Evidence Reading

with Teacher Janesol

 What is Evidence
A sentence or sentences from the text
that supports or explains your idea(s).
Evidence exists in all types of text (both
fiction and nonfiction)
Cite evidence
use the words or sentences from
the text to help suport your idea/
opinion.

When we are asked to answer questions or

express our ideas about the text, we should use
Textual Evidence to support our opinions or
answers.
 STEPS TO CITE EVIDENCE
CER Response
1 2 3
Claim Evidence Reason
Claim your idea, state a Provide reliable information Explain how the evidence
direct answer to your from the text to support support your claim. Use
question. Use key words your claim. Use direct quote another transitional words
from the question to from the text with to help with your
construct your answer. transitional phrases. explanation.
Don't use "i think"
 Step 2:
Direct quote & transitional phrase
the author/writer wrote ...
(sentence from the text).
On page ___, the author said ...
(sentence from the text)
In paragraph ___, the author
said ... (sentence from the text).
The text says ...(sentence from
the text).
I know this because ...(sentence
from the text)
One example from the text
says...(sentence from the text).
One piece of evidence is ...(text
sentence).
 Step 3:
Explanation & transitional phrase

that is to say... Remember to

in other words... summarise and
in that ... connect your
for instance... analysis to the
theme