How do you use evidence from the text to support your response?
1. Give your opinion on whether or not the Grays feel like
Alexis is “just like a member of the family.”
2. Give reasons supported by evidence from the story.

Let’s Review
Judge the
Evidence
Analyze the
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Find the
Evidence
Finalize the
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Prepare the
Case

Let’s Review
What is citing?
Citing is mentioning evidence from a text in your writing.

A Common Mistake
Giving evidence without telling where you found it
Here’s my evidence!
How do I know that’s not just your opinion?

Core Lesson
1
Locate the evidence in the text.
2
Rewrite the evidence in your own words.
3
Use a phrase or location to tell where you found the evidence.

Core Lesson
1
Locate the evidence in the text.
In my opinion, the Grays did not feel like Alexis, their dog, was “just like a member of the family” because Mr. Gray hit her and sold her puppy.

Core Lesson
1
Locate the evidence in the text.
"Get away you awful animal!" I jumped to save myself; but he was very quick. He chased me, striking me with his cane, and hit my left leg very hard. I shrieked and fell. The nurse's voice rang wildly out, "The nursery's on fire!" Then, the master rushed away in that direction.

Core Lesson
2
Rewrite the evidence in your own words.
Mr. Gray struck Alexis with his cane.

Core Lesson
3
Use a phrase or location to tell where you found the evidence.
• In the story,
• In the text,
• The narrator told us that…
In the story,
Mr. Gray struck
Alexis with his cane.

Core Lesson
3
Use a phrase or location to tell where you found the evidence.
In my opinion, the Grays did not feel like Alexis, their dog, was “just like a member of the family” because Mr. Gray hit her and sold her puppy. In the story, Mr. Gray struck Alexis with his cane.

Core Lesson
1
Locate the evidence in the text.
And then came one morning when everything changed. Mr.
Gray placed my puppy into a brown box, like he did with packages, and a van drove up to the house. I was glad, because my puppy loved to play in boxes. The man from the van walked up to Mr. Gray, greeted him with a handshake, and passed him money from his pocket. Mr. Gray took the money from the man and shut the box inside the van. I stood in the driveway, watching the van drive away, thinking how exciting it was that my puppy was going for a ride!

Core Lesson
2
Rewrite the evidence in your own words.
Mr. Gray sold Alexis’s puppy.

Core Lesson
3
Use a phrase or location to tell where you found the evidence.
In the second paragraph on page 5, it says
Mr. Gray sold Alexis’s puppy.

Core Lesson
3
Use a phrase or location to tell where you found the evidence.
In my opinion, the Grays did not feel like Alexis, their dog, was “just like a member of the family” because Mr. Gray hit her and sold her puppy. In the story, Mr. Gray struck Alexis with his cane. In the second paragraph on page 5, it says Mr. Gray sold
Alexis’s puppy.

Core Lesson
1
Locate the evidence in the text.
2
Rewrite the evidence in your own words.
3
Use a phrase or location to tell where you found the evidence.

Guided Practice
To support a response that claims Alexis was sad when her puppy was sold, write this piece of evidence in your own words.
I cannot eat the delicious food the nurse brings me. She comes outside to me in the night and says, “Poor doggie---do give it up; don’t break my heart!”

Guided Practice
Practice citing the text using the sentence you wrote in the previous activity.
1. Add a phrase that lets the audience know that your evidence comes from the story.
2. Add a phrase that lets the audience know that the evidence came from the third paragraph on the fifth page.

To support a response that claims the Grays were wealthy, write this piece of evidence in your own words.
My new home was such a charming place! It was a fine great house with pictures, fancy decorations, and rich furniture.

Cite the text using the sentence you wrote in the previous activity and one of these strategies:
 Add a phrase that lets the audience know that your evidence comes from the story.
 Add a phrase that lets the audience know that the evidence came from the second paragraph on the first page.

To support a response that claims Cinderella was selfish, write this piece of evidence in your own words.
The fairy godmother turned the pumpkin into a fine coach. With another wave of her wand,
Cinderella’s rags became a beautiful gown. “But what about my shoes?” asked Cinderella.

Practice citing the text using the sentence you wrote in the previous activity. Add a phrase that lets the audience know that your evidence comes from a folktale called “Cinderella.”

To support a response that claims the Alexis was brave, write this piece of evidence in your own words.
Before I could think, I jumped up in fright, went to the crib, reached my head through the flames, and dragged the baby out. We fell to the floor together in a cloud of smoke. I dragged the screaming baby out the door and down the hall.

Cite the text using the sentence you wrote in the previous activity and one of these strategies:
 Add a phrase that lets the audience know that your evidence comes from the story.
 Add a phrase that lets the audience know that the evidence came from the fourth paragraph on the second page.