Paint Your Evidence

A Color-Coded Text Evidence Writing System

Teach students how to find, use, and explain textual evidence using a simple visual writing structure.

This resource is part of the Rhyme & Reason Writing System, a narrative-driven approach that helps students organize their thinking and support their ideas with clear evidence.

Students learn to structure their writing using a color-coded system:

🟢 Claim – Answer the question
🟡 Reasoning – Explain the thinking
🔴 Evidence – Provide proof from the text
🟢 Wrap-Up – Connect the idea back to the reader

What’s Included

✔ 5 structured lessons
✔ Narrative story introductions
✔ Interactive Paint Crew activities
✔ Student response pages
✔ Guided and independent practice
✔ Teacher modeling examples
✔ Color-coded anchor charts

Meet the Paint Crew

Students follow the writers of Room 1906:

Shakahili
Zechariah
Shi Li
Cher

Through narrative storytelling and color-coded structure, students learn how to organize their thinking and support their ideas.

Skills Covered

• Understanding writing prompts
• Finding textual evidence
• Identifying weak vs strong evidence
• Embedding evidence in writing
• Explaining evidence clearly

Grade Level

Best for Grades 6–9 ELA classrooms

Perfect For

✔ Paragraph writing
✔ Evidence-based writing
✔ Literary analysis
✔ Writing intervention
✔ Structured writing instruction