How to succeed on the Short Answer Response

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How to succeed on theShort Answer Response

• practice responses using text from
• Tuesdays with Morrie
• (The Student)

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Reading comprehension questions will always ask
you to support your answer with evidence from the
text TEXTUAL SUPPORT.

• .. ? Support your answer with evidence from the
  book. Please limit your answer to the space given
  on the following page.

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• and you only have a limited amount of space to
  provide your answer and your textual support

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• So you MUST plan out your response before you get
  NEAR the 10 line response box!

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Lets practice

• from the chapter The Student in Tuesdays with
  Morrie
• (starts on page 14)

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Prepare your draft paper

• A
• C
• E

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What is ACE?

• Answer - Answer the question directly using the
  same wording from the question.
• Cite - Cite evidence from the selection to
  support your answer.
• Explain - Explain or expand on your answer
  Directly tell your reader how the evidence you
  have just provided proves your answer.

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Question

• How did Mitch change after the death of his
  uncle? Support your answer with evidence from the
  book. Please limit your answer to the space given
  on the following page.

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Since this question asks about a CHANGE in a
character, youll need to show how he was before
and then after.Not all questions will ask about
a change, but this one does!
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A Answer the question directly using the same
wording from the question.

• A- After the death of his favorite uncle, Mitch
  changed his relaxed attitude towards achievement
  and began pursuing success with focus and drive.

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C - Cite evidence from the selection to support
your answer.

• Youll have to LOOK into the text. FIND phrases
  or sentences that support (prove) the correctness
  of your answer.
• Do not write page or paragraph . You will
  need to write the words from the text.
• Choose pieces of text that have impact. Dont
  waste space on long sentences just use parts of
  sentences and embed them into your own sentences.

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Find some phrases or texts to show Mitchs
attitude or behavior before the uncles death
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Find some phrases or texts to show Mitchs
attitude or behavior before the uncles death

• Heres what I found
• On page 14, I wandered around my early
  twentieswondering why the lights were not
  turning green for me.
• On page 14, I was failing for the first time in
  my life.

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Now go find some phrase or sentence from the text
that shows changed attitude and drive or focus
after the death.
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Now go find some phrase or sentence from the text
that shows changed attitude and drive or focus
after the death.

• Heres what I found
• On page 15, I felt as if time were suddenly
  precious, water going down the drain.
• On page 17, I buried myself in accomplishments
• On page 16, The sports appetite in that city
  was insatiable and it matched my ambition.
• On page 16, I was cranked to a fifth gear

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C

• Write a carefully worded sentence (or sentences)
  that offers textual support embedded into your
  own words.

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C

• C - Before his uncles death, Mitch casually
  wandered around wondering why the lights were
  not turning green on his path to success. After
  his uncles death, Mitch says he, felt as if
  time were suddenly precious and he was cranked
  to a fifth gear.

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E - Explain or expand on your answer Directly
tell your reader how the evidence you have just
provided proves your answer.

• You can begin your E with phrases such as
• This emphasizes,
• This demonstrates,
• This signifies that

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E

• E These words written by Mitch clearly show his
  change in attitude from a casual wanderer into a
  man driven towards achievements.

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• Now, put it all together as one clear, smooth
  response to the question.
• DROP the A-C-E

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How did Mitch change after the death of his
uncle? Support your answer with evidence from the
book. Please limit your answer to the space given
on the following page.

• After the death of his favorite uncle, Mitch
  changed his relaxed attitude towards achievement
  and began pursuing success with focus and drive.
  Before his uncles death, Mitch casually
  wandered around wondering why the lights were
  not turning green on his path to success. After
  his uncles death, Mitch says he, felt as if
  time were suddenly precious and he was cranked
  to a fifth gear. These words written by Mitch
  clearly show his change in attitude from a casual
  wanderer into a man driven towards achievements.

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Your turn.

• Now that the A-C-E method has been explained and
  a Short Answer Response has been modeled, answer
  the following questions from Tuesday with Morrie
  using the A-C-E method.

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1Question from The Student

• Why did Mitchs ambition to succeed accelerate
  into fifth gear after the death of his uncle?
  Support your answer with evidence from the book.
  Please limit your answer to the space given on
  the following page.

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2Question from The Audiovisual

• Why did Morrie agree to do the Nightline
  interviews? Support your answer with evidence
  from the book. Please limit your answer to the
  space given on the following page.

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3Question from The Orientation and / or The
Classroom

• Why is Mitch uncomfortable when he visits Morrie
  the first time? Support your answer with evidence
  from the book. Please limit your answer to the
  space given on the following page.