Organization
A group of sentences that fully explains one topic in an essay.
Body Paragraph.
Textual evidence needs to be surrounded by these punctuation marks. For example... "Hey, man," he said.
Quotation marks!
What are the steps to write a ECR?
1. Deconstruct the prompt
2. Circle Map and find R1 and R2
3. Create rough draft (I chart)
4. Write it out
5. Type it out
When you break down questions, what should you do?
- Circle and underline key words
- Rewrite your question in a way that YOU understand.
This is used to grab the reader's attention
What is one way you can start it off?
Hook. / Truism
Sometimes in life,
Many can agree,
Undoubtedly,
Often times,
What does SCR stand for? What is the strategy for it?
Short Constructed Response
Answer Cite Explain
When you don't know a word in the question or story, what do you do?
Look it up in the dictionary!!!
At the end of the I chart is the ____? How do you start that off?
Conclusion
Overall (restate thesis)
Closing statement
The main focus of your essay:
Thesis!
What do you do when you dont know a word on the test?
LOOK IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY
What is the purpose of transitions in our writing?
To let the reader know that we are changing to another idea
True or false: Each paragraph in the body of an essay can focus on more than one main idea
FALSE!!! Focus on R1 or R2!!1
What does TEPR stand for?
To begin with
For example
This Proves
As a result
Start off the ACE strategy...
A 2
C 1
E 2
A - Restate the question / Answer it
C- The author states
E- This means
What strategies do you do with reading passages?
Ex: Circle title
Annotate story, break things down, eliminate two answers.
What is the formula for the thesis statement?
Thesis = restate question because R1 and R2
What does AIDS stand for?
Another reason why
For instance
This depicts
This clearly shows
Excerpt- Short story
What is the difference between ECR and SCR??
Extended constructed response is long and you use the I chart. Short constructed response is short and you use APE.
Why is drawing a circle map important?
How many ideas do you need in total? How many do you circle?
You can jot down your main ideas.
You need four main ideas and you need your best TWO. You circle TWO. R1 and R2!!