RACE
What does RACE stand for?
Restate
Answer
Cite
Explain
What is inferencing?
An educated guess
How do we know a question is related to Authors purpose?
It will have the work author in the question
What is the difference between there/their/they're
There=place/location
Their=possession
They're=They are
When you do not know the answer you should use what to help?
Dictionary
What are starters for Cite?
In the story
The text said
The author stated
In the passage
In paragraph
To make an inference...
Use text evidence and background knowledge
What is the authors purpose in a Taco Bell Commercial
Persuade
Jessica is ____________ fried rice right now.
What is the correct verb?
Why do we use process of elimination?
To narrow down our answer choices.
What are starters for Explain?
This means
This proves
This explains
How do I know the text is asking to inference
It will say
Inference/Infer
Conclusion
What is authors purpose in a novel/book?
To entertain
will go
Past, Present, Future?
Future
What should your test look like when you are working/finished?
Full of highlights and annotations
Restate this question.
Why is reading important?
Larry saw a dog run across the road and he heard brakes screeching and a loud yelp. What can we infer?
The dog got ran over
What is authors purpose in a history textbook?
To inform
How do we know something is possessive?
It contains an apostrophe
Should you eat a good breakfast and get plenty of sleep the night before the test?
Yes!
When do you use RACE?
Short Response
Looking outside what can we infer
When a question ask about the authors purpose, what do we need to think/look at?
The type of passage it is
If something is plural and possessive how do I use an apostrophe correctly?
If it ends in s add an apostrophe
If it does not end in s and apostrophe s
What MUST you have in a essay to make it structurally correct?
Five paragraphs
Intro
Conclusion
Indents