Which quotation from the passage best
supports the answer in part a?
a."this would be a blow to schools
that had relied on funding to keep
art, music, and sports programs
running."
b. "he was happy with the few writing
samples i'd brought to the interview
and offered me the job on the spot."
c. " i learned a great deal from
him about how to cover a story
well, how to handle my sources,
and how to make a boring story
seem interesting
d. .john didneem deterred by
the fact that i had no solid
experience."

Since we know that students need to be able to write constructed responses, I was so happy when I was introduced to the RACE strategy. It took the scare out of teaching constructed responses for text evidence. It gave me a step by step template to teach my students exactly what to do.

Even though writing constructed responses are still challenging, when you teach your students the RACE strategy and give them lots of opportunities for practice, your students will master it!

So, just what is the RACE strategy? RACE is an acronym that helps students remember which steps and in which order to write a constructed response.

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