R.A.C.E
What does R.A.C.E stand for and when do you use it?
Restate, answer, cite evidence, and explain. You use R.A.C.E when responding to a prompt.
Give me the 3 types of punctuation that belong at the end of a sentence.
Period, question mark, exclamation point.
Name the elements of plot in order.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Name all 5 organizational structures.
Chronological
Description
Cause-effect
Problem- solution
Compare- contrast
Why does an author write an informational text? What is the author's purpose?
To inform the reader about a topic.
If you do not know how to restate the question, where should you start?
You should start your restatement after the verb.
When do you capitalize a letter? Give me at least 4.
Beginning of sentences
Names
Titles
Months
Beginning of quotes
States and cities
Holidays
Countries
What is theme?
The lesson, message, or moral that the author wants the reader to learn from the text.
What is the purpose of the compare-contrast text structure?
To show how things are similar or different.
Where can the controlling idea of a text be found?
First or second paragraph
Give me an example of a stem you use to cite your evidence.
Give me an example of a stem you use to explain how your evidence connects to your answer.
Answers will vary.
What punctation marks do you need when citing your evidence? Where do you include them?
A comma after your citing evidence stem, quotation marks after the comma, and end quotation marks at the end of the evidence.
If a question asks about the conflict developing, what part of the plot would you look at?
The rising action
What are signal words for a cause-effect text structure?
if, then
since
so
due to
What is another name for controlling idea?
Main idea
Thesis statement
Central idea
-Any word with "idea" in it.
Restate the prompt: Explain how the author develops the theme of the story.
The author develops the theme of the story by
The author develops the theme of the story when
What are the 3 errors in the sentence below?
"The dogs runned through the park and they were very happy to see there friends."
The dogs (ran) through the park(,) and they were very happy to see (their) friends.
The moment there is a shift/change for the main character is known as the _______.
Climax
A text that explains the different reasons why people live would be what kind of text structure?
Description
What is the purpose of supporting details?
Guess the question: The setting change contributes to the plot of the story by showing how the character grows once they move from San Antonio to Houston.
How does the setting change contribute to the plot of the story?
What is the different between a compound sentence and a complex sentence.
A compound sentence is two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction.
A complex sentence is an independent and dependent clause joined together by a subordinating conjunction.
Give me an example of a theme.
Answer must be a lesson that is universal.
The author uses a chronological organizational structure to -
- present information in the order that events happened
- explain how to do something step by step.
"But a different system is growing in popularity: participatory budgeting, often shortened to PB."
Based on the controlling idea above, what is the topic?
The topic is participatory budgeting.