Bridge: Quote Text Accurately

Begin Grade 5 evidence work by selecting and using exact quotations to support an explicit statement or inference.

How the lesson starts: Bridge: Quote Text Accurately

Inspector Juno's case
Meet Inspector Juno, an owl who solves reading cases. Juno never says, I just think so. She points to the author's exact words. Exact words are her fingerprints. Today, you are her partner!
Juno's steps
Here is how Juno cracks a case. First, read the statement. Next, hunt for its key words in the text. Then tap the one sentence that proves it. A quotation uses the author's exact words, so don't change a single word.
Find the proof
Statement: the robot made a mistake at first. Sami built a robot? Not a mistake. On Monday, the robot sprayed the cat instead of the beans. Spraying the cat is a mistake! Juno taps that exact sentence.