Using the Race Strategy, write a paragraph that explains the author's
purpose for writing "American Indians in
the United States Army". Include an
explanation of the author's purpose and
what information the author includes to
convey that purpose.

Since we know that students need to be able to write constructed responses, I was so happy when I was introduced to the RACE strategy. It took the scare out of teaching constructed responses for text evidence. It gave me a step by step template to teach my students exactly what to do.

Even though writing constructed responses are still challenging, when you teach your students the RACE strategy and give them lots of opportunities for practice, your students will master it!

So, just what is the RACE strategy? RACE is an acronym that helps students remember which steps and in which order to write a constructed response.

Explanation:

a. inform

explanation:

"how to" tells us that it will explain how to, which means to inform

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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