Open Response
Story
Essay
RACES
Reading
100

How many paragraphs long should an open response be?

1 paragraph

100

How many paragraphs long should a story be?

5 paragraphs

100

How many paragraphs long should an essay be?

5 paragraphs

100
What does the R stand for?

Restate the question

100

What are the 2 think moves you should use BEFORE reading the text?

Map the text

Switch on what you know

200

What strategy should you use when planning an open response?

RACES

200

What strategy should you use when planning a story?

Story Arc - Somebody/somewhere, wanted, but, so, then

200

What are the names of the five paragraphs that you need to include in an essay?

Introduction, body 1, body 2, body 3, conclusion


200

What does the A stand for?

Answer the question

200

What are the 3 think moves you should use WHILE reading the text?

Keep a close eye on comprehension

Dig below the surface (Q&A)

Fill in the missing pieces (infer)

300

From what parts of the text should you get your 3 pieces of evidence from?

The beginning, middle, and end of the text

300

How do you balance out a story? What 2 things do you need to include?

Description and dialogue

300

What are the 3 parts that you need to include in a body paragraph?

Answer the question

Cite the evidence

Explain the evidence

300

What does the C stand for?

Cite the evidence

300

What think move should you use AFTER reading the text?

Sum up core ideas (summarize)

400

What sentence frame should you use when citing evidence?

I know this because in the text it says, "____".

400

What should the first paragraph of the story focus on? Hint: Think of the story arc

Somebody (character)

Somewhere (setting)

400

What are the 3 parts you should include in the introduction paragraph?

Hook

Author & text

Claim & 3 supports

400

What does the E stand for?

Explain the evidence

400

When answering questions, you should always read the question ____________ .

Carefully

500

What sentence frame should you use when explaining the evidence?

This shows that...

To add on...

500

What should the third paragraph of the story focus on?

But (Problem)

500

What should you remember to do when writing your conclusion paragraph, so that you're not writing the exact same words from the intro?

Use synonyms to restate what you said in the introduction paragraph.

500

What does the S stand for?

Synonym closing sentence

500

To make sure you're answering a question correctly, you should look back in the text and find _________ .

Proof (evidence)