R.A.C.E.S. writing strategy

What does the R mean?

• Rewrite the question the same exact way

• Restate/rewrite the question as a statement

• Read the question

• Read, read, read the article

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does the A mean?

• Answer all parts of the question

• Ask the teacher what to do

• Answer some of the question

• Analyze the question

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the C mean?

• Count how many paragraphs you have

• Close out your paragraphs

• Cite all of the story in your answer

• Cite your evidence

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CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A

What does the E mean?

• Explain what matters to you by writing about your life

• Explain the question by rewriting it over

• Explain or elaborate what your evidence makes you think

• Use evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

What does the S mean?

• Spell everything correctly

• Start writing

• State your evidence

• Sum up your answer by closing it out

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CCSS.W.6.1E

CCSS.W.6.2F

CCSS.W.6.3E

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

• Restate

• Answer

• Explain

• Cite

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CCSS.W.5.1A

CCSS.W.5.1B

CCSS.W.5.2A

CCSS.W.5.4

The part of RACE where you add your own thoughts to add to the quotes you have chosen to include.

• Restate

• Cite

• Answer

• Explain

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.W.5.1C

CCSS.W.5.9A

The part of RACE where you find a quote and copy it word for word from the text using quotation marks or put the quote in your own words mentioning that the author pr passage states something

• Answer

• Explain

• Cite

• Restate

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.1B

CCSS.W.6.9A

How would you restate the question, "How does the author create a feeling of sympathy?"

• Did you ever wonder how an author creates sympathy?
• The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy by...
• Sometimes authors create sympathy
• Sympathy is a feeling that authors can create

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What does paraphrase mean?

• put in your own words
• copy word for word
• use evidence
• re-state question

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.SL.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.8