Literary Response with Citation
State of Arizona, Common Core
Standards for grades 11 and 12
Informational text and Reading
Standards in Literature
Common Core Standards:
• Informational text:
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain. (11-12.RI.1)
• Literature:
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain. (11-12.RL.1)
So……..
• This applies when you respond to a simple
question with a one sentence answer.
• This also applies when you are trying to write
an essay in response to a statement.
• So vague answers aren’t answers –
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“They wanted to make an example of her.”
“The magistrates laid their heads together in vain.”
“He didn’t believe she should have the right to speak.”
“John Wilson and Governor Bellingham were upset with her and what happened.”
“The magistrates are jealous of the way Hester dresses.”
Informational text
• For example – start with a statement such as
“Mrs. Chumbley really likes salt.”
• How am I going to support this statement?
How am I going to write a 5 paragraph essay in
support of this statement?
• I have to go to sources, nutritional labels, and
find evidence, then I have to quote that
evidence in my essay.
Introductory paragraph
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Mrs. Chumbley really likes salt. She craves
salt and seeks out food that can provide her
with this mineral. Even though she knows salt
is not always good for you, she wants it. She
might try to justify it by saying she lives in the
desert and needs salt to help retain water. She
might say salt is in so much of the food we
eat, it’s hard to avoid it.
1st paragraph with supporting evidence
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Peanut butter is in
her diet. Breakfast is
peanut butter and
toast; lunch is peanut
butter and celery.
Peanut butter has
“65mg of sodium, 3% of
daily amount needs”.
That’s in 2 tablespoons;
how much do you think
she consumes?
2nd supporting piece of textual
evidence
You wouldn’t think of ice cream as
having lots of salt but it does. In a half
cup serving there is”125mg of salt, that’s
5% of your total value”. Mrs. Chumbley
probably eats more than half a cup, so in
her bowl of ice cream, there might be at
least 15% of her daily amount of salt.
A silly essay but you can see how
you need to find textual evidence
to support the statement.
The Scarlet Letter essay
Write an essay, 5 paragraphs, in the format of “Literary
Response with Citations”. Respond to this thesis statement
“Hester Prynne acknowledges her sin in many ways in The
Scarlet Letter.
So what this means is you have to find at least 3 different
quotes from the book that offer examples of Hester
recognizing her sin or acting as a result of her sin, or her sin
of adultery influences her way of life or what she does. You
should have an introductory paragraph and a concluding
paragraph as well as the 3 paragraphs in the body of the
essay that offer examples of Hester behavior or thoughts as
they relate to her sin.
So .. as an example…
Hester makes no attempt to deny her guilt.
In a conversation, the Reverend Mr. Wilson offers
her the opportunity to take the scarlet letter off if
she will just say who the father is. She says, “It is
too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And
would that I might endure his agony as well as
mine!” She doesn’t say I didn’t do anything wrong;
she knows it was wrong but accepts the
punishment.
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