Category 1: Restate (The "R" in R.A.C.E.)
What does the letter "R" in the R.A.C.E. writing strategy stand for?
What is Restate the question?
What does the letter "A" in the R.A.C.E. strategy stand for?
What is Answer all parts of the question?
What does the letter "C" in the R.A.C.E. strategy stand for?
What is Cite evidence from the text?
What does the letter "E" in the R.A.C.E. strategy stand for?
What is Explain how the evidence supports your answer?
How many total parts make up a complete R.A.C.E. strategy response?
What is four parts?
How should you turn the question "Why did Jonas leave the community in The Giver?" into a restated statement?
What is "Jonas left the community in The Giver because..."?
Where in your paragraph does the "Answer" typically go?
What is right after (or combined with) the restated question in the topic sentence?
What punctuation marks must go around a direct quote taken directly from a story or article?
What are quotation marks (" ")?
Which sentence starter is typically used for the "Explain" step?
A) "The text states..."
B) "This evidence proves that..."
C) "On page 5..."
What is B ("This evidence proves that...")?
Identify the R.A.C.E. step in this sentence: "In paragraph 3, the text states, 'The storm destroyed the town's primary bridge.'"
What is Cite ("C")?
True or False: When restating a question, you should include your opinion or the answer immediately in the same sentence.
What is False (you turn the question prompt into a statement first)?
If a prompt asks, "How does the setting change throughout the story and how does it affect the main character?", how many parts must you address in your answer?
What is two parts?
Which sentence starter is an example of citing text evidence?
A) "In my opinion..."
B) "According to the author..."
C) "This shows that..."
What is B ("According to the author...")?
Why is it not enough to just drop a quote into your response without an explanation?
What is because the reader needs to know how or why that evidence connects to your answer?
Identify the R.A.C.E. step in this sentence: "This highlights that the characters were completely cut off from help, forcing them to rely on each other to survive."
What is Explain ("E")?
Why is restating the question important for your reader?
What is it gives context so the reader knows what question you are answering without reading the prompt?
What is the main purpose of the "Answer" step in your response?
What is to clearly state your main claim, thesis, or central point?
What key piece of information (such as line numbers, paragraph numbers, or page numbers) should be included when citing textual evidence?
What is the location reference / citation detail?
What component of a short-answer response should usually be the longest part of your paragraph?
What is the Explanation ("E")?
What type of writing format is the R.A.C.E. strategy best used for?
A) Narrative creative stories
B) Text-dependent short answer responses
C) Writing poetry
What is B (Text-dependent short answer responses)?
What common question words (such as Who, What, Where, Why, or How) must be removed when you restate a prompt?
What are question words / interrogative words?
What mistake do students frequently make when completing the "A" step on multi-part test prompts?
What is only answering the first part of the prompt and forgetting the rest?
What is the difference between quoting text evidence directly and paraphrasing text evidence?
What is direct quoting uses the author's exact words in quotation marks, while paraphrasing puts the evidence into your own words?
How does the "E" step connect back to the "A" step in R.A.C.E.?
What is it demonstrates the logical connection showing why the evidence proves your original answer/claim?
Put these response pieces in correct R.A.C.E. order:
This shows that Percy felt isolated from his peers.
Percy Jackson felt lonely at Yancy Academy because he struggled to make friends.
The author writes on page 12, "I was an outcast everywhere I went."
What is 2, 3, 1 (Restate/Answer, Cite, Explain)?