Textual Evidence to Support Analysis - RL.8.1 - Playlist and Teaching Notes

Students explore standard RL.8.1 with this playlist. They will use textual evidence to support an analysis of a text’s explicit meaning. Students will support inferences using textual evidence. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.

This product includes:
• 3 links to instructional videos or texts
• 2 links to practice quizzes or activities
• 1 assessment that includes five multiple choice questions
• Definitions of key terms, such as explicit information and textual evidence
• Examples of how to cite textual evidence to support explicit information
• An excerpt from "Adventure II. The Red-headed League " by Arthur Conan Doyle
• “Daedalus and Icarus,” a Greek Myth
• An excerpt from “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen
• An excerpt from “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson
• An accompanying Teaching Notes file

The Teaching Notes file includes:
• Additional activities to help your students explore the standard
• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities
• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels