Restating the Question: RACE Strategy - 12 September and 13 September 2019

Today's Goal:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.6
[...] demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills [...]

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.D
Establish and maintain a formal style.


The Plan:

1. Read
2. How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
3. RACE Introduction
4. RA Practice with poems from Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson (You will put the answers to the questions below in your ELA Journal)
5. Typing.com

Reminders/Homework:

• READ!!!!!!!
• Typing.com due Friday, September 20. (You may work ahead, but your goal is entirely to do this slowly and tediously. Put your fingers in the right position and do EXACTLY what the computer tells you to do with your fingers. You want to type fast like Ms. Black? This is how.)
• Lesson 1: J, F, and Space
• Lesson 2: U, R, and K Keys
• Lesson 3: D, E, and I Keys
• Make sure you have THREE entries in your ELA Journal complete.

How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander

We read this out loud in class. If you are absent, please feel free to come take a look at it in class. There is no assignment associated with this book. It is simply for us to enjoy together. 

R.A.C.E.S. Introduction

RACES is a method of answering questions clearly and with detail. It is a way to write in a formal, academic tone. 

Today, your only focus is R and A, which is actually only 1-2 sentences!

You will learn about and practice C and E on another day. 

RA Practice

We will read two poems from a book called Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. One of them is pictured here.

excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming by

Jacqueline Woodson

You can find the other poem by clicking on THIS LINK.

IN YOUR ELA JOURNAL:

12 September 2019

Answer the following questions using the RA strategy. Highlight the R in pink. Highlight the A in green.

1. Where is the narrator's sister, Odella, when they cannot find her?

2. What does the narrator have to do in order to understand what she reads? 

3. How are Odella and the narrator alike and different when they read?

4. What is a personal pronoun and why is it not allowed in the RACE strategy form of writing?