Name: _____________________________ Date: ______________________________

Question
Using the text, explain how the phases of the moon differ based on your location on
Earth.
Remember to follow TRACE

Title  State the title of the passage you have read.

 This will be part of your topic sentence.
Restate the  Turn the question around into a statement.
Question  This will be the other part of your topic sentence.

Answer the  Answer all parts of the question.

Question  Use vocabulary from the text in your answer.

Cite Text  Prove your answer with evidence from the text.
Evidence  Sentence starters:
In paragraph ______, the author stated ______.
The author stated that _____.
A detail from the text that supports this is ______.
According to the text, _______.
Explain your  Connect your evidence to your answer.
Thinking  Sentence starters:
This evidence shows me that ________.
This evidence proves that ________.
This evidence tells me that _______.
This evidence means that_______.
Brainstorming- Do not write complete sentences – just jot ideas down.
T – What is the
title of the
passage?
R – What is the
question asking?

A – What is the
answer to the
question?

C – What proves
my idea from the
text?
See if you can
find more than
one piece of text
evidence.
E – How will you
explain your
evidence?