Epic Minds

Included in this FREE product is a short passage on penguins and a question to elicit a short constructed response using the R.A.C.E. strategy. This strategy helps students organize their written answer in a meaningful and comprehensive manner.

This graphic organizer assists students in collecting the necessary items to write a summary from an informational text using the TAAMIO strategy. T – Text Type: In this text, (article, newspaper, passage, etc.) A – Author: the author (or use the author’s name) A – Action: explains (or describes, argues, tells, etc.) M – Main Idea: write the main idea of the text I – Important or Key Details: add the important or key details that support the main idea O – Organization: follow the organization o