Constructed Response using RACES Moonrise Constructed Response R

Constructed Response using R-A-C-E-S “Moonrise”

Constructed Response ● R - restate the question ● A - answer the question (sometimes the restating and answering are one sentence) ● C – cite relevant text evidence supporting your answer ● E - explain & elaborate on your text evidence (How? Why? does your evidence support your answer) ● S – summarize – bring it ALL together. How does the text and your interpretation best answer the question

Moonrise by Jenette Purcell ▶ City night sky gives itself to me again when I have so little left to receive it. I am dark, crumbling and you are rivers and trees away searching your own night sky for a sign. The strong gates of your heart are wide open to me always, but, if only. So I wait, as seasons before, decades before, fathers and mothers before me still inside watch and listen. Suddenly, bamboo, bones, fiber, fences, water, glistening koi, * all the tiny rooms, paths and places I hold your memories relax in audible, reverent wonder at the fullness forming on this horizon’s edge. *koi: colorful fish that symbolize love and friendship

Constructed response question ▶ In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how theme is developed throughout the poem. Use evidence to support your response.

R - Restate A - Answer First sentence ~ Restate & Answer the question making sure to specifically identify any of the literary terms the question asks for, your thesis. Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how theme is developed throughout the poem. Answer Restate ◦ In Moonrise, theme “love is complicated” develops through the changing mood. Answer

C – Cite Text Evidence Use specific details and examples from the text to support your sentence 1. Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how theme is developed throughout the poem. ▶ Answer: Cite text evidence ◦ When the speaker says, “…you are rivers and trees away…” she implies that separation has complicated their relationship, creating a mournful mood.

E – Elaborate on Text Evidence Analyze, elaborate or connect the text to sentence 1…DO NOT SUMMARIZE! Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how theme is developed throughout the poem. ▶ Answer Elaborate / explain ◦ There is a shift in the mood when the speaker says, “Suddenly…” and is followed by a “reverent wonder”.

S = Summarize / Close on Text Evidence Closing statement, inference, or significance. Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how theme is developed throughout the poem. ▶ Answer Summarize / conclude ◦ The dual mood shows how love can have its ups and downs and is complicated.

Final answer ▶ In Moonrise, theme love is complicated develops through the changing mood. When the speaker says, “…you are rivers and trees away…” she implies that separation has complicated their relationship creating a mournful mood. There is a shift in the mood when the speaker says, “Suddenly…” and is followed by a “reverent wonder”. The dual mood shows how love can have its ups and downs and is complicated.