Relevant vs. Irrelevant Evidence

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📚 Part 1: Understanding Evidence

Read this passage about recycling:

"Recycling helps protect our environment. Paper, plastic, and glass can all be recycled. My sister's favorite color is blue. Recycling reduces waste in landfills. Yesterday I had pizza for lunch. When we recycle, we save natural resources like trees and oil."

1. Which sentence from the passage is IRRELEVANT to the main topic of recycling?

"Recycling helps protect our environment."

"My sister's favorite color is blue."

"Recycling reduces waste in landfills."

"When we recycle, we save natural resources."

2. Which sentence provides RELEVANT evidence about how recycling helps the environment?

"Yesterday I had pizza for lunch."

"My sister's favorite color is blue."

"When we recycle, we save natural resources like trees and oil."

"Paper, plastic, and glass can all be recycled."

🔍 Part 2: Identifying Evidence

Read this passage about healthy eating:

"Eating fruits and vegetables keeps your body healthy. Apples contain vitamin C which helps fight illness. The school cafeteria has yellow walls. Carrots have vitamin A that helps your eyesight. My dog likes to play fetch. Drinking water instead of soda gives you more energy."

3. How many sentences in the passage contain IRRELEVANT information?

1 sentence

2 sentences

3 sentences

4 sentences

4. Which sentence provides the BEST evidence that fruits help keep you healthy?

"The school cafeteria has yellow walls."

"Apples contain vitamin C which helps fight illness."

"My dog likes to play fetch."

"Eating fruits and vegetables keeps your body healthy."

5. If you were writing a report about healthy eating, which sentence would you NOT include?

"Carrots have vitamin A that helps your eyesight."

"Drinking water instead of soda gives you more energy."

"My dog likes to play fetch."

"Apples contain vitamin C which helps fight illness."

✏️ Part 3: Apply Your Knowledge

6. Explain in your own words: What makes evidence "relevant" to a topic?

7. Why is it important to identify irrelevant information when reading?

Relevant vs. Irrelevant Evidence

Relevant vs. Irrelevant Evidence

📚 Part 1: Understanding Evidence

🔍 Part 2: Identifying Evidence

✏️ Part 3: Apply Your Knowledge

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