Citing textual evidence practice

Questions

1. Claim: The rain garden helped reduce runoff from the school parking lot. Which sentence from the passage is the strongest evidence for this claim? Passage: During storms, water flowed from the school parking lot into the street. After the rain garden was planted, more water soaked into its soil, and less reached the storm drain.
2. Claim: Students could borrow books from the library during summer vacation. Which detail best supports the claim? Passage: The library opened a summer reading room. Students could check out books there from June through August. The room also displayed student artwork.
3. Passage: The town library extended its weekday hours. Students could now use the computers until 7 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. Which sentence best paraphrases the passage without changing its meaning?
4. Claim: Regular practice helped the students read more smoothly. Which evidence best supports the claim? Passage: Each day, students reread a short passage with a partner. At the end of the month, many students read the same passages more smoothly than they had on the first day.
5. Which three practices help a writer use textual evidence responsibly?
6. Put these steps for using a quotation in a paragraph in a logical order.
7. Match each claim with the passage detail that best supports it. Passage: A neighborhood group planted trees along Maple Street. The trees shaded the sidewalks. Volunteers watered the young trees every Saturday. By fall, several birds had built nests in the branches.
8. Complete the sentence with the exact words from the passage that best support the claim that the garden attracted bees. Passage: The school garden had several kinds of flowers. Bees visited the flowers throughout spring.
9. Choose the best phrase to complete the sentence about paraphrasing.
10. Read the passage and mark each statement true or false. Passage: The school newspaper added a weekly puzzle. Readers could send in answers by Friday. The editors printed the names of students who answered correctly in the next issue.