RAGE

RAGE

Let's learn and practice!

What is RAGE?

• RAGE is a writing process you use to answer an academic question with your opinion.

• You must make the reader believe that your opinion is true.

• You do this by giving PROOF/EVIDENCE and supporting it with an EXPLANATION.

• It's not as difficult as it sounds!

What is the RAGE process?

• R = Reword/restate the question: change the question into a statement.

• A = Answer the question: say what you believe to be the correct answer, be general and don't give details

• G^p? = Give an example/evidence to support your answer: a fact (event or dialogue) from the text or story that shows what you believe. Include the page number.

• E²⁺ = Explain it!: Say how your Example shows your Answer is correct, and why you know there is a connection. 2 or more sentences.

Let's practice R: Reword the question.

• On the next page is a RAG^p?E²⁺ question based on our reading book, Kensuke's Kingdom. It is about Michael's football team, the Mudlarks (p3).

• Your task is to change the question into a statement. DON'T try to answer the question yet!

• Tip! Just remove all the question words and character, but keep it past tense!

• Be careful with spelling, punctuation, capitalisation etc. The answer will show as wrong if you make a mistake!

Fill in the Blank

Make this question into a statement (don't try to answer it):

Why did the Mudlarks win most of their football matches at home?

Let's practice A: Answer the question.

• On the next page, choose the best answer to the question (the information is in KK p3).

• REMEMBER! The answer must be general and not include proof/details, we'll do that in G.

• The academic word 'because' has been added to R.

Multiple Choice

The Mudlarks won most of their football matches at home because

• they knew a secret about their own football pitch.

• their football pitch was muddy.

• they were playing on their own football pitch.

• the Mudlarks knew that the ball wouldn't bounce in the mud.

Let's practice G^p?: Give an example

• On the next page, choose the best example (from KK p3) to support the answer A to the question.

• REMEMBER! Now we can use some detail, we can take text directly from the book. It shouldn't be confusing or too long, but it must support your answer A.

• It should also include the page number ^p?.

• The academic words 'for example' have been added to R.A.

Multiple Choice

The Mudlarks won most of their football matches at home because they knew a secret about their own football pitch. For example,

• "After school everyday, whatever the weather, I’d be off down to the recreation ground for football with Eddie Dodds..." (p3).

• "It was muddy down there. Cross the ball and it would just land and stick." (p3).

• "Visiting teams seemed to expect the ball to bounce for some reason, and by the time they realised it didn’t, we were often two or three goals up." (p3).

• "It was muddy down there. Cross the ball and it would just land and stick [...] by the time visiting teams realised it didn’t, we were often two or three goals up." (p3).

Let's practice E²⁺: Explain

• Ok, so far you should have this RAG;

• The Mudlarks won most of their football matches at home because they knew a secret about their own football pitch. For example, "It was muddy down there. Cross the ball and it would just land and stick [...] by the time visiting teams realised it didn’t, we were often two or three goals up." (p3).

• Now we need to explain (E) this in at least two sentences;

• #1. How does example G support answer A.

• #2. What is the result of sentence #1.

Let's practice E²⁺: Explain Sentence #1

• The first sentence of our explanation should show how our example G supports our answer A. Read them again, then go to the next slide.

• Answer A is this;

• ...because they knew a secret about their own football pitch.

• The supporting example G^p? is this;

• For example, "It was muddy down there. Cross the ball and it would just land and stick [...] by the time visiting teams realised it didn’t, we were often two or three goals up." (p3).

Multiple Choice

Choose the best E sentence #1 to show how G supports A.

The Mudlarks won most of their football matches at home because they knew a secret about their own football pitch. For example, "It was muddy down there. Cross the ball and it would just land and stick [...] by the time visiting teams realised it didn’t, we were often two or three goals up." (p3). This shows

• that the Mudlarks' football pitch was always really muddy because it rained.

• that the Mudlarks' had a game advantage because they knew the ball wouldn't bounce.

• that the visiting teams would always lose to the Mudlarks because they were strangers.

• that the ball would never bounce because it was too muddy.

Let's practice E: Explain Sentence #2

• The second sentence of our explanation should show the RESULT of sentence #1

• Sentence #1 is;

  This shows that the Mudlarks' had a game advantage because they knew the ball wouldn't bounce.

• So, what is the result of that? In detail, what does this allow them to do? Go to the next slide and choose the best answer.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best E sentence #2 to show the RESULT of E sentence #1

Sentence #1: This shows that the Mudlarks' had a game advantage because they knew the ball wouldn't bounce. We understand that

The result of this is...

• it rained a lot where the Mudlarks played football.

• the visiting teams would always lose.

• they knew a secret about their own football pitch.

• the secret knowledge allowed them to easily take control of the ball and score more goals.

Now we have all the parts of RAGE

Question:

Why did the Mudlarks win most of their football matches at home?

The Mudlarks won most of their football matches at home because they knew a secret about their own football pitch. For example, "It was muddy down there. Cross the ball and it would just land and stick [...] by the time visiting teams realised it didn’t, we were often two or three goals up." (p3). This shows that the Mudlarks' had a game advantage because they knew the ball wouldn't bounce. The secret knowledge allowed them to easily take control of the ball and score more goals.

Now it's your turn!

• On the next slide you're going to answer the question below. The information you need is in Kensuke's Kingdom chapter 1, pages 9 to 11 (online pages 4 & 5).

• Q: Why does Michael's father behave differently when the family meet in Southampton?

• You have already partly answered this question in your Activity Booklet, chapter 1, L2 question 8. Use that for inspiration.

• Remember the process, RAG^p?E²⁺

Open Ended

Answer this using RAG^p?E²⁺

Why does Michael's father behave differently when the family meet in Southampton?