Do you know your Strategies???

RACE

100

What does RACE stand for?

*Provide what each letter stands for.

Restate the question

Answer the question

Cite the evidence to support your answer

Explain your answer

200

When should the RACE Strategy be used? During what an assignment, test, or both?

During a test or assignments when answering short response questions.

300

Restate the question for both sides of the argument.

According to the text should self-driving cars be allowed on the road?

Yes, self-driving cars should be allowed on the road because...

or 

No, self-driving cars should be allowed on the road because...

400

Restate the question in both directions.

What does the author think about yoga in the classroom?

The author thinks yoga in the classroom is beneficial because...

or 

The author thinks yoga in the classroom is not beneficial because...

500

Restate the question.

Why do you think plastic straws should be banned?

Plastic straws should be banned because...

Pirates

100

What is the Pirates strategy used for?

Test-taking

200

Name all the steps of the Pirates test taking strategy, there are 7.

Step 1: Prepare to succeed

Step 2: Inspect the instructions

Step 3: Read, Remember, Reduce

Step 4: Answer or Abandon

Step 5: Turn Back

Step 6: Estimate

Step 7: Survey

300

What acronym helps you to remember what to do in the Prepare to Succeed step?

10 bonus points for naming each phrase for the acronym

Put your name and PIRATES on the test.

Allot time and order to sections

Say affirmations

Start within two minutes

400

What is the acronym for Inspect the Instructions?

Read instructions carefully

Underline what to do and where to respond

Notice special requirements

500

Name the last two acronyms and what step they are in.

Step 3: 

Read the whole question

Remember what you studied

Reduce the choices

Step 6:

Avoid absolutes

Choose the longest or most detailed choice

Eliminate similar choices

Reading Comprehension

100

How many steps are there in our reading comprehension strategy?

There are 5 steps

200

What step is this?

Review the questions

Step 3

300

What step is this?

Read the passage and annotate if needed

Step 4

400

What step is this?

Number the paragraphs

Step 2

500

When given a reading comprehension assignment that has short response questions, what other strategy can we use to help answer the question?

RACE

Integer Subtraction/Addition

100

-10 + (-2)= 

= -12

200

-3 + 5=

=2

300

-7 - (-3)=

=-4

400

8 - (-3)= 

=11

500

-10 - 5

=-15

Video Note-taking

100

How is your notes divided using the outlining method?

One would divide their notes into main ideas, subtopics, and details

200

Describe the Cornell method

Students will have a title, notes, comments/questions, and a summary

300

Describe the Charting Method

A spreadsheet with columns that represents a different category

400

Describe the Boxing Method

Each topic is boxed apart from the others

500

Describe the Mapping Method

The notes will have ideas/details organized by branches. The design might look like a tree