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RACECEE
Poetry
The EOC
100

This can usually be found by reading the title and the blurb.

What is main idea? 
100

This strategy helps you find the theme of a poem.  

What is find the shift? 

100

What do the letters in the Acronym RACEE Stand for? 

What are Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, and end? 

100
In this part of the poem the mood changes, or the speaker realizes a truth he or she hasn't known before.  

What is the shift? 

100

the number of questions on the English II EOC.

What is 68? 

200
The acronym SAPS stands for these aspects of a piece of literature.  

What is Speaker, Audience, Purpose, and Structure? 

200

This strategy helps you define a word that comes in the first part or last part of a sentence, by changing the direction of the sentence.  

What is "Watch the but"?

200

Items that should always be included in the restate sentence. 

What are author, title, genre, and keywords? 


200

This is the pattern of the end rhyme throughout the poem.

What is the rhyme scheme?  

200

The number of constructed responses on the English II EOC.

What is four? 

300

Always look for these types of questions that can help you answer both.  

What are connected questions? 

300

This strategy involves going back to the text after you have narrowed your choices down to 2 or 3.

What is specific thinking?  

300
What does Cite mean? 

What is textual evidence? 

300

Students must be in the classroom at this time on their designated EOC day. 

What is 7:45? 

400

This strategy acronym always makes me think of the writer who wrote "The Raven."

What is process of elimination?

400

This strategy can be used after narrowing your choices down to 2 when you are unable to find a specific detail from the test to support either answer. 

What is Big Picture thinking? 

400

This part of the CR should sum up the paragraph and convey a broad real world idea.  

What is the End statement? 

400

Points students can add to their 3rd 6-weeks average by meeting their growth target on the English II EOC.

What is 5?

500

Always use this strategy when answering a constructed response writing prompt.  

What is RACEE?

500

This strategy can be used when answering a question about a poem.  After eliminating all but two answers, it involves avoiding the concrete answer.  

What is Literal vs. Figurative?

500

These three parts of the CR are worth the most points. 

What are the answer, citations, and explanations?

500
Mrs. Mitchell will drop a student's lowest significant grade if she observes students using these three healthy habits during the EOC.  

What are getting out of seat during breaks, using scratch paper strategies, and using the race strategy.