R - Restate the question in an engaging way to hook the reader.
A - Answer the Question while......
C - Citing evidence.
E - End your answer while Explaining your answer.
Here are three acceptable answers for responding to short responses for text based questions. The focus is on the evidence! These 3 responses scored 4 out of 4 on the Rubric that we created! The focus is not spelling! We are working on spelling and conventions but right now our focus is supporting our answers with hard evidence from the text. Jacob, Skye and Zack did a good job on their responses to the question: Is Great Aunt Birte real or imagined?