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Indicator Thirteen

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Students support written and/or spoken opinions with evidence from text and/or other content-specific resources.

"Where's Your Proof?" Teaching Kids to Use Evidence • The Great Books FoundationLeo Tolstoy’s The Two Brothers tells the story of two brothers who are offered the opportunity to find happiness. One chooses to go on a journey and finds happiness—as well as difficulties—along the way, while the other stays at home and leads a happy but uneventful life. When Jasmine Williams’Continue reading

Six strategies to help students cite and explain evidence • The Great Books FoundationDiscussions give students an authentic reason to find and explain evidence. But if you’ve ever encountered silence after asking a student to find or explain evidence for an answer, you know the challenge of teaching students to use textual evidence meaningfully. As with any skill, students must learn it throughContinue reading

How to Teach Text EvidenceAre your students having trouble finding answers in their reading? This STEP-BY-STEP process will help them! Students will learn the acronyms for ACE and RAP to provide them with the proper tools for citing evidence effectively along with tips to motivate them through color-coding!

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