RACE
R is referred as your ______ __________
Topic sentence
What is the prompt given to you to use for?
To help come up with topic sentence and based your constructed response on.
What transition dose the C sentence begin with?
For example,
What are two transitions that you should use to signal similar supporting details?
1. Similarly,
2. Likewise,
What type of punctuation comes after your transtion?
Comma (,)
What do you do in your A sentence?
Answer ALL parts of the question.
What are the 4 requirements of (or things that must appear in) a topic sentence?
G- Genre
T- Title
A- Author
P- Purpose
What comes after your transition in your C sentence?
Context
What types of literary works require italicizing?
1. Novels (like Night)
2. Plays (like Romeo and Juliet)
3. Epics (like the Odyssey)
When ending your statement what do you use to end it?
Ending punctuation (. ? !)
Example sentence
What is the context in the following example?
Ex.: For example, when the poet introduces the extended metaphor, he focuses on the fogs unexpected arrival, threatening behavior, and quick departure:"The fog comes / on little cat feet"(11. 1-2)...."It sits looking" but "then moves on" (ll.3, 6)
when the poet introduces the extended metaphor
What should you use to prove/support your topic sentence in your C sentence?
Quotations (not paraphrases)
When are 3 times you should use capitalization?
1. First word in a sentence.
2. Names of specific people, places, things.
3. First, last, and important words in a title.
What type of punctuation is used when the next part of the sentence could stand alone.
Colon (:)
What dose the E sentence do?
Explains the text/quotations and ends your response.
Make this prompt into a topic sentence.
Prompt: What does the extended metaphor in the poem suggest about life?
Additional information: Carl Sandburg, "Fog", Poem
In the poem "Fog" by Carl Sandburg the extended metaphor in the poem suggest ...
What do you end your context with?
________ __________, also known as _______ ____ words, begin dependent clauses and signal the context of your C or example sentence.
2. White bus
What do you put around quotation straight from the text?
Parentheses (")
What dose each letter of the acronym RACE mean?
R- Restate the question by omitting the question or command words
A- Answer ALL parts of the question asked
C- Cite the text (using quotations, not paraphrases)
E- Explain the importances of the quotation and end the response
Put the sentences in order using the RACE strategy.
Prompt: How dose the tone of President Roosevelt's speech affect his audience?
(1) Therefore, the encouraging ton in President Roosevelt's inaugural address comforted and inspired a fearful nation.
(2) This reassuring tone is important because the new president wanted to set the stage for his next one hundred days in office and restore the faith of the American people in their government during a time of economic crisis.
(3) In his first inaugural address, known as "War on the Great Depression," President Roosevelt set reassuring tone for the nation during the great depression.
(4) For example, when Franklin Roosevelt gave his inaugural speech on March 4, 1933, to a nation weakened and demoralized by economic depression, he professed, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
3,4,2,1,
What three elements must every "C" or example sentence?
1. Transition
2. Context,
3. Relevant quotation
Make connections to real world of today.
When do you use a semicolon (;) ?
To connect related independent clauses