Strategies for Open Response Writing

Strategies for Open Response Writing

1. Read the question carefully, 2-3 times.

2. Circle all the action words that tell you what to do and underline the words that go with them.

3. Decide how many parts the answer will need.

4. Restate the question in your own words.

5. Go back and skim the passage to find facts and details related to the question. Read these areas carefully. Underline the facts and details. Mark them with an “OR” for open response.

6. “Echo” the question in your answer.

7. Answer every part of the question.

8. Support your answer with lots of details from the story. Use specific names of characters and places.

Reread the question and your answer. Make sure you answered the question that was asked. All of the information in your answer must come from the reading, not in what you know about the topic.