1. Answer structures for short answer questions
A.P.E.
Answer structures for short answer questions

2. What does APE stand for?
Answer
Prove
Explain

3. To completely answer short answer questions. (and get a 100!)
What is it used for?
To completely answer short answer questions. (and get a 100!)

4. Ex. Literature analysis, DBQs, research writing
Why use APE?
It is a way to connect what we’re reading/studying to the question we are asked and PROVE our claim.
Ex. Literature analysis, DBQs, research writing

5. Answer Answer…. Answer the question in a complete sentence.
Try to use the question to start your answer.

6. You should have at least 2 pieces of RELEVANT evidence!
Prove
This is arguably the most important part of your response! This includes quotes, facts, statistics, major plot points, character actions, etc.
You should have at least 2 pieces of RELEVANT evidence!
Prove….

7. Explain….
Explain
Connect your evidence to your claim. This should be the longest part of your response.

8. Review…. Turn to the person next to you and explain what APE means.

9. Questions?

10. Let’s take another look at those police reports...
You’ve already tried this strategy before!

11. Here is my example - Can you pick out the parts?
Mrs. Van Bliven staged the crime scene to appear as though someone else had stolen her necklace. A window in the door that leads to the outside patio was broken as if someone had tried to unlock the door from the outside. However, the glass from the shattered window was outside on the patio instead of inside. This proves that whoever broke the window was already in the room and had no need to break the window in order to enter. It is also suspicious that she lied about receiving the telephone call. The only reason she would have for lying is to cover up the fact that she had staged the whole thing. If Emmy, the maid, were involved, she would have made every effort to avoid making noise and leaving any evidence. However, the bed is neatly made and the shattering of the glass was most likely very loud. For these reasons, Mrs. Horatio Van Bliven is to be charged with falsifying evidence and conspiring to commit a crime.

12. Here is my example color-coded (Y=A, G=P, B=E)
Mrs. Van Bliven staged the crime scene to appear as though someone else had stolen her necklace. A window in the door that leads to the outside patio was broken as if someone had tried to unlock the door from the outside. However, the glass from the shattered window was outside on the patio instead of inside. This proves that whoever broke the window was already in the room and had no need to break the window in order to enter. It is also suspicious that she lied about receiving the telephone call. The only reason she would have for lying is to cover up the fact that she had staged the whole thing. If Emmy, the maid, were involved, she would have made every effort to avoid making noise and leaving any evidence. However, the bed is neatly made and the shattering of the glass was most likely very loud. For these reasons, Mrs. Horatio Van Bliven is to be charged with falsifying evidence and conspiring to commit a crime.

13. What is the BEST way to spend your summer vacation?
Your Turn!
Write an APE response to:
What is the BEST way to spend your summer vacation?

14. Switch papers with someone next to you and:
How’d you do?
Switch papers with someone next to you and:
Circle the ANSWER (look for the claim)
UNDERLINE the PROOF (evidence)
and put **STARS** around the author’s EXPLANATION

15. Any rockstar responses?