Ace questions cornell notes

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ACE questions: how to respond to short answers on the state test. Step 1 Answer the question by rewriting the question…make sure you add your answer and that it is in a complete sentence! *BANISH THE LETTER “I.” No “I think,” “I believe,” “I feel,” etc. Use formal language. Step 2 Cite! Use a quote to back up your answer. You have to prove what you are talking about by using evidence from the text. Make sure you put quotation marks around my evidence. Make sure to set up the quote. Make sure the quote matches your answer. Remember, without text evidence that makes sense, you will not pass the state exam. Step 3 Expand/Enlighten/ Enrich/Explain / Extra—You have to answer the “so what?” What does it mean? Analyze your answer and quote. Show the reader that you understand the text in a meaningful way. Why should your reader care what you have just talked about? DO NOT!!!! Just repeat what you’ve already said. WE CAN READ YOUR QUOTE. - Be careful that you don’t introduce new ideas. Stick to topic. You only have 10 lines. (Fifteen if you are using regular college-ruled paper.)

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ACE questions: how to respond to short answers on the state test.

Step 1 Answer the question by rewriting the question…make sure you add your

answer and that it is in a complete sentence! *BANISH THE LETTER “I.” No “I think,” “I believe,” “I feel,” etc. Use formal language.

Step 2 Cite! Use a quote to back up your answer. You have to prove what you are

talking about by using evidence from the text. Make sure you put quotation marks around my evidence. Make sure to set up the quote. Make sure the quote matches your answer. Remember, without text evidence that makes sense, you will not pass the state exam.

Step 3 Expand/Enlighten/ Enrich/Explain / Extra—You have to answer the “so

what?” What does it mean? Analyze your answer and quote. Show the reader that you understand the text in a meaningful way. Why should your reader care what you have just talked about? DO NOT!!!! Just repeat what you’ve already said. WE CAN READ YOUR QUOTE.

-Be careful that you don’t introduce new ideas. Stick to topic. You only have 10 lines. (Fifteen if you are using regular college-ruled paper.)