Identify attribution work

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Excerpt A: Invented memoir-style account: I remember the paper tearing before I remember the applause; I still feel the pause before I answered. Excerpt B: "Five bends," Jo said. Analyze Jo said. Excerpt C: In one trial the paper tore at the fifth bend. Repeated bending can wear a paper connection; this trial introduces why a bend record matters, while one result does not establish all materials’ behavior. Excerpt D: The frame consists of two cardboard panels. No opposite intention or exaggeration is supplied.
• Primary check: Excerpt A: Fictional news report: At Friday’s display, Jo reported five tested bends; Lea asked that the limit appear on the card. Excerpt B: Trial Card A records five bends. Analyze Trial Card A. Excerpt C: I began with a blank card. We tested the fold and discussed what a record could honestly say. At the end I held that same card, now marked Five bends in one trial. Excerpt D: The writer calls a failed guarantee wonderfully accurate, explicitly intending criticism.

Learn the idea

Attribution can connect a statement to a speaker or document, distinguish interpretation or flag an unverified report. Readers need these distinctions to judge what is established.

Locate the attribution phrase and state exactly what source status it gives. Do not upgrade a rumor to verified fact.

Original worked input: Original excerpt B: "Five bends," Jo said. Analyze Jo said. The task is to identify attribution work. The answer is “names a direct speaker”. Evidence: "Five bends," Jo said. Analyze Jo said. Reasoning: names a direct speaker is supported because a tag identifies the person responsible for direct speech. A named source can still have limitations.

1. Read the supplied worked case and identify the part named in this lesson. An adult can model unfamiliar words.
2. Locate the attribution phrase and state exactly what source status it gives. Do not upgrade a rumor to verified fact.
3. Check the worked solution: names a direct speaker. Evidence: "Five bends," Jo said. Analyze Jo said. Reasoning: names a direct speaker is supported because a tag identifies the person responsible for direct speech. A named source can still have limitations.
4. Use the new primary and practice cases. Give a reason from the actual words before checking the feedback.

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Take it further

Changed-input task: Original excerpt B: I read the torn-paper image as an admission of uncertainty; this is my analysis. Give an evidence-based answer before looking at the model. Expected reasoning: Evidence: I read the torn-paper image as an admission of uncertainty; this is my analysis. Reasoning: marks writer’s own interpretation is supported because my interpretation separates analysis from source observation. A named source can still have limitations. Then write a brief alternative sentence, paragraph, source note or scene that demonstrates the same operation; label new fictional details and preserve source limits.

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