RACE STRATEGY

Poll

Answer the following Poll:

Have you ever heard of the R.A.C.E response before?

• Yes, I know how to do it well.

• Yes, but I don't remember much about it.

• Maybe, it sounds familiar but I am not sure.

• No, this is the first time I have heard of it.

• ​RACE is an acronym used to answer short answer questions. (Comprehensive questions)

• RACE teaches the writer to pull out evidence from the text and explain that evidence to back up their answer.

• We use the RACE strategy to make sure we have answered ALL parts of the question.

R.A.C.E Writing Strategy

​ HOW?

1. Read the question.

2. Take out the "question words".

3. Use the leftover words to help you restate the question in STATEMENT form.

Open Ended

RESTATE + ANSWER = ___________

Open Ended

CITE your evidence

Sentence Starter: I believe this because the paragraph states "______________."

Open Ended

Explain your thinking

Choose ONE Sentence Starter:

This shows ________.

For example ________.

This means ________.

Multiple Choice

What does "R" stand for in RACE?

• Really consider the evidence

• Rethink your answer

• Restate the question

• Revise your writing

Multiple Choice

What does "A" stand for in RACE?

• Answer the question

• Ask a question

• Argue your point

• Apply evidence

Multiple Choice

What does the "C" stand for in RACE?

• Change your thinking

• Cite evidence from the text

• Create a response

• Convince the reader

Multiple Choice

What does the "E" stand for in RACE?

• Explain the question

• Expect a response

• Engage the reader

• Explain your evidence

Open Ended

What do you remember or know about the RACE strategy?

Multiple Choice

How would you restate the question, "How did backpacks change over the years?"

• Backpacks have changed over the years by

• Why have backpacks changed over the years

• Did backpacks change over the years

• Should backpacks change over the years

Multiple Choice

Restate the question to answer in a complete sentence.

What does your class do on Tuesdays immediately after lunch?

• On Tuesdays immediately after breakfast our class....

• On Tuesdays immediately after lunch our class ....

• What our class does immediately after lunch is .....

Poll

How confident do you feel in writing a R.A.C.E response on your own?

• Very confident, lets get it!

• Somewhat confident, I still may need a little help.

• Not really confident, I need a lot more practice.

• I am lost and need a ton more help.

Open Ended

Which part/parts of RACE do you know well?

Which parts could you use more help with?

Multiple Choice

The part of RACE where you find evidence from the text, copy it word for word, and put quotation marks around it.

• Answer

• Cite

• Explain

• Restate

Multiple Choice

The part of RACE where you use part of the question to begin your paragraph.

• Restate

• Cite

• Answer

• Explain

Multiple Choice

The part of RACE where you add your own thoughts to support answer.

• Restate

• Answer

• Cite

• Explain

Multiple Choice

You should include this phrase for which part of RACE?

In the passage, the author says,

• Cite

• Explain

• Restate

• Answer

Multiple Choice

When copying a piece of evidence from a text, there should be what around the evidence?

• Colons

• Parenthesis

• Quotation Marks

• Commas

Multiple Choice

The underlined portion is an example of which RACE strategy element?

Question: What is the theme?

The theme is love your neighbor. I know this because the text says "she learned that she needed to be nice to everyone." This quote shows that she learned that it's important to be kind to everybody- which is the same as loving your neighbor.

• Restate

• Answer

• Cite

• Explain

Multiple Choice

Restate the question to answer in a complete sentence.

When you were little, what was one of your favorite stories?

• When I was little, one of my favorite stories was.....

• Wonder was one of my favorite stories when I was little.

• I have many favorite stories and one of them is.....

Multiple Choice

How does the RACE strategy help us in reading.

• The RACE strategy helps us organize our short answers to ensure all parts of a question are answered.

• It helps us answer the question.

• It helps us by making us understand the answer.

• It gives us the answer.