Creating Constructed Responses January 8 th, 2015

Warm Up: Power Words Date: January 8 th, 2015 Prompt: Which of the "Power Words" do you think are the easiest with which to work? Which do you think are the hardest? Use specific examples from the definitions provided yesterday to support your opinion. 1) Analyze, 2) Evaluate, 3) Infer, 4) Summarize, 5) Predict, 6) Describe, 7) Support, 8) Compare, 9) Trace, 10) Explain, 11) Contrast, 12) Formulate

Agenda  Learning Target: Today I will put my knowledge of writing constructed responses to use.  Anatomy of a Constructed Response  BCR vs. DBQ vs. LBQ vs. Extended Response  Creating a Constructed Response  Mission:Possible/Go Green Refresher

Anatomy of a Constructed Response  RACE!  Use this method to help create your constructed responses.  R=restate the question  A=answer the question  C=cite evidence from text to support your answer  E=explain your answer

RACE

BCR vs. DBQ vs. LBQ vs. Extended Response  What do all of the letters mean?  BCR= Brief Constructed Response  DBQ= Document Based Question  LBQ= Literature Based Question  Extended Response= A multi-paragraph constructed response that is usually just short of essay length and addresses the “points” to be discussed more quickly and more directly.  More brief than an essay since it is given in a test-like environment.

Examples DBQ LBQ

Examples: Extended Response

Creating a Constructed Response  You have been provided with a graphic organizer help you create your own constructed responses.  Your task:  Read the article “The Sharebots.”  Use the prompt below to fill in your RACE graphic organizer.  Explain whether the author's choice of words and phrases effectively describes the robots and their behaviors. In your response, use words and phrases from the passage that support your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.

RACE

 Sample Responses Creating a Constructed Response

“Mission Possible”  You have received two texts: “Codetalking” and “The Navajo.”  Directions:  After reading both of the texts above, choose 3 of the prompts below. Using 1 sheet of notebook paper per prompt, re-create the RACE(S) graphic organizer on one side, and then write your full constructed response on the opposite side.  Requirements:  Each constructed response must be at least 3 paragraphs and no more than 5 paragraphs in length. Within your constructed response, you must highlight where you used citations from the original texts. Since you will be responding to three prompts, please use 3 different highlighter colors (blue, pink, green). Each color will refer to each prompt (for example, information used for prompt #1 will be in blue, information used for prompt number #3 will be in pink, etc.). Refer to the rubric to guide your work.

Writing Prompts: 1.Explain whether knowing that the passage from "The Navajo" is non-fiction makes the article easier to understand. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.The Navajo 2.Explain which article more effectively uses words and phrases to persuade a reader about the value of the contributions of Native Americans during World War II. In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document. 3.Explain what information could have been added to the passage from Codetalking to help a reader better understand an important idea in the article. In your response use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.Codetalking 4.Which article more effectively expresses the author's attitude toward the Code Talkers? In your response use information from the article that supports your answer. Write your answer on your answer document. 5.Explain how a reader could determine the reliability of the information in the passage fromThe Navajo? In your response, use information from the article that supports your explanation. Write your answer on your answer document.The Navajo 6.What text feature could have been added to "Codetalking" so that a reader could better understand information about Native American languages? In your response use information from the article that supports your answer. Write your answer on your answer document.Codetalking

Closing  Summary Discussion:  Briefly share your final thoughts on Op-Ed articles and their relevance to the ELA classroom.  Volunteers are welcome, but do know that you may be called upon at random.

Homework  Read for 30 minutes.  Finish whatever you need to complete from today’s “Response to a Response” assignment.