ACE Notes

ACE Notes

EOC Constructed Response

• 1. There will be 3-5 short Constructed Responses on the EOC.

  2. They are worth anywhere from 25-36% of your overall EOC Score.

  3. Half of the points you will receive will be for the content of your answer.

  4. The other half of the points you will receive are language (correct grammar) points. You MUST check for errors (capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, usage, etc.).

Multiple Choice

True or false

The constructed response questions are important to the EOC.

• True

• False

Poll

How do you feel about writing a constructed response?

• 1(not very good)

• 3 (okay but need some practice)

• 5 (I don't need any help)

A in ACE

• Never ever say "I" in the answer UNLESS it explicitly says "What is your opinion of the character?"

• Keep your opinion out of the constructed response

Multiple Choice

Which of these correctly answers the question?

What is Ms. Yarrington's favorite color?

• I think her favorite color is yellow.

• Yellow

• Her favorite color is yellow.

• Ms. Yarrington's favorite color is yellow.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is correctly cited evidence?

• On page 43 Ms. Yarrington told us her favorite color was yellow.

• She said it was yellow.

Multiple Choice

Which of these elaborates on the answer?

• Ms. Yarrington enjoys yellow because it reminds her of sunshine and happiness.

• Ms. Yarrington just likes yellow.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is everything put together for an ACE?

• Ms. Yarrington's favorite color is yellow. On page 43 Ms. Yarrington told us that she enjoys yellow because yellow reminds her of sunshine and happiness.

• Ms. Yarrington likes yellow because it reminds her of sunshine and happiness.

Multiple Select

Select all that apply.

Why is card number 1 the best ACE example?

• It doesn't say "I"

• It has evidence

• It has elaboration and explanation

• It includes the authors opinion

• It has a conversational tone

Poll

I can restate the question as an answer in a complete sentence.