Short Constructed Response
The writing strategy for the Short Constructed Response.
What is
R.A.C.? Restate-Answer Correctly-Cite Evidence
OR
R.A.T.? Restate question-Answer Correctly- Evidence
1) Nya’s job at the lake camp was the same as at home: to get water. (2) With her hands. (3) She would dig a hole in the damp clay of the lakebed. (4) She kept digging, scooping out handfuls of clay until the hole was as deep as her arm was long. (5) The clay got wetter as she dug, until, at last, water began to seep into the bottom of the hole.
. The author wants to replace the word get in sentence 1. Select the BEST word for the author to use in this sentence.
Nya’s job at the lake camp was the same as at home:
to water.
A. fetch
B. catch
C. grasp
D. gain
What is A. fetch?
The first paragraph of the ECR
What is thesis statement?
Use the question to make your claim. Cite Text Evidence. Use your own words to show how your evidence proves your claim.
(1) A group's culture includes its beliefs and values, as well as the traditions of the group as demonstrated in their language, food, holidays, art, music, myths, religions, and literature. (2) Culture impacts how people view the world and what they find frightening or humorous. (3) In short, culture can be defined as the complex whole of a society. (4) It is what gives a society its identity.
. What change needs to be made in sentence 1?
A. Change group’s to groups’
B. Change beliefs to believes
C. Change values, to values;
D. Change their to its
What is D. Change their to its?
The name of the strategy used for finding the Author's Purpose?
What is Did he...in front of each answer choice.
The meaning of the acronym R.A.P.P.
What is restating the question, answering the question, prove it with text evidence, and proofread your response.
(1) Nya’s job at the lake camp was the same as at home: to get water. (2) With her hands. (3) She would dig a hole in the damp clay of the lakebed. (4) She kept digging, scooping out handfuls of clay until the hole was as deep as her arm was long. (5) The clay got wetter as she dug, until, at last, water began to seep into the bottom of the hole.
. What is the correct way to write sentences 2 and 3?
A. She would dig a hole. In the damp clay of the lakebed with her hands.
B. With her hands, she would dig a hole in the damp clay of the lakebed.
C. She would dig a hole in the damp clay of the lakebed. With her hands.
D. With her hands, she would dig a hole, in the damp clay of the lakebed.
What is B. With her hands, she would dig a hole in the damp clay of the lakebed?
The second box of the ECR
What is Evidence and Explanation?
(1) A group's culture includes its beliefs and values, as well as the traditions of the group as demonstrated in their language, food, holidays, art, music, myths, religions, and literature. (2) Culture impacts how people view the world and what they find frightening or humorous. (3) In short, culture can be defined as the complex whole of a society. (4) It is what gives a society its identity.
The author would like to add the following sentence to the text.
Culture affects and is affected by government and the laws under which people live.
Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?
A. At the beginning of the paragraph
B. After sentence 2
C. After sentence 3
D. At the end of the paragraph
What is B. After sentence 2?
Legal documents, contracts, scholarly journals, instruction manuals, cookbooks, newspapers, and house deeds are examples of
What is Informational Text?
Deforestation is the primary cause behind the Sumatran tiger’s dwindling numbers. Since 1993, Sumatra has lost 48% of its forest cover. Not only is deforestation harmful to tigers, but it also accounts for 20% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, 71% of tiger habitat in Asia is currently undergoing deforestation. Rainforests are being cut down to create land for agriculture, and the trees are used for fuelwood and timber-use products. In Sumatra, most of the logging is occurring in the lower elevation forests, which support high densities of Indonesian wildlife, including the Sumatran tiger.
2. What is the author’s main purpose for writing the passage?
A to argue Sumatran tigers need help
B to explain why Sumatran tigers are dwindling
C to describe Sumatran tigers
What is B to explain why Sumatran tigers
are dwindling?
Explain in R.A.P.P
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(1) Long, long ago there lived a poor widow who had a little boy named Jack. (2) It was not easy for her to earn a living, and she was quite dependent on a cow that she owned. (3) The cow gave a great deal of milk. (4) Milk is healthy for children to drink. (5) The woman and the little boy drank some of the milk and sold the rest. (6) But sometimes the cow went dry, and they struggled to make ends meet.
On one such occasion, the woman said sorrowfully, with tears in her eyes, “I don’t know what will happen to us.”
“Cheer up, Mother! I will go and find a job,” Jack replied.
. The author has included an extraneous sentence in the first paragraph (sentences 1-6). Which sentence should the author delete from this paragraph?
A. Sentence 2
B. Sentence 3
C. Sentence 4
D. Sentence 5
What is C. Sentence 4?
The third and final box of the ECR
The Dove and the Ant
by Aesop
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(1) An Ant, going to a river to drink, fell in, and was carried along in the stream. (2) A Dove pitied her condition, and threw a small tree limb into the river. (3) The Ant climbed onto the tree limb and made it to the shore. (4) Afterward, the Ant saw a man with a gun aiming at the Dove. (5) The Ant stung him in the foot, made him miss his aim, and saved the Dove's life.
. Sentence 2 is written incorrectly. Select the response that corrects this sentence.
A Dove pitied a small tree limb into the river.
A. her condition she threw
B. her condition, she threw
C. her condition and threw
D. her condition; and threw
What is C.?
They, them, their, she, he, him, her, are examples of what perspective
What is 3rd Person?
Earth’s oceans contain 97% of the planet’s water, so just 3% is freshwater, water with low concentrations of salts. Most freshwater is trapped as ice in the vast glaciers and ice sheets of Greenland. A storage location for water such as an ocean, glacier, pond, or even the atmosphere is known as a reservoir. A water molecule may pass through a reservoir very quickly or may remain for much longer.
The reader can conclude from
the information in the article that
we need to –
A conserve freshwater
B use more saltwater
C protect the glaciers
D get water from lakes
What is A conserve freshwater?
Answer with R.A.P.P
One defining characteristic of a culture is that it is learned. When we are born, we have no sense of our culture. In fact, if we are adopted into another culture halfway around the world, we will adopt the values, beliefs and practices of that culture. Yet, much of culture is learned unconsciously — we do not study what to cook for dinner or what makes a joke funny. We naturally pick up the cultural norms of our parents and, later, our community and broader culture.
. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
A. People learn what to cook and how to make jokes when they move to a new place with a new culture.
B. A defining characteristic of culture is that it is learned.
C. People have no understanding of their culture when they are born.
D. A defining characteristic of culture is that it must be consciously studied for people to learn it and adapt to it.
What is B. A defining characteristic of culture is that it is learned?
The way the writer develops the claim
Take the question words out of the writing prompt and flip the question into a claim?
The difference between theme and main idea
What is Theme is a moral, lesson, message or universal truth to be learned that anyone can relate to, and the main idea is what the story is mainly about.
Dab Dab the Duck
Sally sat by the seashore
Torren teaches terrific things to turtles
are all examples of which figure of speech
What is Alliteration?
With the final character being announced to Super Smash Brothers Ultimate (SSBU), there is a lot of debate on the competitively best character in the game. A But let me explain why Joker is the best character. B The Joker's frame data shows his amazing recovery and high damage output. C The Joker has everything that a player could want and more. D There are qualities that you can want with every character, and each character offers a different playstyle with different strengths and weaknesses. With the Joker, he has all of the good that you could ever need and not many weaknesses that other characters have. He is fast on the ground and in the air, along with an advanced move set. He can send out multiple attacks within a short period of time.
5. Select the phrase that best explains why the author chose to include the photograph.
A to show how to play the game
B to show the article is about a video game
C to show why the Joker is the best
D to show which is the best system to use
What is B to show the article is about a video game?
Use R.A.P.P.
Culture is also shared. If just one person has a belief or practice, it is not culture. Culture instead represents the patterns of behavior and beliefs of the majority. Many millions of persons share cultural elements such as religion or language. However, this does not mean that all people within a culture must share all elements equally. Elements such as religion may be more important for some people than others. In addition, different people may share different aspects of a culture. In a culture that values tolerance over conformity, for instance, people may practice different religions. Even among people with the same religion, for example, some people will likely have more conservative views than others.
Which statement best expresses the key idea of paragraph 2?
A. Culture requires everyone to agree.
B. Culture represents only a few people.
C. Culture has common symbols.
D. Culture is shared by many people.
What is A. Culture requires everyone to agree?
The number of body paragraphs needed
What is AT LEAST 2 pieces of evidence with an explanation of how it proves your claim?
Finish this statement, "We are not scared...
What is "because we are PREPARED!"
Biggie Smalls
Icy Hot
Jumbo Shrimp
Walking Dead
Bitter sweet
are all examples of what figure of speech
What is an Oxymoron?