RACES Writing Strategy

The R stands for:

• restate or reword the question

• cite evidence from the text

• record your answer

• sum it up

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

CCSS.SL.1.3

The A stands for:

• restate/ reword the question

• cite the evidence

• answer the question

• sum it up

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

CCSS.SL.1.3

The C stands for:

• answer the question

• restate/reword the question

• sum it up

• cite the evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

The E stands for:

• cite the evidence

• restate/reword the question

• Explain the evidence

• sum it up

The S stands for:

• sum it up

• cite the evidence

• answer the question

• restate/reword the question

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

CCSS.SL.1.3

Which of the following is an introductory phrase for citing evidence?

• For example,

• The text states,

• According to the text,

• All of the above

Which of the following is an introductory phrase for explaining the evidence?

• This shows

• This reveals

• This demonstrates

• All of the above

Which of the following is an introductory phrase for a sum it up sentence?

• Clearly...

• Therefore...

• All of the above...

• To conclude

 

Transitions like, "For Example...", "In the text it states...", "According to the author...", "In paragraph ___ of the article, it states..." are all ways to introduce

• the answer

• the evidence

• the explanation

• the summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.8

Transitions like, "This shows", "This proves that...because", and "If....then...." are all examples of introducing...

• to introduce the evidence

• the answer the question

• to introduce the summary

• to introduce the explanation

Tags

CCSS.W.1.2