Show Evidence in your
writing!
Mrs. Flora
English 7C
Today’s Goal
We will correctly support our
answers with text evidence.
CCSS
Research to Build and Present Knowledge:
W.7.9
I can draw evidence from literary or informational
texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Show Evidence in your writing!
_______ because _________
________, for instance, __________
_________, for example, ________
The author said, “ __________”
According to the text, __________
From the reading, I know that __________
On page # ___, I noticed _____________
An Excerpt from The Lightning Thief
(pg 1)
My name is Percy Jackson.
I am twelve years old. Until a few months ago,
I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a
private school for troubled kids in upstate New
York.
Am I a troubled kid?
Yeah. You could say that.
Who is the narrator of the story and how is he different from other students?
An Excerpt from The Lightning Thief
(pg 2)
See, bad things happen to me on field trips. Like at my
fifth-grade school, when we went to the Saratoga
battlefield, I had this accident with a Revolutionary War
cannon. I wasn’t aiming for the school bus, but of course I
got expelled anyway. And before that, at my fourth-grade
school, when we took a behind-the-scenes tour of the
Marine World shark pool, I sort of hit the wrong lever on
the catwalk and our class took an unplanned swim. And
the time before that...Well, you get the idea.
Explain what happens to Percy on school field trips.
An Excerpt from The Lightning Thief
(pg 3)
Anyway, Nancy Bobofit was throwing wads of
sandwich that stuck in his curly brown hair, and
she knew I couldn’t do anything back to her
because I was already on probation. The
headmaster had threatened me with death by inschool suspension if anything bad, embarrassing,
or even mildly entertaining happened on this trip.
Why does Percy refrain from reacting to Nancy’s shenanigans?
“Rats and Their Ratty Ways” from the book titled Oh,
Rats! The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin
We are going to practice using “TEXT EVIDENCE” to
answer questions with our article on rats!
First, read the questions before beginning the article.
Listen for the questions as we read.
(you are encouraged to place a sticky note next to the answer to refer back to later)
Next, using your “show evidence” insert as a
template, answer the questions on our ratty article!