C E R / A C E
¤ Sentence 1 - State your Claim/ Answer.
¤ Sentence 2 - Embed your Evidence/ Cite.
¤ Sentence 3 – Provide your Reasoning/ Explain.
To Answer SAQs:
*****Your SAQ may have more than 3 sentences. This format provides you with the minimum required to craft a sufficient response.
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EXPLAIN/ REASONING
The narrator realizes that his grandfather has the ability to affect his life in a positive way by helping his with his basketball skills and maybe other areas.
EXPLAIN/ REASONING
The narrator sees his grandfather as a BURDEN.
How does the narrator’s attitude toward his grandfather change over the course of the summer?
ANSWERThe narrator’s attitude changes towards his grandfather over the course of the summer from being ungrateful to appreciative of his family
CITE/ EVIDENCE
“I hate having to take care of Grandpa”
CITE/ EVIDENCE“Grandpa used to be a basketball star! That’s so cool that he can teach me!”
CITE/ EVIDENCE
“He slept all day”
(Before/After)HeEXPLAIN/ REASONING
I was bored sitting there in a quiet house with no games or music.
“G CITE/ EVIDENCE“Grandpa use to work two jobs in order make sure he had money to save, because he wants to pay for all his grandkids college education.”
EXPLAIN/ REASONING
The narrator realizes the sacrifices that were made so he has a bright successful future.
S.A.Q. Practice – Planning Grid
(Before/After)
For each SAQ, you will have a box like the one above that allows you 10 lines for your answer. Please note that the 10th line is the dark bottom edge of the box, and you cannot write below this point. Also, you may not “double line” in order to squeeze more writing in the box.
S.A.Q. Practice – Planning Grid
C) Rainsford learns to empathize with the fear of hunted animals.
E - ‘Who cares how a jaguar feels?”
E - “Then he ran for
his life.”
E - “Bah! They’ve no under-standing…”
E - “Rainsford knew now how
an animal at
bay feels.”
(Before/After)
R - Before arriving at Ship Trap Island, Rainsford does not believe hunted animals have any awareness.
R - But after being hunted
by Zaroff, Rainsford
directly realizes that
the hunted experience a
keen terror.
