RACES Strategy RMS 6th Grade

A structured paragraph written to address a writing prompt.

• evidence

• strategy

• constructed response

• support

A question or statement that gives the topic for a written response.

• answer

• cite

• elaboration

• prompt

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Turn the question of the prompt into a statement.

• restate

• respond

• lead-in

• answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

A is for _____________

• Address the topic.

• Ask a question.

• Analyze the question in the prompt.

• Answer the question posed by the prompt.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

When providing evidence from the text, the writer must ____________ the source of the information.

• remember

• cite

• summarize

• answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

After citing evidence from the text, _____________ how the evidence supports your answer.

• transition

• elaborate

• explain

• answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The conclusion of the constructed response.

• explanation

• restate

• cite

• summary

Details that explain, define or prove the main idea of a writing piece.

• support

• evidence

• transitions

• answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Adding more specific details to an explanation or an example to help the reader understand the writer’s ideas.

• explain

• restate

• summary

• elaborate

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

List the five steps in the RACES strategy.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2