Citing Text Evidence PowerPoint Lesson: Practice Passages and Sentence Starters

Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce text evidence to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! Use this 36-slide PowerPoint to create an engaging lesson where your students will read passages with comprehension questions, and then they will find and cite text evidence to support their answers! Citing text evidence to support answers is emphasized in nearly every state's reading standards. If you are looking for a PowerPoint to introduce this challenging, yet important skill, definitely check out this PowerPoint lesson. It contains both fiction and nonfiction practice reading passages. I splilt this PowerPoint and use it in lessons over multiple days.

PowerPoints filled with visuals are ideal for teaching new content to students because PowerPoints tend to be highly engaging and concepts can be easily broken down into understandable chunks of information. But let's face it... they are so time-consuming to create! Fortunately, now you have an option of using one that is already complete, kid-tested, and ready to go for you!

HERE'S THE SEQUENCE OF TOPICS COVERED IN THIS POWERPOINT:

Slides 1-5: Introduction & Defining TEXT EVIDENCE

Slides 6-9: Locating Text Evidence in Passages (when the text evidence is DIRECTLY stated)

Slides 10-14: Citing Text Evidence using Sentence Starters

Some include:

• According to the text...
• The author stated...
• In the _ paragraph (sentence), the author said...
• When the text said _, I inferred...
• I think __ because...

Slides 15-20: Locating Text Evidence in Passages (when the text evidence is NOT DIRECTLY STATED)

Slides 21-35: Multiple-Choice Practice Passages

• 1 fiction passage
• 2 nonfiction passages
• Each passage is followed by 2-3 comprehension questions.

***A 4-page PowerPoint companion handout is also included in this file. Students can follow along and record answers on this handout as you progress through the PowerPoint! The companion handout is available in both printable format and digital format.**

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Here's what teachers like you have to say about this text evidence PowerPoint:

⭐️ Laura S. said, "I have loved using this to introduce my students to citing evidence from the text. It does a great job of scaffolding the learning and providing a lot of high quality examples for students to engage with."

⭐️ Carolyn M. said, "Absolutely what I needed! Saved me hours in creating my own presentation and aligned perfectly with my 4th grade instruction."

⭐️ Demetria W. said, "My students loved this resource. It was fun and easy to use. I love the idea that everything is there for me, so it was little prep time. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. I would definitely recommend this resource to other educators."

⭐️ Gabriel R. said, "This resource sets a strong foundation with writing and reading- I've used this resource every year since I've purchased it back in '18. It is extremely engaging, and the guided worksheet which accompanies the powerpoint serves as excellent practice for the students. This product will help keep your students citing textual evidence throughout the year, for sure!"

Feel free to check out my other text evidence resources:

Text Evidence Practice Passages & Poster

Text Evidence Craftivity

Text Evidence: 4 Tri-folds

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Also, the PowerPoint cannot be edited due to the copyright requirements made by the contributing artists (clip art, font, background).

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