Finding Textual Evidence

Chayla·

English

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Grade Level7th Grade

SubjectEnglish

Original Prompt

Students will analyze multiple ideas from a text, providing textual evidence to support their inferences. this is for a 7th grade special education class that requires everything to be broken down in small chunks and a lot of visuals. I will be observed during these lessons and need it very visual for my students. I need to keep them engaged whether with a video or guided notes that follow along. it needs to have an i do, we do, you do activity.

This document focuses on the skill of analyzing textual evidence to support inferences made from texts. The learning target emphasizes the ability to identify key ideas within a text, explain these ideas, and harness direct quotes as evidence. It introduces the PSQ3R method, which guides students through purposeful reading techniques. The material includes a step-by-step approach where students learn to draw claims from a paragraph about adaptations in animals and support these claims with textual evidence. It consists of guided practice, where students find evidence for specified benefits of sports and music, followed by independent practice where they analyze a short story about a lion and a mouse. Overall, this resource aims to enhance comprehension and critical thinking skills in reading.