Key Terms by Grade

 

NOTE: New terms will be added as they are completed throughout the year.

 

When we are responding to text in Grades 6, 7, & 8, we use the acronyms CSI or PPE.  Here is what they mean:

 

Claim/Point

 

What is your answer to the question?

 

What do you want to prove?

 

What do you believe to be true?

 

Support/Proof

 

What is an example(s) or evidence from the text that shows your claim/proves your point?

 

What is the CONTEXT of your example? (Describe what has happened/is happening in the situation and who is speaking if there is dialogue.) This comes before the example.

 

Your example can be a direct quote or you can paraphrase (summarize) it, but in both cases, you need a page number if there is one. Example: (22).

 

A quote often makes your example(s) stronger.

 

Insight/Explanation (not all, but at least one or two of these things should be addressed in your insight)

 

How does the example(s) prove your claim?

 

What happens as a result of this situation?

 

Why is this important for the reader to notice?

 

What do the characters/can we learn from this?

 

What connection(s) can you make to this situation?

 

Grade 5

 

Grade 6

 

Grade 7

 

Grade 8