Writing About Reading--"A Royal Mystery"
This assignment is found on p. 65 of the Journey's student book. The task is to explain how the scenes in the story help to move the plot along. The format we use for writing these types of constructed responses (performance tasks) is RACE.
R-Restate the question.
A-Answer the question.
C-Cite specific evidence from the text. (The kids can either directly quote from the story and explain it, or they can use their own words to explain details from the text.)
E-Elaborate, or explain, further.
All students have access to the student book online through Think Central. It is found under "My Library" and "Reading." Click on the image below to access Think Central, or copy and paste the following link into your web browser. www-k6.thinkcentral.com