Sooo...now we begin. It's about to get real. SOAPS analysis time! We will be working on supporting our claims and inferences with evidence from the text/picture/painting, etc. Or, as the Common Core State Standards explain: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
I just cited text to explain why we're citing text...you're welcome.