Read It…Think It… Write It…

Read It…Think It… Write It… CSQT Practice Scoring Rubric

C.S.Q.T. • Is a method/formula for answering questions that helps you remember key information needed for an excellent response.

C.S.Q.T Claim –The answer to the question. Often you can use part of the question to formulate your claim. Set-up –Introduce the quote to be used. Quote –The textual reference that supports your claim. Tie-In –Explain how the Quote proves your Claim. Often this section is two or more sentences. First explain the quote and then it’s connection to the Claim.

Making a Claim Your claim is what you will try to prove through your answer. In a one paragraph answer, the claim is your topic sentence. In a longer essay, the claim is your thesis sentence. A thesis is what you intend to prove through your essay.

Setting Up the Quote • The set-up simply provides a transition from your claim to your quote. It often IS NOT a complete sentence, but rather a transitional phrase. • The article states, • The author says, • Paragraph three shows this by stating, • Be sure to include the quote word for word from the text. Include quotation marks at the beginning and end of the text.

Including the Quote • Choose a quote that supports your claim. • Be sure your readers can tell who wrote the quote. You can • Include the author’s name in your set-up sentence: According to Smith, “Quote.” OR • Include the author’s name in parenthesis after the quote. For example: “Quote,” (Smith). • FYI—A quote may be dialogue (two or more characters talking), but it is ALSO any exact text you copy from an author.

The Tie-In • The tie-in is the most important part of your answer. It provides your reader with the explanation for your claim. • Be sure that the quote you pick actually supports your answer • EXPLAIN the meaning of the quote (you may have to explain how it fits in the story, etc., or other info to help the reader) • Finally, explicitly explain how the quote fits the claim!

Peer Editing Rubric

Practice The cold harsh wind it heaves and blows, It chills my fingers and my toes. And falling from the sky of slate, A dancing whirr of downy flakes. The flakes that dance, and whirr and fly, They sometimes hit me in the eye. Seeing them again I clap with glee, Ha Ha, Ha Ha, Hee Hee, Hee Hee. Don’t go to that shopping mall! It is the season after fall! And when you get at home in bed, Thoughts of frost they fill your little mind! -Anne Uhhuhmelmahey 1978

Sample Answer The season that is described in the poem is winter. In the beginning of the poem Uhhuhmelmahey describes a heaving wind that “chills her fingers and her toes,” and later goes on to say that she sees “a dancing whirr of downy flakes.” Since the poet describes a brutally cold wind that flings flakes that most likely is snow, the poem is probably set during the winter when snow and cold are regular occurrences.

By John Mayer Now if we had the power To bring our neighbors home from war They would have never missed a Christmas No more ribbons on their door And when you trust your television What you get is what you got Cause when they own the information, They can bend it all they want It's not that we don't care, We just know that the fight ain't fair So we keep on waiting Waiting on the world to change One day our generation Is gonna rule the population So we keep on waiting Waiting on the world to change For what generation is this song intended? Use text to support your answer! "Waiting On The World To Change"Me and all my friends We're all misunderstood They say we stand for nothing and There's no way we ever could Now we see everything that's going wrong With the world and those who lead it We just feel like we don't have the means To rise above and beat it So we keep waiting Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting Waiting on the world to change It's hard to beat the system When we're standing at a distance So we keep waiting Waiting on the world to change

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