Restate
How do you restate the question:
"What is your favorite color?"
a. What you favorite color is...
b. Your favorite color is...
c. My favorite color is...
c. My favorite color is...
Which parts of the question should you address in your answer?
a. The main part
b. All parts
c. Some parts
b. All parts
Make sure you answer all parts of the question that's being asked.
When citing information, where should the information come from?
a. The closest book
b. Your brain
c. A related text
c. A related text
When citing text evidence, refer to a text (example: book or article) about the topic.
What sentence starter might you use from the "explain" step?
a. This show that...
b. The author tells us...
a. This shows that...
Using "this shows that" makes the connection between your text evidence and your answer.
Which words do you NOT include when you restate?
a. The first words
b. The question words
c. The adjectives
b. The question words
Words like "who, when, and what" are not usually part of the answer.
a. Complete sentence
b. Sentence fragment
c. Interrogative sentence
a. Complete sentence
You should always use a complete sentence that has a subject and predicate.
a. Supports your answer
b. Matches what your teacher wrote
c. Is different from your classmates
a. Supports your answer
The purpose of your citation is to show that your answer is correct.
What's another word that might describe the "explain" step?
a. Article Proof
b. Response
c. Reasoning
c. Reasoning
The "explain" step shows the reason that the text evidence proves your answer.
Which of the following should you avoid using when you restate?
a. Pronouns
b. Adjectives
c. Noun
a. Pronouns
If you begin with a pronoun, your reader doesn't know who you're talking about.
What question might you ask yourself when answering a question?
a. Who asked this question?
b. What is being asked?
b. What is being asked?
It's important to analyze the question to see that it's really asking.
What tag might you use for a citation?
a. My friend told me...
b. The text state...
c. Something I already know is...
b. The text states...
Your text evidence should come from the text. Let your reader know that this is where it's from.
What is the purpose of the "explain" steps when using the RACE strategy?
because
Q: Why do we go to school?
A: We go to school because we need to learn.
Whose words should you use when you answer the question?
You should use your own words when you answer the question.
Quotation marks show that the words you're using come from somewhere else and are written word for word.
What might happen to your reader if you do not include the "explain" step?
The reader may be confused about how the text evidence and answer connect if you not include an explanation.