CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1
The Standard
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature
What This Standard Means
Students need to answer questions about a story using exact words from the text as proof. They should handle both “right there” answers and ideas the author suggests but does not say directly. They need to introduce the quote, copy it correctly, and explain how it supports their thinking.
Mastery looks like a clear claim, a short accurate quote, and a sentence that connects the two. Students often pick a quote that sounds interesting but does not prove the point. They also forget page numbers, copy words incorrectly, or make an inference without enough text support.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs sentence strips from a story and have them match each strip to a claim it proves.
- Ask students to answer: What does the character really want, and which exact words prove it?
- Use an exit ticket with one claim and ask students to copy one matching quote from today’s reading.
- Show a movie review excerpt, then have students find exact lines from a book to support a similar opinion.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to suppo...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.