5.7.C

ELA5th GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

use text evidence to support an appropriate response

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students answer a question or state an idea about something they read, hear, or view. They choose a relevant detail and explain how it supports their response.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student gives an accurate response, selects the strongest relevant detail, and identifies where it came from. The student explains the connection instead of dropping in a quote.
Common Misconceptions: Students may retell the whole source instead of selecting one useful detail. They may choose evidence that is interesting but unrelated. Some include a quote without explaining its connection to the response.
How to Assess It: After today’s source, ask: What is one idea the source communicates? Give one exact or paraphrased detail, then explain how it supports your idea.

Lesson moves

Give pairs claim cards and evidence strips from a short passage, then have them match each claim with the strongest supporting detail.
Ask students to write one claim about a character, share their evidence, and explain why that detail fits better than another.
Play Evidence Detective by displaying three details and having teams choose which one best supports a given response.
Show a product advertisement and have students identify its main claim, supporting facts, and any details that do not support the claim.

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