This document provides a lesson plan for teaching students how to write evidence-based responses to comprehension questions by outlining strategies like using graphic organizers and the QAR method to find supporting details from texts and practice answering questions about a passage on Michelle Kwan's career. Learning objectives include completing graphic organizers, identifying vocabulary, writing well-supported answers, and maintaining a portfolio of work.

1. EVIDENCE BASED WRITING
LEARN HOW TO WRITE A DETAILED RESPONSE
TO A CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE
QUESTION!!
4th Grade Reading Ms. Nelson
EDU 653 The Read/Write Web

2. Welcome and Introduction:
WELCOME!! This powerpoint is based on lessons that will help
students develop strategies and practice writing a well
developed evidence based response to specific guided
comprehension question.
Students will be able to work through reading selections and use
specific graphic organizers to write an evidence based response
to a specific comprehension question.

3. Learning Standards:
Common Core State Standards
Reading Standards for Literature RL.5.1 Quote accurately
from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when
drawing inferences from the text
Reading Standards for Informational Text RI.5.8
Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support
particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence
support which point(s)
Writing Standards W.5.8. Recall relevant information
from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital
sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished
work, and provide a list of resources.

4. Learning Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To (SWBAT):
 Complete the graphic organizer to find evidence from the text (cite the paragraph)
 Identify key vocabulary words in the text using context clues
 Determine how to find evidence to support the claim
 Write a detailed response to a given question about the passage and support you
response with evidence from the text
 Determine and identify specific strategies to write out a well thought out response to
specific questions related to the text
 Answer guided questions using evidence from the text to show, model comprehension
skills
 Read orally and independently with fluency
 Maintain portfolio of completed work to be used during student led conferences at the
end of the project

5. Questions to Think
About??
 What is evidence?
 Where can we look to find our evidence today?
 How do we find the evidence needed to support
the claim?
 Why do we need evidence?
 When do we look for evidence?
 Will a graphic organizer help you determine types
of evidence you will use to support the claim?

6. Our Scoring Guide…
REMEMBER to reference our writing scoring guide!!
4 ADVANCED
3 PROFICIENT
2 BASIC
1 BELOW BASIC

7. Our Acronyms:
Remember our Acronyms for writing a BCR (Brief Constructed Response):
RACE and SLAMS
R Restate the Question.
A Answer the Question.
C Cite evidence from the text, graphs, data, or pictures.
E Extend your thinking. Make a connection to self,
another text or the world.

8. Acronyms:
SLAMS
S Sentence: Write your answer in complete sentences.
L Lines: The number of lines on answer sheet gives you an
idea of how long your answer should be.
A Answer: Answer the question the test asks. Answer all
parts of the question.
M Mechanics: Mechanics are punctuation, capitalization,
spelling, grammar and usage.
S Support: Remember to support your answer with details
from the selection.

9. Informational Text:
 Remember informational text is just that…information about
a specific topic or content!!
 Informational text may use to compare/ contrast,
demonstrate cause/ effect relationships and may use charts
or graphs. Textbooksare sources of informational text we
have used in class.
 Can you think of any other forms of informational text we
have also used in class?
 As you read text remember to think about the strategies for
answering specific types of questions. Think about who and
what the passage is about. Think about the question being
asked and support your answer with evidence from the text.

10. QAR Strategy:
QAR is a strategy that helps students understand types of
questions. Understanding the type of question being asked
will allow you to be able to decide and develop a strategy to
answer the question.
Four Types of Questions examined using the QAR strategy:
 Right There Questions
 Think and Search Questions
 Author and You Questions
 On My Own Questions
For information and examples check this link..
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship

11. QAR Video:
CLICK ON THE VIDEO LINK BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE QAR
STATEGY!!
 View the video below to learn more about the QAR strategy and see if you
are ready to try it on your own!
 Read and listen to the video and think about the types of questions being
described. Where would evidence based questions be found?
How can you use this video to help you answer your questions?
Listen to the example and see if you got the questions correct.
http-//www.youtube.com/w#142239
**Note Mac Computer Users: The video link may not open correctly, if it does not open
here is the link to the video from You
Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0o2jUFRpXc&feature=player_embed
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12. Organize Your Thoughts:
Graphic organizer are great useful tools that help you organize and visualize your thoughts about a specific
topic.
Examples we have used in class…
*KWL Charts *Story Maps
*Concept Maps *Timeline Charts
*Word Web *Organizational Chart
*Evidence Chart *Cause/Effect Chart
*Detail Maps *Hamburger writing with Juicy Details
AND MANY MORE…Can you think of any more types of graphic organizers we have used in class that allow
you to organize and direct your thinking about a specific passage, topic, or content??

13. Graphic Organizer :
http://www.readwritethink.org /files/resources/interactives /storymap
http://interactives.mped.org/webbing127.aspx

14. Now You Try:
 We have practiced and reviewed strategies to write an evidence
based response. Now it is your turn to show what you have
learned!!
 Follow the directions below to complete your assignment:
1. Click on the link below for the passage of your choice
2. Choose your graphic organizer
3. Read the passage using the strategies. Keep in mind the claim in which you will be
supporting in your writing.
4. Take notes using your graphic organizer
5. Save your document…you will save your document to the desktop by titling your work
lastname_nelson4th or send your document to me using your gmailBrightwood account.

15. Now It Is Your Turn!!
GIVE IT A TRY…I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!
You will read the passage about Michelle Kwan thinking about the claim and how it is
supported with evidence in the passage. You will choose one of the graphic
organizers to devise and organize your writing plan to support the claim and answer
the guided comprehension question.
Claim: How did practice and perseverance help Michelle Kwan achieve her goals?
Support your answer by using evidence from the text.
Links for passage and graphic organizers…
michelle_kwan_text_passage.docx
michelle_kwan_graphic_organizer.doc
Nelson-Evidence-based Writing-MK.docx

16. How I will use this lesson:
 I will implement this lesson with my students as reinforcement
and practice in which they can complete the tasks
independently. They will have time during our learning stations
block to rotate through the computers to view the presentation
and complete the activities.
 Students will be able to decide if they want to send their work
as an email attachment or save to the desk top. Students will be
able to print their work samples and keep for their portfolios
and final evaluation
 My target audience will be my students this summer in which I
will make changes as needed and add passages as well in hopes to
finalize the tasks for next year.

17. Resources:
Here are some GREAT websites and resources that I used to gather information to design this powerpoint lesson!
http://www.eduplace.com
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship
http://www.education.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.graphic.org
http://www.commoncore.org
Michelle Kwan Heart of a Champion an Autobiography
Houghton Mifflin 2005 J. David Cooper, John Pikulski
*The text passage about Michelle Kwan is a shorter version of the story in our student reading
books. It is found in the 5th grade series Theme 2, Give It All You’ve Got.