Week 01 · Friday: Evidence Hunters (Reading and Writing 6-8)

Friday: Nova's Signal Review

Nova projects four cards onto the porch wall: a corkboard, a garden gate, a skate ramp, a sleeping dog.

"Four passages," she says. "One question. What did you learn to do this week?"

Rocket answers first. "Find the line. Quote the line. Say what it shows."

Raven adds, "And know the difference between what the text says and what we inferred."

"And pick the strongest line when there are three," Rocket says. "I learned that one the slow way."

Nova's light brightens. "Then you are ready for a review. I will ask. You will cite."

Raven opens her notebook to a clean page and writes the date. "Evidence Hunters, final check."

Learn it: the evidence ladder

This week built a ladder with three rungs. Explicit evidence is stated in the text. An inference joins a clue to what you know.

The strongest evidence is the line that supports a point most directly. Every rung begins by citing the line.

Explicit: the text says it. Put your finger on it.
Inferred: the text says X, so I can infer Y.
Strongest: the line with the least guessing.
Always: quote the line, then say what it shows.

Read it

Lines from this week's passages
From The Corkboard Case: "The pins in that old board slip whenever it gets damp."
From The Corkboard Case: "The Press Day sign on the post had slid down its nail too."
From The Garden Gate: "In the soft earth by the barrel were footprints, each one shorter than her hand."
From The Garden Gate: "On the bottom, in marker, were the letters T.O."
From Repair Day at the Skate Ramp: "Without being asked, four people stayed to tighten every bolt."
From Repair Day at the Skate Ramp: "It is our ramp. You do not fix half of it."
From Biscuit Comes Home: "He never goes far. He is scared of the big road."
From Biscuit Comes Home: "Priya's house was two doors from the ramp."

NOVA'S REVIEW: EXPLICIT OR INFERRED?

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

The pins slipped because the cork swelled. Explicit or inferred?

Theo watered the garden. Explicit or inferred?

Four people stayed to tighten the bolts. Explicit or inferred?

Biscuit stayed close because the big road scares him. Explicit or inferred?

NOVA'S REVIEW: THE STRONGEST LINE

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

Point: the corkboard cards slipped on their own. Which line is strongest?

Point: the garden visitor was a small child. Which line is strongest?

Point: neighbors felt the ramp belonged to everyone. Which line is strongest?

Which passage this week was a Signal report rather than a story? Type one word from its title.

Which word did Nova use for the line that needs the least guessing? Type the word.

PUT THE EVIDENCE STEPS IN ORDER

?Read the question and find its key word.
?Scan the passage for the key word.
?Quote the exact line.
?Explain what the line shows.

WHY THIS EXERCISEFind, quote, explain. That order keeps every point tied to the text.

Statement	True or false?
An inference needs a clue from the text.	?
One piece of evidence is always enough for a report.	?
The strongest evidence needs the least guessing.	?
A point without a line from the text is still evidence.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEInferences rest on clues. Two pieces beat one. A point with no line is only an opinion.

Signal notebook: choose one line from the Read it list. Write the point it supports and say whether it is explicit or inferred.Write a three-sentence summary of what an Evidence Hunter does. Use the words cite, infer and strongest.Which passage was your favorite this week? Give one reason, and cite one line that shows it.

Try it

Pick one of the four passages and read it aloud one more time.
Find a line nobody asked about this week. Write a question for it that a reader could answer with that line.

Review complete. Tomorrow is Press Day: the crew folds the issue, and you finish your own evidence piece.