As the spring semester approaches, many campuses are looking to refine their instructional approach to constructed response. While mid-year student samples seem to be headed in the right direction, they may be missing important components that ensure a well-developed and effective response.
Let's take a look at the typical student response. Notice, the student response checks all of the RACE strategies, but is still missing something.
These slides are from Beyond RACE Strategy - How EW Can Refine Constructed Response on Your Campus Webinar.
Let's look at a student response AFTER Empowering Writers' direct instruction on explicit skills:
The explicit skills taught: main idea sentences, elaborative detail, paraphrasing, citing evidence, sentence starters, word referents, and conclusion statement. This chart identifies the Empowering Writers' strategies and lessons involved in RACE Strategies.
For an in-depth look at Empowering Writers instruction for constructed and extended response, watch Beyond RACE Strategy - How EW Can Refine Constructed Response on Your Campus Webinar.
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