ACE Strategy Quiz

1) What does the "A" stand for in ACE?

• You are an Ace when you answer the question correctly.

• The "A" in ACE represents Answer The Question.

• Ask a question

2) What does the "C" stand for in ACE?

• Cite evidence

• Create a picture

• Change your mind

3) What does the "E" stand for in ACE?

• Engage the reader

• Expect an answer

• Explain your evidence and expand your answer

4) For this prompt, which one of the options below is the correct form of the "A" in ACE? What did Brian use to survive in the Canadian wilderness?

• Brian used the hatchet to survive in the Canadian wilderness.

• Brian used the hatchet.

• the hatchet

5) When you are citing evidence, what do you need at the beginning and end of the author's words?

• quotation marks

• commas

• nothing

6) For the "C" in ACE, choose which quote is cited correctly.

• He made the nest ready again, held the hatchet backward, tensed, and struck four quick blows. Sparks came down and he leaned forward as fast as he could and blew.

• "He made the nest ready again, held the hatchet backward, tensed, and struck four quick blows. Sparks came down and he leaned forward as fast as he could and blew" (Paulsen 34).

7) For the "E" in ACE, which sentence starter is appropriate when you are explaining your evidence?

• This quote proves...

• In conclusion...

• First of all...

8) For this "A" and "C": Brian was flying in the Cessna 406 because he was traveling to visit his father in the Canadian oil fields. "So this summer, this first summer when he was allowed to have 'visitation rights' with his father, with the divorce only one month old, Brian was heading north" (Paulsen 3). Look at all of the explanations below, the "E" in ACE, and choose which one is done correctly.

• Brian was flying in the Cessna 406 to see his father.

• This quote proves that Brian is going to see his father in the Canadian oil fields for the summer since the divorce was one month old.

• For the summer, Brian would be with his father, because he had "visitation rights."

• This quote proves that Brian is "allowed" to travel to Canada to visit his father who worked in the oil fields. It will be for the first time since his parents' divorce. He would have the entire summer with his father.