QERMT Designed by L. Baker
Weaving My Ideas with an Author’s Ideas
(You can rearrange the order of these elements.)
Q: Quotation
Choose a quotation that shows what the prompt asks.
E: Explain the quotation
What does this author mean?
Tell what is going on in the text at this point.
R: Respond with a Claim or Assertion
Tell what you think about this.
Does this author’s idea invite you agree or disagree?
Do you think this situation happens in your world, too?
M: My example
Fact
Expert’s opinion
Narrative (story): your narrative or a narrative from someone else
T: Tie the example to your opinion and/or the author’s opinion
Tell how the example shows your opinion about the prompt.
You may want to tell how your example compares to the author’s idea or experience.
You can use “this shows that” and then cross it out. This shows that