Choose Evidence That Answers the Question
Teacher Model · The Newspaper
Read the fictional scene. Use a detail from this scene to support the supplied claim.
Ben was choosing a photograph for a report about the school's repaired greenhouse. One photograph showed him laughing beside the door. In another, a volunteer was fitting a missing window into its frame. Ben liked his smile in the first photograph, but he selected the second. “Readers should see what was repaired,” he wrote in his note to the editor.
Claim: Ben chose the photograph to explain the repair rather than to show himself.
Choose a detail that strongly supports the claim. Explain the connection.
Watch the model: Ben selected the photograph of a volunteer fitting the missing window. That picture shows the repair, while his smiling photograph does not. Ben's note to the editor confirms what readers should see.
Classroom copy · 1 October 2026
Guided Practice · The Lost Notebook
Read the fictional scene. Use a detail from this scene to support the supplied claim.
Inez found a notebook on the bus. A sticker on its cover showed a comet, and the first page contained a phone number labeled “Call if found.” Inez liked the drawings inside but closed the notebook after finding the number. At home, she asked an adult to help contact its owner. She left the notebook by the door so she would remember to bring it back.
Claim: Inez took action to return the notebook.
Choose a detail that strongly supports the claim. Explain why it fits better than the comet-sticker detail.
My evidence and explanation:
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Classroom copy · 1 October 2026