RULES FOR FINDING & WRITING EVIDENCE

Decide where you are getting your text evidence from and _____________.

• take notes

• reread that section

• skip that section

• pick the first evidence that connects to the question.

Make sure your evidence supports ___________.

• your notes

• your claim (your answer)

• your paragraph

• your evidence

What are the questions your need to ask yourself when FINDING evidence? (Select all that apply)

• Is this the best evidence to use?

• Does this prove my answer is correct?

• What makes this the strongest piece of evidence

• Is it a complete sentence?

You must use ______________ for direct quotes.

• capital letters

• parenthesis

• commas

• quotations

If you are using two pieces of text evidence, explain ______________

• only one of them

• One piece at a time, not two at once.

• both together

If it is a direct quote, you must use the author's __________.

ALL direct quotes must be put in_____________.

• your claim

• quotation marks

• parenthesis

• your evidence

Make sure your punctuation always goes ___________ the quotations marks if you DO NOT KNOW the author.

• Inside

• Oustide

• Under

If you know the author AND the page number you ______________.

• must list BOTH in the parenthesis

• must list ONE in the parenthesis

• must list your favorite in paraenthesis

When citing a quote, what should go inside the parenthesis?

• The author's last name and the page number.

• The author's last name and the paragraph number.

• The author's first name.

• The author's first name and birthday.