Quote the Text

Pick the exact sentence that supports an answer or opinion, and write it with quotation marks.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 75

When you answer a question about a text, prove it! Find the exact sentence that supports your answer.
How do reefs help beaches? This sentence answers it: reefs also protect beaches by breaking up big waves before they reach the shore.
To quote it, copy the words exactly and put quotation marks around them. Name where it came from: the article says.
Never change the words inside quotation marks. Changing even one word, like can to will, changes what the author said.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

4.T.RA.2.a — Refer to specific passages or quotations from a text to support an idea, answer, or opinion. (I)