Description
Get paragraph writing practice with RACE writing strategy passages and reading comprehension questions and short response questions; text dependent writing prompts. Students will practice comprehension skills AND citing text evidence with these 10 passages and question sets.
This resource is great for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, reading intervention, and scaffolding for struggling readers.
This product is located on Google Forms and is designed to be 100% digital and paperless. A printable PDF version is also included in your purchase.
Comprehension skills include:
- finding the main idea
- making inferences
- vocabulary in context
- fact vs. opinion
- recalling details
and more!
RACE is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements.
R: Re-state the question
A: Answer all parts of the question
C: Cite the text to provide evidence
E: Explain your citation
RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. These informational texts are quick, easy reads, so that your students can focus on writing.
Why use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed responses. This strategy is especially helpful for struggling writers and students with disabilities, but it can also be helpful scaffolding for all students. It teaches students to do what good writers do naturally—re-stating the question in a complete sentence, answering all parts of the question, citing evidence and fully explaining.
This Download Contains:
- 10 middle school reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions AND 10 short response questions to practice using the RACE Strategy
- A full answer key with suggested answers to each passage
Click on the Preview for more information!
This resource helps address the following standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.A Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6-8.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.4.A Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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Get paragraph writing practice with RACE writing strategy passages and reading comprehension questions and short response questions; text dependent writing prompts. Students will practice comprehension skills AND citing text evidence with these 10 passages and question sets.
This resource is great for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, reading intervention, and scaffolding for struggling readers.
This product is located on Google Forms and is designed to be 100% digital and paperless. A printable PDF version is also included in your purchase.
Comprehension skills include:
- finding the main idea
- making inferences
- vocabulary in context
- fact vs. opinion
- recalling details
and more!
RACE is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements.
R: Re-state the question
A: Answer all parts of the question
C: Cite the text to provide evidence
E: Explain your citation
RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. These informational texts are quick, easy reads, so that your students can focus on writing.
Why use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed responses. This strategy is especially helpful for struggling writers and students with disabilities, but it can also be helpful scaffolding for all students. It teaches students to do what good writers do naturally—re-stating the question in a complete sentence, answering all parts of the question, citing evidence and fully explaining.
This Download Contains:
- 10 middle school reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions AND 10 short response questions to practice using the RACE Strategy
- A full answer key with suggested answers to each passage
Click on the Preview for more information!
This resource helps address the following standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.A Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6-8.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.4.A Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
I appreciate your feedback!
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