Finding Textual Evidence in Literature
This 5-page packet guides 9th graders in identifying and citing evidence from literary texts. It focuses on building close reading and analytical writing skills, with prompts to encourage deeper thinking about author's craft.
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Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this packet as a 45-minute mini-lesson or for independent practice.
- Discussion question: How does strong textual evidence strengthen an argument about a character's motivation?
- For struggling readers, model how to highlight key phrases and sentence starters for citing evidence.
- Advanced students can be challenged to find multiple pieces of evidence to support a single claim, or to analyze the author's word choice within the evidence.
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Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this packet as a 45-minute mini-lesson or for independent practice.
- Discussion question: How does strong textual evidence strengthen an argument about a character's motivation?
- For struggling readers, model how to highlight key phrases and sentence starters for citing evidence.
- Advanced students can be challenged to find multiple pieces of evidence to support a single claim, or to analyze the author's word choice within the evidence.
Finding Textual Evidence in Literature
This 5-page packet guides 9th graders in identifying and citing evidence from literary texts. It focuses on building close reading and analytical writing skills, with prompts to encourage deeper thinking about author's craft.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free