CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9
The Standard
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
What This Standard Means
Students need to choose useful evidence from a text and use it to support a claim, explanation, reflection, or research point. They should not just drop in a quote. They need to introduce it, explain what it shows, and connect it back to their idea.
Mastery looks like clear claims backed by well-chosen details from the text. Students can paraphrase or quote accurately and cite where the evidence came from. Common trouble spots are picking weak evidence, summarizing instead of analyzing, and assuming the quote explains itself.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs a short article and three claims, then have them highlight the best sentence to support each claim.
- Ask students to write: Which detail best proves the character changed, and how does it prove that?
- Use an exit ticket with one claim and ask students to add one quoted detail plus one sentence of explanation.
- Show a product review or news article and identify how the writer uses evidence to make the point believable.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.9
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