Short Constructed Response

We will review the SCR writing format.
I will evaluate student answers.

Open Ended

How many sentences should your answer to a short constructed response (SCR) have? State your answer as A COMPLETE SENTENCE.

Multiple Choice

What is the first step to completing a Short Constructed Response?

• Explain how you answer and evidence are connected

• Answer the question/prompt using words from the question

• Provide evidence that supports your answer

Step 1 - use words from the question in your first sentence answer

spell them correctly!!!! - double check your sentence
This is called RESTATING

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is the best Answer that RESTATES the question for:

Why is PE a good class?

• PE is so fun!

• PE is a good class because you exercise.

• My favorite class is PE.

• Take PE because you get to exercise.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best RESTATEMENT for this question:

How does the setting affect the main character?

• The setting of a church affects the main character by making her feel guilty.

• Church is the answer.

• Church affects the main character.

2nd step - cite text evidence
According to line 14, ...
Paragraph 5 says "adlkajdlf" (paragraph 5).
**** copy a phrase/sentence

Multiple Choice

Which part of a constructed response is this an example of: The 7th paragraph says "But the shelter plans to keep its unicorn puppy, to help remind people that it’s OK to be unusual."

• restating the question

• answering the question

• citing evidence

• adding transition words

Multiple Select

Which are good ways to include evidence of the claim of "Ain't I A Woman?" - choose three correct examples

• The second paragraph states, "I could work as much."

• In the second paragraph, she says she can work just as much as a man.

• "I could work as much."

• The speaker says "I could work as much" (paragraph 2).

3rd step - EXPLAIN
tell what the evidence shows

Multiple Choice

Which is a good explanation of the evidence "I could work just as much" from Aint I a Woman speech

• This shows that she thinks she is equal to men, so she should have equal rights.

• She's equal.

• She should have rights too.

• She didn't care about rights.

Multiple Choice

Is this what I've taught you for answering the SCR questions on STAAR?

a. ANSWER the prompt/question

b. provide EVIDENCE that supports your answer

c. EXPLAIN how your answer and evidence are connected

• Yes

• No

​Scored 0 - 2

Score 2
Correct Answer
supporting evidence
paragraph #

Score 1
answer but no evidence

evidence but no answer

Score 0
wrong answer
no answer

Multiple Choice

Score this SCR - How did the culture affect women during the 1800s?

The culture during the 1800s affected women because men thought women were weak. In paragraph 2, the speaker says men think, "women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place." This shows the belief that women were too weak to do anything, including vote, for themselves.

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• 1

• 2

Multiple Choice

Score this SCR - How did the culture affect women during the 1800s?

The culture during the 1800s affected women because men thought women were weak. People thought that women were too weak to do anything, including vote, for themselves.

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• 1

• 2

Multiple Choice

Score this SCR - How did the culture affect women during the 1800s?

Women were weak.

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• 1

• 2

Multiple Choice

A claim is...

• The author's opinion or belief, stated as a fact, and backed up by evidence.

• The author's proof of something.

• A middle sentence in a constructed response.

Multiple Choice

which of questions ask for the "LONG ESSAY" ( at least 9-10 SENTENCES)

Multiple Choice

which of questions ask for the SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE (3 sentences)