1. ACE Your Response Do you think social media plays a role in informing voters about the issues or mainly serves as entertainment?
ACE Strategy- A way of organizing your writing and “showing” what you know

2. GOAL
Answer opened ended and short answer questions by citing several sources and using effective textual evidence to clearly and convincingly support your response.

3. What is the ACE Strategy?
Answer the question
Answer the question while restating the question in your response
Cite your evidence
Cite the evidence that BEST supports your answer
Explain and extend your response
Explain how/why your evidence supports your claim

4. Textual Evidence What is it? Why do I need it? When will I use it?
Support for your response, opinion, or idea
Why do I need it?
To prove that you are not just making up your answer, opinion or idea
When will I use it?
In every writing response! It’s your proof that you know what you’re talking about!
How about outside of school?
In real life, people who can back up an opinion with specific information are taken more seriously than people who can only give a reason of “just because” or “because I said so.”

5. ACE your response Answer the prompt while restating the question.
Start your response with a topic sentence.
This should be a declarative sentence.
Answer the prompt while restating the question.
Stay on topic and respond to the task fully
Make sure you have support for your claim
Make it easy to follow the progression of your ideas

6. Citing Explicit Evidence
ACE your response
Citing Explicit Evidence
Introduce your direct evidence with a “text talk” prompt
From the reading I know that…
The illustration/graphic shows that…
Based on what I read…
An example on page ___ is…
I know because…
According to the text…
The author wrote…
Make sure your starter matches your evidence type (reading, video, graphic, etc.)

7. Citing Inferential Evidence
Prove it!
ACE your response
Citing Inferential Evidence
Introduce your indirect evidence with an
evidence based prompt/term
Prompts
I can infer from…
I know because…
I think because…
Terms
Because
For instance
For example
Make sure your starter matches your evidence type (reading, video, graphic, etc.)

8. Explain and extend your response
ACE your response
Explain and extend your response
Don’t leave your evidence hanging! Explain it!
This shows…
This is because…
This means…
This reveals…
This illustrates …
This highlights…
After your evidence is explained, finish your response with a concluding sentence.

9. Sample ACE response How can geography shape a civilization?
Prompt
How can geography shape a civilization?
Geography can greatly impact a civilization and the way in which people live. The ancient city-state of Athens was influenced to be a trading settlement based on its location of being 4 miles from the Aegean Sea. According to the article, “Maritime Traders of the Ancient Greek World” the ancient Athenians became one of the wealthiest civilizations because of their ability to trade with neighboring regions. They exported goods such as olive oil, wine, grapes in exchange for gold, timber and wheat.(p. 2). This shows that if they weren’t located along the Aegean Sea and close to a body of water, the Athenians might not have been one of the wealthiest cities of the Ancient World. In fact, Athens rival Sparta was not located near a body of water and as a result they established themselves as a farming city-state instead of a wealthy trading power. Even today geography plays a major role in shaping our economy and industry based on where nation’s are located and the valuable resources within.
Topic sentence
Answer
Cite direct textual evidence (source & page #)
Explain & extend
Concluding sentence

10. Answer
Candidates for the upcoming Presidential Election have been effective in using social media to inform voters of their political agenda and how they view key issues facing the United States.

11. Cite the Evidence and Explain (Republican Example)
Reason #1- All Presidential Candidates are using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat.
Source -“How the 2016 Presidential Candidates Measure up on Social Media.”
According to the article, “How the 2016 Presidential Candidates Measure up on Social Media,” all candidates running for President have utilized Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat to help gain followers and spread their message to possible voters. For example, Donald Trump has the most Twitter and Facebook followers and has seen that success carry over in the first several primaries including winning the New Hampshire primary on February 9th by almost 20 percent. His ability to keep voters informed on topics such as immigration, health care as well as depicting other candidates negatively has been seen throughout his social media accounts.

12. Cite the Evidence and Explain (Democrat Example)
Reason #2- Presidential Candidates are expected to spend 1.6 billion dollars in online advertisements most of them focused on social media apps.
Source- “The Selfie Election” article from Junior Scholastic
From the Junior Scholastic article, “The Selfie Election,” I know that the Presidential Candidates are expected to spend around 1.6 billion dollars in online advertisements focusing in on the social media apps. This highlights the importance candidates are placing on social media to their success to become the next President.
Also stated in the article, “The Selfie Election,” when Hillary Clinton stepped down from giving a speech, a man by the name of Charles Jones was able to snap a selfie together with her which she was thrilled to do so. This highlights the importance in social media and how candidates such as Hillary Clinton can benefit from retweets, favorites, comments and shares. People were able to see the personal side of Hillary Clinton and how she understands the young culture and what’s important to them. Her ability to relate to her voters is one reason why she has seen initial success in places such as Nevada and Iowa.