Off To The Races
The R in RACE
What is Restate?
Using the meaning of a sentence to understand the unknown word
What are Context Clues?
Show me one of the note taking strategies I showed you at the beginning of the year
What is ?
Sentences start with this
What is a capital letter?
The A in RACE
What is Answer?
Explain it to me like I'm five
Define Explain
What is to make something clear to someone by describing it in more detail?
We can not remember everything we read
What is the importance of taking notes?
Sentences end with these
What is punctuation?
The C in RACE
What is Citing Evidence?
Analyze the events that led to the crash
Define Analyze
What is to think deeply about something?
Show me one of the note taking strategies I showed you at the beginning of the year
What is ?
Noun + complete thought
What is makes a complete sentence?
The E in RACE
What is Elaboration?
The central idea is that artificial reefs are beneficial to ocean environments
Define Central Idea
What is what the text is mostly about?
This paper is used to take notes during a timed writing and the state test
What is a blank piece of computer paper?
Categories English words are sorted into
What are parts of speech?
Restate + Answer
What is a thesis statement?
The author's purpose was to inform the readers
Define Purpose
What is the reason the author wrote the text?
The ability to write down thoughts, ideas, and important concepts from a text
What are note taking skills?
Spelling, Grammer, Punctuation, and Capitalization
What are conventions?