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What does the R in RACE stand for?
Restart
Relax
Restate
Recall
What does the A in RACE stand for?
Answer
Acknowledge
Anger
Allude
What does the C stand for in RACE?
Cite
Citation
Count
City
What does the E in RACE stand for?
Explain
Excitement
Exchange
Entitle
Restate the question as an answer: How does Alice come upon Wonderland?
Alice comes upon Wonderland by...
Wonderland comes upon Alice by...
How does Alice come upon Wonderland...
How does Wonderland come upon Alice...
Restate the question as an answer: How does the title relate to the book?
The title relates to the book because...
The title relates to it because...
Because it...
It relate because...
Restate the question in the answer: How is the setting of the book important to the theme?
The setting of the book is important to the theme because...
It is important to it because...
It is important to the theme because...
The setting is important to it because...
Restate the question as an answer: What types of symbolism do you find in this novel?
The types of them in the novel are...
The types of the them in it are....
The types of symbolism in this novel is...
The types of symbolism is in it is....
Restate the question as an answer: What would our lives be like if we lived in this story?
If we lived in it, it would be...
If we lived in the story, it would be...
If we live in it, our lives would be...
If we lived in the story, our lives would be ...
Restate the question as an answer: What does the character mean when he says "I can't go home"?
When he says that, he means....
When the character says, "I can't go home," he means....
When the character says that, he means....
When he says, "I can't go home," he means....
Where do you find the evidence you cite in your answers?
The ceiling
Google
My brain
The text
Which of the following do you NOT use when explaining your answer?
Connections
Quote from the text
Experience
Background Knowledge
Relating the story back to your experiences is...
text to world
text to self
text to text
Relating the story to another story is...
text to self
text to world
text to text
Relating the story to something in society is...
text to world
text to self
text to text
