Answering questions using evidence in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
I can use evidence in the text to support reasoning.
Answering questions using evidence in 'Walter Tull's Scrapbook'
I can use evidence in the text to support reasoning.
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Key learning points
- Skimming and scanning helps to retrieve and record information from a text.
- Reading between the lines to search for clues can help to infer meaning.
- Evidence from the text helps us to justify our inferences.
Keywords
Retrieval - Retrieval is finding key details or information in the text and extracting them.
Inference - Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
Evidence - Evidence is the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning.
Common misconception
Pupils may include any information that mentions keywords in the question stem.
It is important to model re-reading the question and answer, checking evidence for accuracy and context in answers.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
The person who writes the text for a book.
A title or explanation for an illustration.
A book to collect memories, photos, clippings and mementos.
Can organise information and make it easier to find.
Can provide visual information to help readers understand.
Can provide definitions and explanations of unfamiliar words
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Finding key details in the text and extracting them.
To use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
The information from a text that can justify our reasoning.