Supporting Ideas with Evidence
Learning Objective
I can select evidence from a text that supports a specific idea.
Key Concepts
According to the video, readers must choose the best text evidence to support a claim.
In the Supreme Court case, Nicks versus Hen, the court had to decide if a tomato was a fruit or a vegetable for tax purposes.
The video claims that the best evidence to support the court's claim is that tomatoes are used like vegetables because they are usually served at dinner and not for dessert.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is the central task readers face when asked to support a claim with text evidence?
2. According to the video, what was the central question in the Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden?
3. In the Nix v. Hedden case, what was John Nicks' argument regarding tomatoes and taxation?
...and 9 more questions
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