Extended RACE

What are some strategies for answering RACE questions?

• Provide personal opinions without evidence

• Choose the longest answer choice

• Carefully read the passage, underline key information, identify the question type, eliminate incorrect answer choices, and provide evidence from the text to support the chosen answer.

• Quickly skim the passage and guess the answer

What are some common mistakes students make in RACE questions?

• Not fully understanding the question, not providing enough evidence from the text, not organizing their response, and not revising their answers for errors.

• Failing to comprehend the question, not including enough textual evidence, having a disorganized answer, and not reviewing their responses for errors.

• Skipping over important details in the question, not citing specific evidence from the text, having a disorganized response, and not checking for mistakes in their answers.

• Misinterpreting the question, providing irrelevant evidence from the text, not structuring their response, and not proofreading their answers.

Give an example of a RACE question and explain how to approach it.

• The main theme of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is the struggle for social acceptance and belonging.

• The main theme of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is the power of education and knowledge.

• The main theme of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is the importance of family and friendship.

• The main theme of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.

How can students improve their RACE responses?

• By skipping the Analyze step and going straight to Construct.

• By not checking their responses for errors after completing them.

• By following the steps: Read, Analyze, Construct, Explain, and Check.

• By only focusing on the Read step and ignoring the other steps.

What are some tips for analyzing RACE questions?

• Focus only on the main idea and ignore supporting details

• Select the longest answer choice as the correct answer

• Carefully read the passage, identify the main idea and supporting details, understand the question type, eliminate incorrect answer choices, and use context clues to determine the correct answer.

• Guess the answer without reading the passage

When answering RACE questions, why is it important to restate the question?

• Restating the question can confuse the reader and lead to incorrect answers.

• Restating the question is a waste of time and unnecessary.

• Restating the question helps ensure understanding and provides a structured response.

• Restating the question helps improve reading comprehension.

What should students do if they are unsure about the answer in a RACE question?

• Skip the question

• Ask the teacher for help

• Leave the answer blank

• Make an educated guess

Why is it important to provide evidence from the text in RACE responses?

• To support and strengthen the answer

• To show off your knowledge

• To confuse the reader

• To make the response longer

What are some common pitfalls to avoid in RACE questions?

• Not reviewing and revising the answer for accuracy

• Not reading the passage carefully, rushing through the questions, not understanding the question properly, and not providing enough evidence from the passage to support the answer.

• Guessing the answer without referring to the passage

• Skipping over important details in the passage

Explain the process of analyzing a RACE question step by step.

• Analyze the passage, identify the question type, gather evidence, eliminate incorrect choices, choose the supported answer.

• Identify the question type, guess the answer, gather evidence, choose the shortest option, analyze the passage

• Read the question, guess the answer, choose the first option, analyze the passage, choose the longest option

• Eliminate incorrect choices, choose the first option, gather evidence, analyze the passage, identify the question type