Mixed Practice: Citing Evidence

Question

Citing Text

Text evidence is information from a text that helps

explain or prove ideas. Strong evidence is relevant,

specific, and essential.

Use a direct quotation when you want to include the

exact words from the text. Be sure to place quotation

marks around the text and credit the author or source.

More Citing Text

When answering questions about a story or passage,

use relevant information from the text to support

your conclusions.

When doing outside research for an essay or report,

use reliable and authoritative sources to find

credible evidence.

Then, decide where the evidence belongs and

explain how it supports your reasoning.

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Dani is using the RACES strategy to organize information for a research paragraph. She is answering this question: How are fashion designers helping the planet?

Here is what Dani has so far:

Restate the Question

Answer the Question

Cite Evidence

Explain the Evidence

Sum it Up

Fashion designers are helping the planet by….

making Earth-friendly clothes and shoes.

An Achieve 3000 article states that Jillian Silverman designed a shoe made from chicken feathers, cloth, and mushroom roots.

The chicken materials and cloth were bits of waste.

Once the shoe gets worn out, it can be composted.

Silverman used materials in her shoe that would have been wasted otherwise. All the materials were natural, which means they can be composted once the shoe is worn out. No part of this shoe will end up in a landfill.



Which paragraph best sums up Dani's argument, based on information in the chart?

Fashion designers sometimes make shoes. Jillian Silverman is one of them. She makes shoes that help the planet. But she's not the only one. Julie Colombino-Billingham started a shoe company. It makes shoes from natural leather. And she provides jobs for people in Haiti.
Fashion designers are helping the planet by making clothes and shoes that are Earth friendly. Jillian Silverman is one of them. According to an Achieve3000 article, Silverman reused waste to make a shoe. It was made from chicken feathers, cloth, and mushrooms. All these materials are natural, Silverman said. So the shoe can be composted. It will never end up in a landfill.
Jillian Silverman is a fashion designer. An article says that she used chicken feathers, cloth, and mushrooms to make shoes. This is a really smart way to reuse materials. There are other products that are made from plants. Some ice cream companies make spoons you can eat. They're made from plants, too.

Answer 1

The paragraph that best sums up Dani's argument, based on the information in the chart, is:

"Fashion designers are helping the planet by making clothes and shoes that are Earth-friendly. Jillian Silverman is one of them. According to an Achieve3000 article, Silverman reused waste to make a shoe. It was made from chicken feathers, cloth, and mushrooms. All these materials are natural, Silverman said. So the shoe can be composted. It will never end up in a landfill."

This paragraph effectively restates the question, provides a clear answer about fashion designers being environmentally friendly, cites specific evidence from a reliable source (the Achieve3000 article), and explains how Silverman's design contributes to sustainability by utilizing natural and compostable materials, thus supporting Dani's reasoning.