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List Your Sources is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on recording where each piece of evidence came from, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.8. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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List Your Sources

W.5.8

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Write on the lines. Use the checklist.

1.Plan a piece across a week: research, draft, revise, edit. Set a goal for each stage.
  • I planned four stages
  • I set a goal for each
  • I said what each produces
  • I wrote a conclusion
2.Draw evidence from a story to analyse how a character's point of view shapes what is told.
  • I made a claim
  • I quoted accurately
  • I explained the quotations
  • I wrote a conclusion

LessonPrint · W.5.8 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — List Your Sources

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A four-stage plan with a distinct goal and output for each stage.
  2. 2.A claim about how a character's point of view shapes the story, with evidence drawn from it.

Questions about List Your Sources

What does the List Your Sources worksheet cover?

It practises recording where each piece of evidence came from — 2 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core W.5.8: Summarise and paraphrase from sources, and list them. The instruction to pupils is “Write on the lines. Use the checklist”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does List Your Sources practise?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.8 — W.5.8, in the Writing domain for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

List Your Sources is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on W.5.8, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does List Your Sources come with an answer key?

Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of List Your Sources can I print?

25 versions, of which 15 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.

Is List Your Sources free to print and photocopy?

Yes. List Your Sources, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.