RACES Review

Rate your understanding of the RACES paragraph.

• I can only write a RACES paragraph if the teacher tells me each step.

• I can write a RACES paragraph with a lot of help from my teacher.

• I can write a RACES paragraph with a little bit of help from my teacher.

• I can write a RACES paragraph without any help from my teacher.

• I can teach someone else how to write a RACES paragraph.

Match the descriptors with the letters of the RACES paragaph.

Groups:

(a) RA

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(b) C

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(c) E

,

(d) S

• Explain how the citation answers the question

• Topic sentence

• Cite evidence from the text

• Claim

• Add in your own words

• Use paragraph or page numbers

• Direct quote or paraphrase

• Summarize the main idea of the paragraph

• Use a transition

• Restate and answer the question.

When should you write a RACES a paragraph?

• When you want to answer a question using evidence from the text

• When you want to write a creative story for your friends to read

• When you want to write a play about a bicycle race.

• When you want to answer a question using only your own ideas.