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Evidence and Revision Review Cards

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Audience / fit
Grade 6 ELA
Teaching or planning target
Sixteen short-response revision cards; use a selection with the recording sheet and explanatory key.
Essential prerequisites
Students have practiced the evidence and revision move on the selected card; choose a few cards rather than handing out all sixteen at once.
Preparation
About 12 minutes.
Use time
About 40 minutes. Planning estimate for four selected cards at about five minutes each plus time to introduce, compare, and discuss revisions; not classroom-tested. Use all sixteen over multiple sessions.
Materials
Printed learner cards, cut apart if desired. One recording sheet per learner or established response route.
What to print
Print the chosen activity. Follow the source or reveal instructions beside it.

Evidence to notice: Look for an accurate relevant revision and explanation, with conflicting unsupported statements removed.

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Student page 1: Cards 1–2 and recording space
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Audience / fit
Grade 6 ELA
Teaching or planning target
Sixteen short-response revision cards; use a selection with the recording sheet and explanatory key.
Essential prerequisites
Students have practiced the evidence and revision move on the selected card; choose a few cards rather than handing out all sixteen at once.
Preparation
About 12 minutes.
Use time
About 40 minutes. Planning estimate for four selected cards at about five minutes each plus time to introduce, compare, and discuss revisions; not classroom-tested. Use all sixteen over multiple sessions.
Materials
Printed learner cards, cut apart if desired. One recording sheet per learner or established response route.
What to print
Use the stage-specific student choices below and the matching teacher guide. Give independent, new-evidence and later-assessment pages only at their intended stage.

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Cards 1–2 and recording space · PDF (2 pages)

Read the teacher guide and answers · PDF (20 pages)

Start with cards 1–2 and the matching recording page. Choose later pairs separately. The recording page has blank rows for four cards; it does not reveal the other cards. These are review activities, not a fresh standardized assessment.

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Learners will improve a short response by adding relevant evidence, explaining its connection to a point, narrowing a claim to match evidence, or removing/replacing unsupported or off-topic material.

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Who it is for
Grade 6 ELA
Preparation
About 12 minutes.
Teaching time
About 40 minutes. Planning estimate for four selected cards at about five minutes each plus time to introduce, compare, and discuss revisions; not classroom-tested. Use all sixteen over multiple sessions.
Teacher guidance
Separate teacher files include completed examples or answer and scoring guidance.

Materials

  • Printed learner cards, cut apart if desired.
  • One recording sheet per learner or established response route.

Choose a stage and format

Give only the stage being used. Keep later tasks and all teacher keys with the teacher until needed.

Archive: Formats and all files

Earlier guidance and source files are retained as historical records. For classroom teaching and printing, use the current stage files and matching guides above. Older guidance, timing and layouts are superseded; some retained browser/Word files have limited writing space or sparse extra pages. Keep historical student files with their historical keys and do not mix editions.

Complete reference files may include teaching, independent tasks, later evidence or teacher answers. Keep them with the teacher; use the separate stage selections above for handouts.

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Keep teacher guidance and answers separate from student copies. Word files contain editable text; the PDF files are ready to print.

Support and adaptation

  • Read one card aloud or use text-to-speech, let the learner mark one relevant detail, and allow dictation or an established communication route. Keep the same revision and evidence goal.

Extension

  • Invite learners to write a second defensible revision and compare which version most directly answers the question. Treat this as additional practice, not a norm-referenced score.

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