Consider this quote:

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Warm-Up Question

• Consider this quote Working hard is as
  important for adults as it is for young people.
• Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
  Explain.

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A RARE response Better Answers

• How to Sound Smart Answering Constructed Response
  Questions

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RARE Strategy

• 4-part strategy that, if used often, TRAINS YOUR
  BRAIN
• to think about the most important steps in
  answering a question!
• Restating, Answering,
• Reasoning, Evidence

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Types of Prompts

• Text-based (you find the answer in the reading or
  what you know about a topic)
• Self-based (your opinion, prediction, beliefs,
  etc. Answer comes from your head, and everyones
  answers can be different!)

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Writing Tips for Your RARE Response

• Prewriting
• Read the entire question.
• Identify and underline key words in the question,
  such as explain, name, provide examples.
• Restate the prompt in your own words in your head
  to be sure that you understand it.

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Prewriting your RARE Response

• Make a list of the items or ideas you are going
  to discuss in your answer.
• Make a list of reasons that will support your
  answer.
• List an example or two to use in your answer that
  supports your reasoning.

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Writing your RARE Response

• Use the question to form your topic sentence.
  (Sometimes you can use the same terms in the
  question for the first sentence of your paragraph
  answer!)

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Writing RemindersBeginning your RARE response

• Dont start your answer off with Yes, No, I
  believe, or I think.
• Dont use the words They, He, She, It, or We in
  your first sentence.
• The response should make sense even WITHOUT the
  prompt.
• The smartest-sounding responses can stand alone!

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Think Aloud

• With a shoulder partner think about the story of
  the Three Little Pigs. Respond to this question
  using RARE
• The wolf in The Three Little Pigs says
• that everyone is wrong about him. Hes
• really a nice wolf. Do you believe him?

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R Restate

• Restate the question. Use words from the prompt
  use the correct transition words (because, by,
  to, when).
• Typical Answer No I dont believe him.
• Better Answer The wolf in The Three Little Pigs
  is anything but nice.

Why didnt we start with, No, I dont believe
him?
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A Answer

• Answer the question by stating what you believe
  (main idea but no details yet, just like a topic
  sentence of a paragraph)
• Typical Answer No, I dont believe him. Hes a
  hot mess.
• Better Answer The wolf in the story The Three
  Little Pigs is anything but nice. In fact, he is
  best described as aggressive and mean.

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R Reasons from the Text

• Provide reasons to support your answer with
  details from the text.
• Typical Answer No, I dont believe him. Hes a
  hot mess. The way he had those pigs so scared.
• Better Answer The wolf in the story The Three
  Little Pigs is anything but nice. In fact, he is
  best described as aggressive and mean because he
  kept trying to eat the three innocent pigs.

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E Examples, Evidence, Explanation or
Elaboration and Ending

• Provide examples, evidence, explanation, or
  elaboration from the text/your mind to support
  your answer.
• Typical Answer Students usually leave this part
  out! ?
• Answer The wolf in the story The Three Little
  Pigs is anything but nice. In fact, he is best
  described as aggressive and mean because he kept
  trying to eat the three innocent pigs. For
  example, he chased them from house to house and
  made them run for their lives. He also destroyed
  two of the pigs homes in the process. That wolf
  has a lot to learn about being nice.

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Now you're ready to give a R.A.R.E. response!
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Back to our question

• Consider this quote Working hard is as
• important for adults as it is for young people.
  Do
• you agree or disagree with this statement?
• On your own, develop a RARE response.

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All finished?

• Compare your revised, RARE answer to the answer
  you gave for the warm-up. Does your new answer
  sound smarter? Congratulations!