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 20 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.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
2.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
LessonPrint · W.5.8 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — List Your Sources
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A claim about how a character's point of view shapes the story, with evidence drawn from it.
2.A four-stage plan with a distinct goal and output for each stage.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.8 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.