RACERS Strategy

What does the first R in RACERS stand for?

• Race to the Top
• Restate the Question
• Restate your main idea
• Revise 

What does the A stand for in RACERS?

• Action Step 2
• Activate your prior knowledge
• Answer ALL parts of the Question
• Annotate the text

How many sentences should you have after you've written the R and the A in the RACERS strategy?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What does the C stand for in the RACERS strategy?

• Connect the ideas
• Conclusion
• Check your list
• Cite evidence from the text

How do we choose which text we will use as evidence?

• Pick the shortest passage
• Use something from the first paragraph
• Choose what best supports our answer
• Chose something from the conclusion paragraph

What does the E stand for in RACER?

• Explain why the text you cited as evidence supports your answer
• Evidence from the text
• Effective Sentences
• Engage your readers with interesting writing

How do we explain?

• We tell why we liked the article
• We give reasons why the article is interesting
• We tell how the evidence we used is an example of the answer we wrote
• We write about how the article connects to our lives

What does the last R stand for in RACER?

• wRite the details of the story
• Reach out to your audience
• Reread and Revise what you've written
• wRite my name on the paper

When do we use the RACERS strategy?  Choose the BEST answer!

• When we don't want to write a long answer to a question
• When the question says, "Cite evidence from the text to support your answer."
• When we are asked to write a five paragraph essay
• When our teacher tells us to write a RACER response

How do we restate the question:
What is the main idea of this article and where is it stated?

• This article has a main idea in the first paragraph.
• The main idea is that polar bears should be protected because they are endangered
• The main idea is that polar bears should be protected and it is stated at the end of the first paragraph
• Polar bears should be protected