Revising/Editing
Fix the one word used incorrectly:
Throughout the hole trip to Camp Grady Spruce, I only changed my socks once!
"hole" should be "whole".
Another way to word "Text Structure"
Organizational Pattern
What does RACE stand for?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
How many paragraphs do you need? What are they?
4. Introduction, Body Paragraph 1, Body Paragraph 2, Conclusion
What are the paragraphs in a poem called?
Fix the one word that is used incorrectly:
You should poor cold water over pasta once it is done to stop it from overcooking.
"poor" should be "pour"
Which text structure uses the key words "similar", "alike", "both", "on the other hand"?
What does it mean to "Cite"?
You need text evidence (direct quote from the text) to support your answer. Should be in quotation marks.
True or False? If you have a paired passage, you only need to provide text evidence from one passage in your ECR.
False! You need to include evidence from BOTH passages if you have a paired passage!
What POV?
Osgood would never be a man of letters like Fields, a litterateur, and so hesitated to compare ideas of True Literature. "Why would Augustus Manning threaten such a measure? It's extortion, that's what," he said indignantly.
At this Fields smiled to himself, thinking of how much there still was to teach Osgood.
3rd-Omniscient
Fix any words that are used incorrectly:
Parker, Bea, and Ivan were altogether when they realized they forgot to do there homework.
"altogether" should be "all together"
"there" should be "their"
What is the text structure?
You may have heard that eating an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Perhaps that's not strictly true, but it is correct that including fruit in your diet can result in better overall health. Because it is so full of vitamins and nutrients, eating plenty of fruit can help reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and even some types of cancer. Many fruits, including bananas and melons, are also particularly rich in potassium, which may be helpful in lowering blood pressure. Additionally, the fiber in fruit can help combat type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Cause & Effect
Restate the following prompt:
Describe how Sachiko responded to the bullies at school. Use text evidence to support your answer.
Sachiko responded to the bullies at school by...
Where do you explain your answer and provide evidence to support your answer?
Body paragraphs
What is a motif?
A motif is a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story. Motifs can be symbols, sounds, actions, ideas, or words. Motifs strengthen a story by adding images and ideas to the theme throughout the narrative.
Anderson is walking quick to Andy's to order a Texas Two-step concrete.
Which text structure?
In the 1990s, a group of women in the African country of Gambia organized to take action on plastic bags. Lacking any recycling programs, people had been throwing their used plastic bags on the ground, along with other trash. Because plastic doesn't decompose the way other waste does, piles of bags accumulated. What could they do? The women came up with a novel answer for the plastic bag puzzle. They collected and cleaned old bags, then reused them by cutting them into strips and crocheting or knitting items such as purses from the plastic. Selling their handiwork at markets, the women raised money for additional recycling programs, which enabled them to further reduce plastic litter.
Problem & Solution
Look at the following prompt & response. What is it missing?
Prompt: Describe how Sachiko responded to the bully at school. Use text evidence to support your answer
Response:
Sachiko responded to the bullies at school by writing and sharing her story about surviving the atomic bomb. Sachiko's mom encouraged her to write and share her story. Sachiko's story caused the bullying to stop.
There is no specific text evidence. Needs direct quote from the text to support her answer.
What is the "X, Y, Z" strategy in a concluson?
Explain your thesis
State why the audience should care
Zing your reader with a concluding statement
Answer the questions about Dramas:
1. What is it called when characters speak to each other in the drama?
2. Why are some words italicized in a drama?
3. What is the author of a drama called?
1. Dialogue
2. Stage Directions
3. The Playwright
Read the following. How can grammar/mechanics be improved?
In my family, there is several very inspiring people. Grandma Molly grew up poor but established her own business. Grandpa Robert built his own house. Grandpa Casey was a lifelong farmer. Each of these people are inspiring because they worked hard to achieve their goals. The members of my family has always been important to me, but my grandfathers and Grandma Molly has influenced me the most. The lessons I learned from my grandparents are very important to me.
Subject-verb agreement need to be fixed.
Which text structure?
American race car driver Danica Patrick got her start racing go-karts. As a teenager, she won national go-kart championships in 1994, 1996, and 1997. When she was sixteen, Patrick moved to Europe to compete in road racing. In 2000, she placed second in the Formula Ford Festival in England. She then returned to the United States and started racing IndyCars. The first time she raced in the celebrated Indianapolis 500, in May 2005, she finished fourth. Patrick began driving the heavier NASCAR stock cars, and in 2013 she placed eighth in NASCAR's famous Daytona 500. Continuing to race and set new records, Danica Patrick has showed no signs of slowing down.
Sequential
Look at the following prompt & response. What needs to be improved?
Prompt: Describe how Sachiko responded to the bully at school. Use text evidence to support your answer
Response:
Sachiko responded to the bully at school by writing and sharing her story to stop the bullying. The memoir, Sachiko, says, "Sachiko began to write. She wrote until her hand hurt, until the pain in her heart subsided, until her mind cleared." This shows that Sachiko by writing her story, her mind and heart began to heal. The memoir then says, "The day the next school newspaper was printed, the students read Sachiko's story silently to themselves, word for word. Sachiko would remember that day. That day the bullying stopped." This describes how the bullying stopped.
The second piece of text evidence needs to be explained. This describes how the bullying stopped because the students were touched by Sachiko's story and had empathy for her.
What do you need in order to get a 5/5 on your ECR? Must name ALL 4 requirements!
2. Relevant Text Evidence
3. Effective Organization (clear beginning, middle, end)
4. Correct Conventions (grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization)
What figurative language is being used in each sentence?
1. Estelle gazed at the ancient pug that seemed to sleep all day and noted, "You're an energetic puppy!"
2. The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. —L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between
3. Throughout the ages, human beings have pondered the many mysteries of the moon.
4. We held our breath as the basketball made an arc toward the basket and then sunk into the net with a satisfying whoosh.
1. Verbal Irony
2. Metaphor
3. Alliteration
4. Onomatopoeia