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.
Set 10 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
List Your Sources
W.5.8
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Use evidence from a text to argue that its author has a position, not just information.
I made a claim
I quoted accurately
I explained the quotations
I wrote a conclusion
2.Write a formal letter making a case to somebody with the power to act on it.
I used formal English
I made a case
I supported it
I wrote a conclusion
LessonPrint · W.5.8 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — List Your Sources
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.An argument about authorial position supported by quotation.
2.A formal letter with a clear request and supporting reasons.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.