Prove It! Using Textual Evidence, Levels 6-8 - Softcover

Melissa Cheesman Smith; Terri Schilling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425817017 ISBN 13: 9781425817015

Publisher: Shell Educational Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Knowing how to cite textual evidence is a key component in reading and writing in education today. This resource equips teachers with the strategies they need to teach students how to cite and annotate textual evidence when reading and writing. Secondary school students will learn how to find evidence to support their opinions, incorporate that evidence in their writing, and accurately cite their sources. The ten lessons include proper MLA formatting, paraphrasing, using block quotation, creating a bibliography, the use of credible sources, avoiding plagiarism, and more. Students will apply what they've learned through twenty practice exercises. Citing textual evidence powerfully strengthens students' writing, develops analytical thinking and logic, and readies students for college and career with lessons that are aligned to McREL, TESOL, and WIDA standards.

About this title

About the Author

Terri Schilling, M. Ed., has a master's degree in educationalleadership along with a reading specialist endorsement.  She has beenteaching for 15 years and presents at literacy professional developmentworkshops.               

                                                                                       

Melissa Cheesman Smith, M.Ed., holds a master's degree in curriculum andinstruction and has been teaching for 10 years.  She teachers literacyclasses for a university, presents at literacy conferences, and afacilitates professional development workshops.

From the Back Cover

In this timely resource, students learn to prove their conclusions by reading critically and closely and by effectively annotating literary and informational texts. Students will look for central ideas to comprehend texts and use credible evidence to make informed decisions. Lessons focus on finding, using and citing reliable sources and text evidence. Each easy-to-follow activity provides students with the practice they need to master these skills and become confident writers. This engaging resource provides 30 exercises giving students the opportunities to:

• select and organize evidence
• annotate informational and fictional texts
• use textual evidence in reading and writing
• locate and gather resources
• provide in-text citations in writing
• follow MLA formatting

From the Inside Flap

We live in aworld where evidence is more important than ever. With people asserting all sorts of claims (i.e., "Believe me!", "No, believe me!", "No, don't believe either of those ding-dongs... BELIEVE ME!") in all sorts offormats (i.e., print, online, social media, television), the student who does not own the skill of cool, detached, reasoned, discernment is astudent ill-prepared to face the demands of modern life.

Quite simply, the ability to understand and criticallyanalyze evidence is the foremost key to avoid being duped (in a worldfilled with dupers). The is why I am such a fan of the Prove It!series. Melissa Cheesman Smith and Terri Schilling do not want students passively accepting assertions; they insist today's learners developinvestigative eyes when it comes to analyzing contentions. Their workfocuses on asking students to probe deeper, think critically, and get to the core of WHY a claim ought to be believed. Their work promotesmeritocracy - the best ideas supported by the most convincing evidencewins. Forget the cult of personality. Throw away the unsupportable,inflammatory claims. Simply provide concrete, logical evidence tosupport your points, and the rest will take care of itself. In order to sustain a well-informed democracy, this is no small matter.

All in all, I love how this series rests on the foundationof knowing that reading requires students not to just form opinionsabout the text, but rather USE the text to form educated responses.That's a BIG WIN! From the embedded academic vocabulary instruction, to teaching students what credible and reliable sources are (so they canlearn how to critically think and make informed decisions), to textstructure and inferences, and on and on, there are many wonderfulresources made available. And with such a well-organized progression of instruction, it's hard not to smile when you take a gander at all thegoodies being offered.

As we all know, there is a sea change afoot in education.Evidence-based analysis is no longer something left for college-levelinstruction as students as young as seven years old are being asked tocite evidence to support their claims. To that end, materials that make weighty concepts accessible to young learners are essential. Doyourself a favor and allow expert educators to help connect the dotsfrom assertions to evidence through a user-friendly set of instructional tools built specifically for the modern classroom. This Prove It!series rocks!

- Alan Lawrence Sitomer

California Teacher of the Year Award Winner

Author: Mastering Short Response: Claim It! Cite it! Cement it!

Edition details

• Publisher: Shell Educational Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1425817017
• ISBN 13: 9781425817015
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136