 How to read the question  How many parts or tasks are being asked  What the tasks are  Leave no answer blank. Answer every question.

 Excerpt: (n.) A passage or portion taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film.  Restate: (v.) to state again (in a different way)  Evident: (adj.) easily seen or understood; obvious

R= Restate the question to form your answer A= Answer the question T= give Text support  Many questions don’t ask for text support outright.  Using text support every time shows higher order thinking. E= Explain your answer.  how the quotes relate to the answer given  a conclusion sentence that ties everything together

 From 9 th grade McDougal Littell textbook Pg 27- Excerpt from “Sweet Potato Pie” by Eugenia Collier 1) At what point does the flashback begin? Explain which words or phrases helped you identify this point.

Restate Question: The flashback begins when... Answer the Question: The flashback begins when the narrator, filled with pride, remembers and compares her brother’s life now with their childhood.

1)At what point does the flashback begin? Explain which words or phrases helped you identify this point. (answer): The flashback begins when the narrator compares her brother’s life now with their childhood. Textual Evidence for answer: “a hundred worlds” away (line 5) “I close my eyes, and...I see” (line 7) “...side by side, as clearly as if I were looking at a split TV screen” (line 8) Answer w/textual evidence: “I close my eyes and...see” shows that the narrator is remembering the past and comparing it “...side by side, as clearly as if I were looking at a split TV screen.”

The explanations (in pink) surround the quotes (in bold black). The flashback begins when the narrator, filled with pride, remembers and compares her brother’s life now with their childhood. “I close my eyes and...see” (line 7) shows that the narrator is remembering her childhood “hundreds of miles away” (line 5) and comparing it “...side by side, as clearly as if I were looking at a split TV screen” (line 8). The narrator’s pride is magnified by the success her brother has achieved over this long span of time.