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Which piece of evidence supports that Kathleen is brave? Options: "Even slight miscalculations could send the Vulcan cruiser thousands of miles off course.", Kathleen might never see her parents again., "Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer.", Something could go wrong during takeoff. 

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"Kathleen reassured them with a confident look as she logged onto the navigation computer."

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Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim: High school students should be required to wear uniforms? Options: When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200., A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence.", At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down., School uniforms can be ordered online.

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At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

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Central Idea

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The main idea or focus of the source

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Why is citing textual evidence important?

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To be credible, academic and trustworthy, we must support our thinking with evidence.

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Which piece of evidence could BEST be used to prove this claim: The government SHOULD decide what students eat for lunch?

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School lunches, on average have only about 550 calories; however, lunches brought from home have about 850 calories.

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Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim: High school students should be required to wear uniforms? Options:

When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

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At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

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A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

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School uniforms can be ordered online.

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At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

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Based on the text: "It's a good thing we were all wearing seat belts when the turbulence hit.", what most likely happened?

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A plane had gone through a terrible storm.