Answering Questions About a Text

Worksheet Description

The “Answering Questions About a Text” worksheet is a structured educational tool designed to help students practice responding to questions about a reading passage and substantiating their answers with textual evidence. The worksheet guides students through a step-by-step process, starting with writing down the specific question they are going to answer, ensuring clarity and focus on the task at hand.

The next section provides a space for the student’s initial answer, followed by lines where they are prompted to identify three details, quotes, or lines from the text that support their response. This encourages students to engage directly with the text and to think critically about how evidence supports their conclusions. Finally, the worksheet instructs students to rewrite their answer as a short paragraph, incorporating the cited textual evidence to create a well-supported, cohesive argument. This task reinforces the importance of integrating quotations into their writing, a skill critical for strong academic writing. The worksheet is designed to be straightforward and effective, with clear instructions and sufficient space for students to articulate and refine their thoughts.