What is BRACE?
What is B?
Background Context
When you are reading MCAP and you see the word, reveal, what does that mean?
To show
The question has "in paragraph 7," what do you do?
GO TO PARAGRAPH 7
Where should your phone/headphones/apple watches etc. be?
In your backpack or with the teacher
What is R?
Restate the prompt
When you are reading MCAP and you see the word, quotation, what does that mean?
evidence
There is a PART A and PART B question, and PART B asks to pick a quotation that best supports A. What do you do?
Pick a piece of evidence that proves A is correct.
When writing what is the first thing to do?
Give some background context of what the passage was about. (One sentence)
Where should your eyes be looking?
Only at your screen
What is A?
Answer the question
When you are reading MCAP and you see the word, theme, what does that mean?
lesson/meaning of the story
When the writing prompt tells you, "use evidence from both passages to support your response," what do you do?
You get a piece of evidence from BOTH passages
What is wrong with this piece of cited evidence?
Willingham wrote, "writing is less than 6,000 years old, insufficient time for the evolution of specialized mental processes devoted to reading," (paragraph 4).
False, your time will not stop
What is C?
Cit evidence
When you are reading MCAP and you see the words, character development, what does that mean?
The character has changed in the text
You just included evidence in your MCAP writing response, what do you do after?
EXPLAIN how that piece of evidence supports the answer
Why is it important to restate the prompt in your response?
The people who are reading your response need to know what you are writing about.
Your friend Sally is sleeping, what should you do?
Leave her alone, it is her test grade not yours
What is E?
Explain Evidence
When you are reading MCAP and you see the word, statement, what does that mean?
sentence, evidence (FROM THE PASSAGE)
MCAP asks the following question, "In paragraph 3 of the passage from Banner in the Sky, what is the meaning of the word agilely," what do you do?
GO BACK to paragraph 3
FIND the word
USE the surrounding words to help you understand the word
LIST 5 things that you must HAVE in your response.
Evidence
Explain your evidence (commentary)
Correct spelling
Correct punctuation
Background Context
Restate the prompt
Answer the prompt
When you are done with the test what can do?
Sleep or draw