RACES Writing Strategy Practice | Reading Passages Prompts GR 6-8 Google Slides

⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL WRITING LESSONS: With 10 passages and prompts, students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades learn how to read a text closely and respond with an effective explanatory paragraph using the RACES writing strategy. Students can also use this format to write the body paragraphs of an essay!

**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 6-8** This resource is not recommended for grades below 6th.

►Except for the acronym, this resource is the same as TIQAC Writing Strategy Practice and Reading Passages. I do not recommend buying them both.

Restate all the necessary parts of the prompt

Answer all parts of the prompt

Cite evidence from the text

Explain the evidence in your own words

Sum up the paragraph

• The Explanatory Writing and RACES Introduction slideshow will help students gain an overview of explanatory writing and the RACES strategy.
• The Explanatory Writing Reference Packet will give students more detailed information by breaking down each step and showing examples.
• The RACES Explanatory Paragraph Rubric will help guide students as they write their paragraphs and can be used for self-evaluation.
• Ten Practice Sets with a passage, prompt, graphic organizer, and a response page will guide students through each step of the process. (Text boxes that provide hints and reminders have also been added to further support students as they utilize the writing process.) Students can highlight text and type directly on the slides!
• In addition, there is a completed Example Set for each practice set that can be used for teacher modeling or for students to analyze and critique.

►If you teach in a Microsoft district, these lessons download perfectly to PowerPoint! You will still need a Google account in order to access the resource.

►These lessons are ideal for whole group, small group, and one-on-one instruction for the grade levels I have tagged. It also works well for Response to Intervention (RTI), private tutoring, summer school, and remote learning.

►For students working below grade level, I recommend using the teacher-led/ direct instruction method outlined in the teacher guide. The resource is designed with gradual release, BUT some students may need a high level of teacher support throughout the lessons.

►A note about using these lessons for independent work... These lessons could be assigned for homework or learning stations if your students have been introduced to the concepts and skills prior to assigning them. I would also consider whether or not your students are good at reading and following directions.

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►There are 27 separate files in the Google Folder:

✱ Teacher Guide- PDF- 6 pages

✱ Explanatory Writing and RACES Introduction- Google Slides (customizable) and PDF - 7 slides

✱ Explanatory Writing Reference Packet- Google Slides and PDF- 13 pages

✱ RACES Explanatory Paragraph Rubric- Google Slides and PDF- 1 page

✱ 10 Practice Sets- Google Slides (customizable)- 4 slides for each set with a total of 40 slides.

• Each practice set includes a title slide, passage, prompt with graphic organizer, and a response slide. Customizable text boxes with hints and reminders have been added to provide extra support.

✱ 10 Example Sets- Google Slides (customizable)- 5 slides for each set with a total of 50 slides.

• Each example set includes a title slide, highlighted passage, highlighted prompt and completed graphic organizer, a highlighted response, and an unhighlighted response.

All passages are excerpts from works in the public domain. They are appropriate for grades 6-8:

A. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (fiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 5.5)

B. “Home on the Range” by John A. Lomax (poem/song- Flesch-Kincaid level is 1.4)

C. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (fiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 5.4)

D. The Story of the Pony Express by Glenn Danford Bradley (nonfiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 7.8)

E. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (fiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 7.4)

F. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt (nonfiction- Flesch Kincaid level is 8.0)

G. “Pirate Story” by Robert Louis Stevenson (poem- Flesch-Kincaid level is 3.2)

H. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (nonfiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 8.2)

I. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (fiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 9.8)

J. President Roosevelt’s Address to Congress (nonfiction- Flesch-Kincaid level is 14.3)

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