Citing Text Evidence & Explaining Inferences — Drills · Grade 7 English

Chapter: Information, Media & Evidence

What these drills covers

By the end of Citing Text Evidence & Explaining Inferences you should be able to:

4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: text evidence, commentary, evidence, qualification, revision.

Problem 1

Without opening a model: Explain text evidence in the assigned reading, distinguishing it from a related idea.
Answer and explanation

A detail from a text that supports a stated interpretation or claim. Read enough surrounding text to understand a quotation. Identify who speaks, what is happening, and what changes. A short quotation can be more useful than a paragraph copied without explanation. Your evidence must answer the actual question.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 2

Without opening a model: Write a claim-evidence-explanation sequence about Leila’s changed response.
Answer and explanation

Leila increasingly responds to a problem by revising her work rather than protecting its appearance. Paragraph 7 shows that she wants to hide the unreadable card but moves it nearer the door instead. That action matters because it contrasts with her opening wish for a certain-looking result; it does not mean that she stops feeling embarrassed.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 3

Without opening a model: Evaluate this claim: “A quotation explains itself.” Explain a correction in context.
Answer and explanation

This claim is misleading. Commentary explains how evidence supports a claim. “This shows the theme” simply announces a relationship. Explain the action, its contrast with an earlier choice, and its effect on your interpretation. Preserve a limit if the detail does not establish everything in the claim. Leila increasingly responds to a problem by revising her work rather than protecting its appearance. Paragraph 7 shows that she wants to hide the unreadable card but moves it nearer the door instead. That action matters because it contrasts with her opening wish for a certain-looking result; it does not mean that she stops feeling embarrassed.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 4

Without opening a model: Would a long quotation without commentary establish an interpretation?
Answer and explanation

No. The reader needs to know which detail matters and how it supports the claim. A shorter traceable detail with an explanation often does more analytical work.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

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