December Christmas RACES Writing Strategy Practice Citing Text Evidence

Description

Grow your writers in their constructed writing responses with these Christmas-Themed RACES Writing Strategy Response Activities. In this packet you will find useful tools and writing activities to help students practice this skill. Perfect for prepping for standardized testing.

The RACES strategy is invaluable for teaching students how to construct extended written responses. It stands for (R) restate, (A) answer, (C) cite evidence, (E) explain, and (S) summarize.

INCLUDED:

• 8 Christmas-Themed Passages
• Print and digital option (perfect for practicing online for state testing)
• Color and BW options on posters
• RACES strategy poster
• RACES student bookmarks
• RACES Graphic Organizer
• Extra writing paper
• 8 Christmas Themed Nonfiction Articles with Extended Prompt Question that students will respond to using RACES strategy.
  • The History of Christmas Trees
  • The Story of St. Nicholas
  • Holiday Traditions Around the World
  • The Legend of the Nutcracker
  • and more!
• 2 options of response pages. Option #1 Article with written option (lines) and RACES checklist. Option #2– Article with RACES organizer.
• Sample answer keys are provided.

THIS SET IS PERFECT FOR:

• Christmas | December classroom literacy writing groups
• Morning writing warm-ups
• Test preparation material
• Homework writing assignments
• Paragraph writing practice
• Extensions for GT, or accelerated learners
• Substitute activities
• and much more!

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