Marking Text & RACE Paragraphs

Marking the text:

• Helps you find big ideas you can use later

• Doesn’t help much

• Is just an extra that some students do

• Both b and c

Marking the text won’t help you when it’s time to get that information later.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Marking the text helps us:

• Remember the information

• Make connections with the text

• Get the author’s main idea/theme

• all of the above

When marking the text, it's a good idea to put my own notes in the margin, next to the text I've marked.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Historical fiction writers often use __________ to get their readers' attention and show the theme.

• a. facts

• b. feelings

• c. both a and b

• d. none of the above

Nonfiction writers often use___________ to give their main idea.

• a. facts

• b. feelings

• c. both a and b

• d. none of the above

The first thing I should write in my RACE paragraph is:

• A. my opinion

• B. a restatement of the question I was asked

• C. both b and c

• D. none of the above

When I write a RACE paragraph, I should:

• a. mention several ideas

• b. stick to one main idea

• c. answer the overall question that my paper is about

• d. both b and c

• e. none of the above

When I cite a source in my RACE paragraphs, I should:

• a. just put the author's quote in my own words

• b. copy the quote as evidence word for word

• c. just give a page number

• d. use quotation marks around the quote

• e. both b and d

When you elaborate your evidence you should:

• Explain the evidence and clarify your point.

• Only summarize your evidence briefly.
• Use vague statements and avoid specifics.
• Present unrelated information to distract from the main point.