Short Response Review

Another word for your claim is your:

• Answer
• Question
• Evidence
• Favorite color

TRUE or FALSE: Summarizing the text in your own words counts as text evidence.

• TRUE
• FALSE

After you answer the question you should provide context before writing your text evidence: What is context?

• Copying a part of the text that proves your answer.
• Your answer to the question. When you make sure that you answered every part of the question in your answer.
• A summary of the most important parts of the story that help people who read your paragraph understand the text?
• Your explanation of how the evidence you chose proves your answer?

Which answer is NOT true about your analysis (explaining your answer)?

• Your analysis should explain how the text evidence proves the answer.
• It should be more than one sentence.
• It should restate what you already said or summarize your answer.
• It should build on your answer explaining your own ideas based on the text.

TRUE of FALSE: When I write context I should add every detail from the story?

• True
• False

TRUE or FALSE: Context should answer the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY about the part of the text that you used as evidence.

• True
• False

In a short response, which part goes after the context?

• a claim
• text evidence
• an emoji
• An explanation in your own words that works like a conclusion.

TRUE or FALSE: The 4th step of a short response is EXPLAIN.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What answers are true about writing 'context'? (Choose all that apply)

• Context is written in using your own words
• Writing context helps introduce why your text evidence 'proves' your claim.
• When writing context, you give details about what is happening in the story
• Context turns your writing into a beautiful song

What is a 'claim' in a short response paragraph?

• A word that describes something
• An idea that you will carefully explain and prove with text evidence
• A part of the text that you copy and paste into your answer
• A sea creature with a very hard shell