ECR Scoring
Genre Types
Reading Strategies
RACE
Extra Knowledge
100

What will give you 1 extra point in scoring if it is really excellent?

Grammar

100

It contains dialogue, stage directions, props, and a script.

Drama

100

If you have read a text and you have no idea about its meaning, what should you do?

Annotate it.

100

What does the R of RACE stand for?

Restate topic

100

In your introduction and conclusion, how many sentences should you have?

2 sentences

200

What must you do to the prompt to be able to be scored?

Answer all parts of the prompt.

200

It contains lines, stanzas, sometimes rhyme, rhythm, and has no set rules.

Poetry

200

Before you start reading, what should you do to gain knowledge about the text?

Preview text.

200

What does the A of RACE stand for?

Answer all parts.

200

What is the 1st sentence of your essay that gets people interested?

Hook

300

What is needed to support your answers in the essay?

Text evidence

300

It is a true story about a person or event.

Literary Nonfiction

300

If you understand the text but want to go deeper to remember it, what can you do?

Summarize the text.

300

What does the C of RACE stand for?

Cite evidence

300

What is the point of the last sentence of your essay?

Make it powerful.

400

What needs to be done after you have answered and provided evidence?

Explain more fully.

400

It can provide knowledge on a topic or instruct you on how to do something.

Informational

400

After reading the questions, what should you NOT do?

Look at the answers.

400

What does the E of RACE stand for?

Explain your answer.

400

What is 1 type of hook discussed in class?

question, fact, story, quotation, simile/metaphor, strong statement, description

500

What do you need to add to show organization?

Introduction and Conclusion

500

It supports a claim based on evidence and facts.

Argumentative

500

After reading the questions, what should you do before looking at the choices?

Create your own answer.

500

What should all SCRs have in them?

good grammar

500

What is 1 type of closing sentence discussed in class?

Look to the future, go to the heart, end with a zinger

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