Constructed Response
Also known as a Controlling Idea, this is what you believe and what you plan to explain or prove in your ECR.
What is Thesis?
Persistence
From Latin per-, meaning "through," and sister, meaning "to stand firm"
This information helps the reader know that persistence means
A. Continuing even with setbacks or difficulty
B. Waiting for the right moment to act
What is Continuing even with setbacks or difficulty?
We use these two things to make an educated inference.
What are text evidence and our knowledge?
"The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day:
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,"
These lines convey this mood
What is sad or doubtful?
This type of organization style uses words like since, caused, and consequently
Example: ________ --> __________
What is Cause and Effect
The first step to writing an ECR is this
What is Restate the Question?
Cryptic has a Latin root meaning "hidden". What does Cryptic mean in this sentence? "Fenn gives a cryptic message as to where the valuables are."
A. Unusual. B. Lengthy. C. Unclear
What is Unclear?
"She tears a hole in heaven's sky,
so sun can shine and rain can cry
What do these lines suggest about March?"
A. She is sad to see winter go away
B. She creates opportunities for a new season
What is "She creates opportunities for a new season?"
"And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,"
Casey did this with his hat...
What is wave it/tip it to the fans?
This organizational pattern gives ideas, steps in a process, or a list of items in the order they happened. Example: Cookbook
Chronological order/sequence
When you are finishing your ECR, you should always do this so that the reader knows your belief.
What is Restate your Thesis
Read the dictionary entry for the word Draw.
1. To go steadily or gradually 2. to sketch with lines 3. to pull from a holding place
"The little brown beetle drew out the tiny wings from her sides." Which definition is correct for Draw?
What is "To Pull from a holding place"
"Kelly: Whee! Chasing leaves is so much fun. A lot more fun than working... Oh my, I forgot I was supposed to bring that food inside. I've never been in this part of the forest before. "
The reader can infer what based on these lines?
A. Kelly needs to find food and bring it inside.
B. Chasing leaves causes Kelly to get distracted.
What is "Chasing leaves causes Kelly to get distracted?"
"Popularity" and "Casey at the Bat" both show people with an expectation. What is DIFFERENT about what is realized in "Casey at the Bat" as opposed to "Popularity"?
Casey doesn't get his hit whereas the main character of Popularity does become popular.
This organizational pattern uses words like different, comparison, alike, and whereas
What is Compare and Contrast?
In order to prove your position, you must supply this information from the text to support your opinion.
What is Citing your Evidence?
Engage
1. to interlock with 2. to hire for work 3. to hold the attention 4. to enter into contest with
Which definition is correct?
We sat there, engaged in what the speaker was saying.
What is "to hold the attention"?
"Mother: Your father is right, you need to help with the work around the house. "
This line supports which of the following ideas?
A. Children and parents should do activities together.
B. Everyone's efforts are needed to achieve a common goal.
What is Everyone's efforts are needed to achieve a common goal?
When the poem says, "She welcomes April showers in, then gathers up her dwindling winds,"
What does the word dwindling mean?
A. Lessening B. Soaking C. Straying. Troubling
What is A. Lessening?
This organizational pattern describes a topic, idea, person, or thing by giving specific information about it
What is Description
What is explaining your reasoning?
"I tried to keep them away from the fragile statues. Sometimes they are broken, so I work hard to take them the other way."
What does Fragile mean?
A. Large. B. Mysterious. C. Delicate. D. Popular
What is Delicate?
"her wooly, fleece of white,
she sets in skies of blue delight,"
The reader can infer that these lines are talking about this.
What is a cloud?
In Casey at the Bat, how do the following lines contribute to the poem? "And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go, And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow."
A. They exhibit the Climax B. They exhibit the Rising Action C. They exhibit the Conclusion
What is A. They exhibit the Climax
This organizational pattern uses words like for instance, as a result, so that, and consequently
What is Problem and Solution