![]() ![]() According to the text, Victor says, “Teresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes. (expand) Victor likes Teresa and thinks he has a better chance of making her “his girl” if they are in the same class.ġ6 Final Draft Victor hopes that Teresa is going to be in the same class this year because he likes her. We would call those two pieces of text “textual evidence” because they are EVIDENCE from the TEXT that PROVES my response.ġ5 RACE Response Format Q: Why does Victor hope that Teresa is in the same class he is? (restate)Victor hopes Teresa is in the same class he is because (answer) _. “There were rivers in France, and huge churches, and fair-skinned people everywhere, the way there were brown people all around Victor” (p. Even though Gary Soto never actually wrote that Victor was, here are some pieces of textual evidence that would lead me to infer (guess) that about him: “He already spoke Spanish and English…”(p. On the first page of“Seventh Grade” I learn Victor is Latino or Mexican. ![]() RACE R – restate A – answer C – cite evidence E – expand A paraphrase means that you have put the author’s words into your own.ġ3 Proving Your Answer Use the RACE theory to help guide your written answer. But remember, if you use the exact words of the author, you need to use quotations marks and give the author credit!ġ2 Or… It can be a paraphrase of the textual passage. It can be a direct quotation from the textual passage. What do we DO with the evidence we have found? What does it MEAN to “Cite Evidence”?ħ Probably the best thing to remember about any writing task that asks us to “cite evidence” (or “discuss details”) from the text is that the task is asking us to USE the evidence!Ĩ USING evidence means that we need to explain how the author supports his claim by presenting a particular fact or example.ĩ This is means that we will make a direct reference of the evidence AND we will elaborate (explain thoroughly) how that one particular piece of evidence (or detail) proves the author’s claim (central idea.)ġ0 But HOW does this “direct reference” of the evidence LOOK LIKE in my written response? Highlighting text where we find the evidence Taking notes Using graphic organizers Or developing outlines These will all help us organize what we find to put it in our writing.Ħ But, when we begin to WRITE about our “detective” workīut, when we begin to WRITE about our “detective” work. There are many ways we can do this…Ĥ We look for different types of evidence, such as FACTS, STATISTICS, EXAMPLES, EXPERT TESTIMONY, and LOGICAL REASONING. That makes us “detectives.” We have to find the evidence in the writing that answers our questions. Presentation on theme: "Citing Textual Evidence"- Presentation transcript:Ģ When we read a story, we try to examine the author’s purpose, often called the “CENTRAL IDEA.” ![]()
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