Constructed Response How To For the WWI Quiz

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Describe vs. Explain Describe • Uses facts to thoroughly communicate knowledge. Explain • Connects description to something else – shows a link • Example: Explain how Lincoln’s election led to the • Example: Describe how Civil War Abraham Lincoln • Lincoln’s election led to southern states seceding from the Union became President because southerners believed • Abraham Lincoln won the national government no the Presidential Election of 1860 even though he was not on the ballot in southern states. longer represented their interests. Northern states did not accept secession and went to war to

Strategies for short answer questions 1. Carefully read the entire task 2. Identify all pieces of the task you need to address 3. Plan your answer 4. Construct your answer 5. Compare your response to the tasks you identified to be sure you answered completely

Practice question step 1: Carefully read the entire task Throughout the course of WWI, Americans made tremendous contributions & sacrifices in many aspects of their lives to support the war effort. Write a well –developed response explaining two ways Americans who were not part of the military supported the troops and the war during WWI.

Practice question step 2: Identify all pieces of the task you need to address - List, Describe or Explain? - Explaining two ways Americans helped on the homefront

Not all tasks are weighted equally! Place these tasks in order from simplest to most complex - Describe - List - Explain List – easiest, just naming something Describe – requires you to demonstrate you know what it is Explain – requires you to prove you know how it connects to something else

Practice question step 3: Plan your response Way Americans Helped 1) **Required** 2) **Required** 3) **Back up** Explanation (How it helped)

Practice question step 4: Construct your answer • Now it’s time to put your plan into sentences. • Make sure you stick to the topic • A complete & well-developed constructed response has: • COMPLETE SENTENCES! (We do not start a sentence with “so, ” “because, ” “well, ” etc. ) • 1 – 2 paragraphs

Practice question step 5: Check your work! • Make sure you answered the question. (Did I list, describe or explain my answer fully? )

Reflection • Write one suggestion for yourself to remember as you write your WWI constructed responses. PS: Don’t stress If you can answer the practice question, you just answered an 11 th grade test question!