Short-Constructed Responses
Which writing format do you use for a short-constructed response question?
Ex: Identify the central idea of the author's paragraph. Provide evidence to support your answer.
RACES
What is the first sentence in an Essay?
Hook.
Something connected to what is happening and is the most important to the situation
Before reading a passage on SBAC, what should you do?
Preview the questions
What is the Curtiss mascot?
Pilot
What does RACES stand for?
Answer
Cite
Explain/Elaborate
Summarize/Strong Concluding Statement
What are the three types of writing assessed on SBAC?
Narrative Writing
Expository/Explanatory Writing
Argumentative Writing
Cite
to quote or paraphrase a text; or to give credit
What is an inference?
An educated guess made fromtext evidence
How many pets does Ms. McCarthy have?
7
If you have to use two pieces of evidence for a short-constructed response, what format do you need to use?
RACECES
Name the structure you must use to help you write a narrative essay. Name each part of the structure.
A plot mountain
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Theme
a universal lesson or message in a literary text that the author wants you to learn
What does it mean to identify the central idea of a text?
Mrs. Green gets a drink from a specific place everyday. Which place is it?
Panera Bread
What is the most important thing to include to prove your answer/claim is right when writing a short-constructed response on the SBAC?
Text evidence
Identify each paragraph in an explanatory and argumentative essay.
Introduction
Body Paragraph 1 (RACES 1)
Body Paragraph 2 (RACES 2)
Body Paragraph 3 (RACES 3)
Conclusion
Claim
a statement an author makes that they believe to be true
Summarize
(and what acronym do we use to write a summary?)
A short overview of a story and its important ideas, written in your own words
TAMKO
Title of text, author, main idea, key details, organized in chronological order
What does MASTER stand for?
Mindful
Accountable
Successful
Trustworthy
Engaged
Respectful
What is the magic word that helps you to elaborate?
because
What is the last sentence in an introduction paragraph that clearly tells the reader what the essay will be about?
Thesis statement
Conclude
to form an opinion about something by reasoning
What should be included in a note-catcher for the performance task?
Type of task and name of task
Source number and name
Guiding question
Three pieces of evidence
Central Idea or Theme Statement
What does PILOT stand for?
Purposeful
Innovative
Leaders
Optimistic
Transcendent
Scholars