The "E" in R.A.C.E. | Peer Review

The "E" in R.A.C.E.

TDQ Peer Review

Poll

Which best illustrates how comfortable you feel writing the explanation of a Text Dependent Question (TDQ)?

Multiple Choice

What do the letters in R.A.C.E. stand for? 

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain

• Read, Annotate, Cite, Explain 

• Reply, Analyze, Cite, Evaluate

• Re-read, Articulate, Comprehend, Evaluate

R.a.c.e.(s)

​R - Restate the question

​A - Answer the question

​C - Cite textual Evidence

​E - Explain

​S - "So What?" Conclusion

​The "E" in R.A.C.E

1. Review the prompt.

2. Determine your purpose for writing.

3. Does the prompt require you to:

Explain

Analyze

Argue

Evaluate

Compare/Contrast

​Summarize

Multiple Choice

The prompt asks you to "Determine the author's purpose of Daniel Tammet's 'Blue Nines and Red Words'". What is your purpose for writing your response? 

• Make an argument based on the strongest facts from the text

• Analyze the author's use of a particular technique 

• Summarize my understanding of the main idea(s) 

• Explain my understanding of what the author did

​Peer Review

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Daniel Tammet’s purpose to write this text is to educate others about the definition of synesthesia and to tell them that even though there were many events in which synesthesia affected him, he still used his connection with numbers to help him view the world differently. This is said on paragraph 19, page 405, “Whenever someone describes visiting a beautiful place, I recall my numerical landscapes and how happy that makes me feel inside. By doing this, numbers actually help me to get closer to understanding other people.” This helps me to understand that synesthesia allowed him to better understand and react to the emotions of himself and those of others.

Let's help your classmate fix their TDQ.

Multiple Choice

Help your peer revise their topic sentence. 

Daniel Tammet’s purpose to write this text is to educate others about the definition of synesthesia and to tell them that even though there were many events in which synesthesia affected him, he still used his connection with numbers to help him view the world differently.

• Daniel Tammet's memoir, "Blue Nines and Red Words" is meant to educate readers about how synesthesia creates a unique connection to numbers and helps him view the world differently. 

• Daniel Tammet's text is written to educate others about what synesthesia means and  how it affects him. 

• Daniel Tammet's memoir is written to educate others about synesthesia; he wants to tell readers about how it affects him, and how he has a connection to numbers that causes him to view the world differently. 

• No Change

​Peer Review

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Daniel Tammet's memoir, "Blue Nines and Red Words" is meant to educate readers about how synesthesia creates a unique connection to numbers and helps him view the world differently. This is said on paragraph 19, page 405, “Whenever someone describes visiting a beautiful place, I recall my numerical landscapes and how happy that makes me feel inside. By doing this, numbers actually help me to get closer to understanding other people.” This helps me to understand that synesthesia allowed him to better understand and react to the emotions of himself and those of others.

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​Embedding the Quote

There are four ways you may introduce a quote in your writing. When you properly introduce quotations you are providing a lead-in for readers letting them know textual evidence is coming.

1. Complete Sentence + Colon + Quote

2. ​Introductory Sentence + Comma + Quote

3. ​Explanatory Sentence + Comma + Quote

4. ​That + Quote

Multiple Choice

Help your peer fix the lead-in and citation of the textual evidence. 

This is said on paragraph 19, page 405, “Whenever someone describes visiting a beautiful place, I recall my numerical landscapes and how happy that makes me feel inside.

• Tammet writes that numbers help him make connections with people despite having Aspergers syndrome: "Emotions can be hard for me to understand...so, I often use numbers to help me...By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people."

• Tammey writes that: Whenever someone describes visiting a beautiful place, I recall my numerical landscapes and how happy that makes me feel inside." 

• In the middle of his memoir, Tammet writes, "Whenever someone describes visiting a beautiful place, I recall my numerical landscapes and how happy that makes me feel inside." 

• No Change 

​Peer Review

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Daniel Tammet's memoir, "Blue Nines and Red Words" is meant to educate readers about how synesthesia creates a unique connection to numbers and helps him view the world differently. Tammet writes that numbers help him make connections with people despite having Aspergers syndrome: "Emotions can be hard for me to understand...so, I often use numbers to help me...By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people." This helps me to understand that synesthesia allowed him to better understand and react to the emotions of himself and those of others.

Let's help your classmate fix their TDQ.

​Don't forget...

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​Peer Review

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Daniel Tammet's memoir, "Blue Nines and Red Words" is meant to educate readers about how synesthesia creates a unique connection to numbers and helps him view the world differently. Tammet writes that numbers help him make connections with people despite having Aspergers syndrome: "Emotions can be hard for me to understand...so, I often use numbers to help me...By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people." This helps me to understand that synesthesia allowed him to better understand and react to the emotions of himself and those of others.

Let's help your classmate fix their TDQ.

​Remember that what you write after the quote should do one of the following (based on the prompt):

• ​Evaluate

• ​Analyze

• ​Summarize

• ​Compare/Contrast

• ​Explain

• ​Argue

Multiple Choice

Which should you do if the prompt asks you to "Determine the author's purpose of 'Blue Nines and Red Words'"?

• Analyze 

• Summarize

• Evaluate 

• Explain 

Multiple Choice

What did your peer do?

Tammet writes that numbers help him make connections with people despite having Aspergers syndrome: "Emotions can be hard for me to understand...so, I often use numbers to help me...By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people." This helps me to understand that synesthesia allowed him to better understand and react to the emotions of himself and those of others.

• Analyze 

• Summarize

• Evaluate 

• Explain 

​Peer Review

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Daniel Tammet's memoir, "Blue Nines and Red Words" is meant to educate readers about how synesthesia creates a unique connection to numbers and helps him view the world differently. Tammet writes that numbers help him make connections with people despite having Aspergers syndrome: "Emotions can be hard for me to understand...so, I often use numbers to help me...By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people." This helps me to understand that synesthesia allowed him to better understand and react to the emotions of himself and those of others.

Let's help your classmate fix their TDQ.

​Students should explain . since this student stated that the author's purpose is to educate, they should answer the following question:

What should readers learn?

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Multiple Select

What could readers have learned? 

• Synesthesia is a strength that helps Tammet overcome weaknesses 

• Synesthesia is a condition where those who have it can see numbers as colors, shapes, and textures 

• Synesthesia is an example of the various ways in which people can be intelligent 

• Just because Tammet has disabilities, that doesn't mean he is incapable of being intelligent and exxtraordinary

Open Ended

Let's help your peer fix the explanation. What could they have written?

Daniel Tammet's memoir, "Blue Nines and Red Words" is meant to educate readers about how synesthesia creates a unique connection to numbers and helps him view the world differently. Tammet writes that numbers help him make connections with people despite having Aspergers syndrome: "Emotions can be hard for me to understand...so, I often use numbers to help me...By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people."

Poll

Which best illustrates how comfortable you feel writing the explanation of a Text Dependent Question (TDQ)?