The R.A.C.E. Strategy ACRONYM is a strategy used that assist students with...

• Remembering the steps to drive a race car.

• Remembering the steps to prove your responses.

• Remembering the steps and in which order to write a constructed-response.

• Remembering how the steps to write a business letter.

Answer explanation

"RACE" is an ACRONYM that helps students remember which steps and in which order to write a constructed response.

R = Restate the Question. The first step to change the question into a statement.

A = Answer the Question

C = Cite Text Evidence

E = Explain What IT Means

The "R"-Race in the R.A.C.E. Strategy means...

• Reword/Restate

• Repeat

• Regain

• Repeat

Answer explanation

When writing your response...

Reword/Restate: Restate the question and make it into a statement as a part of the answer you provide.

The "A" in the R.A.C.E. Strategy means...

• Answer the answer using words from the text.

• Answer the Question using the evidence from the text you just read.

• Align the proof of the text with the sentence.

• Assign an answer to the text.

Answer explanation

A= Answer the Question using the evidence from the text you just read.

Usually R & A R. A.C.E. are written within the same sentence.

Example:

QUESTION: "What is the color of the sky?"

REWORD: The color of the sky is..

ANSWER: Usually blue because of how we see light waves and the weather condition.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The "C" in the R.A.C.E. Strategy means...

• Use characters from the text to support the text.

• Use citations from the text to support the text.

• Use clues from the text to support the text.

• Use words, facts or examples from the text to suppot the R & A in R.A.C.E.

Answer explanation

Cite Evidence/Examples:

1. Use words, facts, or examples from the text to support the R & A in R.A.C.E. (Use at least 3 examples).

EXAMPLE:

1. The sky is usually blue because of howe see light waves and the weather conditions. According to scientist, humans see blue sky based on what kinds of light waves are visualized in the eye, how sunny the day is and the direction of the sunlight.

**The underlined phrases are cited evidence from the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The "E" in R.A.C.E. means...

• Eliminate the question.

• Explain the Answer: Explain how the RAC of your response correctly answers the question: E can be based on prior knowledge of the topic or more evidence from the text.

• Exercise your right not to answer the question using R.A.C.E.

• Evoke similar responses using answers from your friend.

Answer explanation

Explain the Answer: Explain how the RAC part of your response correctly answers the question; E can be based on prior knowledge of the topic or more evidence from the text.

EXAMPLE:

1. The sky is usually blue because of how we see light waves and the weather conditions. According to the scientist, humans see blue sky based on what kinds of light waves are visualized in the eye, how sunny the day is and the direction of the sunlight. On a clear sunny day, the sun is directly shinning on us. Because the molecules in the air reflect the scattered blue light waves more than red or orange when it bounces off the direct sunlight, we see blue. As the sun sets, the direction of its light goes away from us so the molecules reflect the redor orange waves of light that we see at sunsets.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10