Supporting ideas with evidence
CONCEPTUALExplain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which specific points
Mastery Evidence
- Match each of an author's main points with the evidence used to support it
- Evaluate whether the evidence provided adequately supports the author's argument
- Identify points in a text that lack sufficient evidence or reasoning
Assessment Prompt
“After reading a persuasive text, can [child] map out which reasons the author uses to support which specific points — showing that they understand the structure of the argument, not just the conclusion?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
RI.5.8Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsExplain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
Prerequisites1
- How authors support their pointshardAges 9—10
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- How authors support their points hard
Evaluating author evidence builds on explaining author's evidence
- Why the author wrote it hard
Evaluating author's use of reasons and evidence builds on identifying author's POV and purpose; the step up is from identifying purpose to evaluating the quality of reasoning
- Book Features and Author's Reasons hard
Distinguishing own POV from author's extends identifying author's reasons/supporting points
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