Short Response Questions

Short Response Questions

A Mountain Calling

Strategies for short response questions

• Preview the questions before reading the text

• Break down questions by isolating the question word and identifying the targeted skill

• Read the text and annotate using the questions to guide you

• Answer the Question using R.A.C.E. *Be sure to do the C & E in R.A.C.E TWICE

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Questions to consider:

-The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. What evidence is given to support this point? Use two details from the passage to support your response

Multiple Choice

Look at the following question from our ready book, then select true or false for the statement below:

The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. What evidence is given to support this point? Use two details from the passage to support your response.

For a question like this, it is fine to simply restate the question and quote the article without providing an answer in your own words.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a good answer (R.A.C.E.) to this question:

The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. What evidence is given to support this point? Use two details from the passage to support your response.

• "John Muir never liked the word "hike.""

• The author illustrates this point by saying Muir preferred to saunter and giving examples of him doing just that.

• The author illustrates this point by showing examples of how John Muir rushed through the Sierra Nevada Mountains during his first trip there.

• “Perhaps the best way to honor Muir is simply to slow down and appreciate nature for its beauty.”

Open Ended

What are some transition words/phrases we can use when we are about to provide a quote from the text?

Transition words/phrases for Citing

• According to the (text, author) . . .

• According to paragraph ___ of the article, it states . . .

• For example, the (article, author, narrator, text) states that . . .

• For instance, the text (says, states, explains) . . .

• The writer goes on to say . . . (use as a follow up to a previous quote)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a good citation (R.A.C.E) for the question:

The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. What evidence is given to support this point? Use two details from the passage to support your response

• He spent much of his thirties alone in the mountains, carrying a tattered blue journal that he filled with

  sketches, scientific observations, and soulful writing.

• Muir began his love affair with nature at a young age

• In 1849, Muir’s father sacrificed the family’s wealth in Dunbar for a harsh farming life in America, claiming an 80-acre plot of land in central Wisconsin.

• “We like to say that Muir got the ball rolling for the National Park System,” Shay says.

Open Ended

Go back to the article, "A Mountain Calling, " by Amy Leinbach Marquis. What is a second citation that you could use to answer the question:

The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. What evidence is given to support this point? Use two details from the passage to support your response.

*Please write a quote from the article that was not already used by the previous question.

Open Ended

What are some transition words/phrases that we can use when we are about to explain a quote from the text?

Transition words/phrases for Explaining

• In other words . . .

• This information/quote/evidence (shows, Illustrates, demonstrates) . . .

• The evidence is clear that . . .

• This quote suggests . . .

• This evidence proves . . .

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using what we've learned from the last 4 slides and R.A.C.E.:

The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. What evidence is given to support this point? Use two details from the passage to support your response

Model Answer:

The author of the passage, “A Mountain Calling,” suggests that John Muir took his time and valued what he saw in nature. The author illustrates this point by saying Muir preferred to saunter and giving examples of him doing just that. According to paragraph one of the text, "Muir, on the other hand, preferred to saunter. “Sauntering meant taking your time, valuing what you see,”" This information shows that Muir did not like to rush when admiring something, which would certainly apply to his time spent in nature. Also, the text goes on to say, "He spent much of his thirties alone in the mountains, carrying a tattered blue journal that he filled with sketches, scientific observations, and soulful writing." In other words, he loved nature so much, he lived his life observing it. His time spent journaling shows he valued what he saw.