RACE Mnemonic for

Constructed Responses

Restate the Question

Answer the Question
Cite Evidence
Explain the Answer
 RACE Graphic Organizer
Writing Prompt
Question:

Restate  Did you restate the

R the question in your own
words?
Question

Answer  Does your answer to the

question express a main
A the idea (a point you are going
Question to prove)?

 Did you transition from your

“A” (main idea sentence)?
 Do you have indirect
Cite information to prove your
C Evidence
main idea?
 Do you have a direct quote
to prove your main idea?
 Do all the details address
the question?

 Does it begin with

something like: This
…shows that...
 Does it answer “Why?”
and/or “How?”
Explain  Does it use some key
words from the citation?
E the  Does it explain fully, using
Answer because... ?
 Does it reuse the (A) main
idea with some new
wording?
 Did you make sure all parts
connect?
Higher Order Thinking is a concept of education reform based in learning taxonomies (such as Bloom's taxonomy). The
ultimate goal of HOT is for students to be able to process text at the level of evaluation, synthesis, and interpretation.
In utilizing higher order thinking questions, I have been able to guide my students into comprehending the text that we
read each week!!! One of my favorite higher order questions is "How would you clarify the meaning of.... which aligns to
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Understanding. Another favorite that aligns to Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Create is " What
would you suggest?" For more on Higher Order Thinking visit
www.ascd.org/publications/books/104428/chapters/Higher-Order_Thinking.aspx

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