Evidence, Please!
RI 8.1
RI 8.1
A conclusion you make using textual evidence plus what you already know about a topic is called this.
What is an inference?
This is the most important idea an author develops through an informational text. It is what the author has to say about the topic.
What is central idea?
When one event makes another event happen. The first event is called _________.
What is a cause?
Words surrounding an unfamiliar word that help readers determine its meaning are called _______.
What are context clues?
The question, "Which sentence best supports the author's central idea?" combines which two standards?
What are RI 8.1 and RI 8.2?
Jada arrived at the bus stop and noticed several people closing their umbrellas. Water dripped from the shelter's roof.
What can you infer about the weather?
What is that it recently rained?
True or False?
An objective summary should include your personal opinion of the text.
What is false?
Complete the relationship:
Heavy rainfall - River rises - _________.
What is flooding may occur?
Unlike his talkative brother, Marcus was reserved and rarely spoke in large groups.
What does reserved most likely mean?
What is quiet or not very talkative?
A question asks, "What does the word decline mean as used in paragraph 6?" Which standard is being accessed?
What is RI 8.4?
Which type of evidence should a reader select to support an inference: evidence that is simply related to the topic, or evidence that directly supports the inference?
What is evidence that directly supports the inference?
Recycling reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills. It can also conserve natural resources and reduce pollution caused by producing new materials.
What is the central idea of the text?
Answers may vary.
What is recycling provides several environmental benefits?
The city added additional buses to its busiest routes. As a result, passengers experienced shorter wait times.
What relationship exists between these ideas?
What is cause and effect?
Water was scarce during the drought, so residents were asked to limit how much they used.
What does scarce most likely mean?
What is limited or difficult to find?
A question asks, "How does the author connect the invention of the automobile to the growth of suburbs?
What standard is being assessed?
What is RI 8.3?
The community center extended its hours after hundreds of residents lost electricity during the storm. Volunteers distributed meals, bottled water, and blankets.
Which detail best supports the inference that residents needed emergency assistance?
What is volunteers distributed meals, bottled water, and blankets?
Which three things should usually be included in an objective summary?
What is the central idea, important supporting details, and information without personal opinions?
Both solar and wind power produce electricity without burning fossil fuels. However, solar panels depend on sunlight, while wind turbines depend on moving air.
What relationship does the author establish?
What is compare and contrast/distinction?
The scientist's results were inconclusive; the evidence did not clearly prove or disprove her hypothesis.
What context clue best reveals the meaning of inconclusive?
What is "did not clearly prove or disprove her hypothesis"?
Part A: A student concludes that a character is reluctant to participate in an event.
Part B: What should the student do to prove Part A's answer?
What is select or cite the strongest textual evidence supporting the inference? RI 8.1
Although Malik had practiced his speech for weeks, he repeatedly checked his note cards while waiting for his name to be called. His hands trembled as the student before him walked toward the podium.
Make an inference about Malik and support it with two details.
What is Malik is nervous about giving his speech? His trembling hands and repeatedly checking his note cards support the inference.
Many schools have created community gardens. Students use the gardens to study science, learn about nutrition, and practice responsibility. Some schools are great because they donate vegetables grown in their gardens to local organizations.
Is this an objective summary? Explain your answer.
What is no, because it includes an opinion. Some schools are great.....
A factory closed, eliminating hundreds of jobs. Over the next year, several businesses near the factory also closed because fewer customers were shopping in the area.
Explain the connection between the factory closing and the other businesses closing.
Answers may vary:
What is the loss of factory jobs reduced income and customers, which contributed to others businesses closing?
The mayor called the abandoned building an eyesore because its broken windows, peeling paint, and overgrown weeds made the neighborhood look unattractive.
Is eyesore being used literally or figuratively, and what does it potentially mean?
What is figuratively; something unpleasant or unattractive to look at?
After the city opened several protected bicycle lanes, more residents began biking to work. Local officials reported fewer cars traveling through downtown during morning rush hour.
A student says the central idea is "Bicycles are better than cars." Explain why this is not an appropriate central idea.
Answers may vary:
What is the original statement expressed an opinion that the passage does not establish.