How to Choose Textual Evidence to Support Claim: Writing a Paragraph

In this video, I will show you how to find and choose textual evidence to support your claim. I review the purpose of quotes and the common mistakes to avoid. I walk you through an example and explain how to find credible evidence and how to use it in your paragraph.

0:00 Introduction to How to Use Evidence
0:19 Purpose of Using Evidence in Paragraph
0:44 What is Evidence?
0:59 Common Mistakes When Using Evidence
2:18 How to Add Evidence to Your Paragraph
3:43 Example of Explaining Evidence
4:39 Review, Revise and Edit Evidence

Whether you are a teacher trying to help ALL your students navigate the writing process, a parent struggling at home to help their child with distance learning or a student that just got a massive essay in class, this channel is for you! I walk you through the entire writing process from start to finish. In this channel, you will find research-based, classroom-tested, student approved literacy skills for equitable education!

My hope is that these videos will help you as you write in school and at home. I am a classroom teacher myself, so I know how hard teaching writing is. I use all these videos in my own classroom to support and differentiate the learning for ALL my students. I have found these videos extremely helpful for ALL students especially English Language Learners. I also provide free classroom materials to help you teach writing to ALL your kids.

[osteosandy]

your videos are incredibly helpful. can you do one on the difference between adding a party to a counter claim versus third-party and the pros and the cons. Also how to write up a motion

[whatsup]

Thanks a lot. I needed this for a slide presentation that I had to do.

[mstersix]

Thanks too much. It was very useful for my Ss to understand better.

[invalid]

Thanks! I've been told by my teacher that I had to provide evidence and quotes to every evidence I do.

[nicole]

Any chance you’re going to make a how to write a counter argument paragraph video by next week 😅 I’ve been using you in class and it’s really clicking for my students but I’m lowkey panicking about living up to your legacy when I have to go off book to teach counter argument lol

[briannag]

Hi Mister Messinger can you please help me with a closing sentence for my introduction?

[laticiapitts]

Hello, my English professor wants me to write an essay using the ipac method but I can’t find much info on how it’s done.

[Johnweely]

The thing is I have trouble finding historians quote for my essay :(

[markjhonangelollanescruz]

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[wingwong]

Wow you did not help me completely dissatisfied