Effective Writing with the ACE Strategy
Unlock the power of the ACE strategy to enhance your writing by answering questions with restated prompts, citing textual evidence, and providing detailed explanations. Understand the importance of textual evidence and learn how to structure your responses effectively to convey your understanding convincingly.
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Short Answer and Open Ended Response ACE Strategy- A way of organizing your writing and showing what you know
GOAL Answer opened ended and short answer questions by citing several sources and using effective textual evidence to clearly and convincingly support your response.
What is the ACEStrategy? Answer the question Answer the question while restating the question in your response Cite your evidence Cite the evidence that BEST supports your answer Explain and extend your response Explain how/why your evidence supports your claim
Textual Evidence Support for your response, opinion, or idea What is it? To prove that you are not just making up your answer, opinion or idea Why do I need it? When will I use it? In every writing response! It s your proof that you know what you re talking about! In real life, people who can back up an opinion with specific information are taken more seriously than people who can only give a reason of just because or because I said so. How about outside of school?
ACE your response Start your response with a topic sentence. This should be a declarative sentence. Answer the prompt while restating the question. Stay on topic and respond to the task fully Make sure you have support for your claim Make it easy to follow the progression of your ideas
ACE your response Citing Explicit Evidence Introduce your direct evidence with a text talk prompt From the reading I know that The illustration/graphic shows that Based on what I read An example on page ___ is I know because According to the text The author wrote Make sure your starter matches your evidence type (reading, video, graphic, etc.)
ACE your response Citing Inferential Evidence Introduce your indirect evidence with an evidence based prompt/term Prove it! Prompts Terms I can infer from I know because I think because Because For instance For example Make sure your starter matches your evidence type (reading, video, graphic, etc.)
ACE your response Explain and extend your response Don t leave your evidence hanging! Explain it! This shows This is because This means This reveals This illustrates This highlights After your evidence is explained, finish your response with a concluding sentence.
Sample ACE response Prompt How can geography shape a civilization? Geography can greatly impact a civilization and the way in which people live. The ancient city-state of Athens was influenced to be a trading settlement based on its location of being 4 miles from the Aegean Sea. According to the article, Maritime Traders of the Ancient Greek World the ancient Athenians became one of the wealthiest civilizations because of their ability to trade with neighboring regions. They exported goods such as olive oil, wine, grapes in exchange for gold, timber and wheat.(p. 2). This shows that if they weren t located along the Aegean Sea and close to a body of water, the Athenians might not have been one of the wealthiest cities of the Ancient World. In fact, Athens rival Sparta was not located near a body of water and as a result they established themselves as a farming city-state instead of a wealthy trading power. Even today geography plays a major role in shaping our economy and industry based on where nation s are located and the valuable resources within. sentence Topic sentence Answer Cite direct textual evidence (source & page #) Explain & extend Concluding
Sample ACE response How can a single action change the course of history? Prompt Topic sentence A single moment in time may seem insignificant and yet it is in that moment that history has changed. The history of ancient Greece is filled with many noteworthy moments, but it is the moment when Greece fell into the Darks Ages that changed the course of history. According to the article, The Rise of Hellenic Civilization, the ancient Greeks recovered from the Dark Ages by the middle of the eighth century and a new civilization emerged (p. 5). This shows that if it weren t for the lowest of lows, the Greeks wouldn t have reached the height of its civilization. Greece went on to create city- states, start colonies and even developed democracy. These are ideas that emerged after the Dark Ages and have continued to impact the course of history. Emerging from the Dark Ages is just one action that changed history, but it has played a significant role in the development of Greece and the development of our country, the United States, today. Answer Cite direct textual evidence (source & page #) Explain & extend Concluding sentence
Lets try an Open Ended Response using the ACE strategy How were the Greek City-States able to defeat the much larger Persian Empire?
Reasons for the Greek City-State Victory 1) Spoke the same language and were united 2) Fought on their own soil 3) Better weapons and armor
Answer The Greek city-states were able to defeat the mighty Persian Empire during the Persian Wars was as a result of being able to fight on their own soil, speaking the same language and having advanced weapons and armor.
Cite the Evidence and Explain/Expand Reason #1- Spoke the same language and were united city-states From the textbook History Alive, it states that the Athenians declared their common brotherhood with the Greeks. This reveals the unity amongst the Greek city- states and that the Athenians refer to other Greeks as family and calls them brothers.
Cite the Evidence and Explain/Expand Reason #2- Fought on their own Soil According to the Eyewitness History article The Battle of Marathon, 490BC, one of the most important battles in ancient history and the first of the Persian Wars was fought on Greek soil at a marshy plains area called Marathon. This shows that the Greek city-states were at an advantage because it was close to the city-state of Athens and they knew the terrain unlike the Persians.
Cite the evidence and Explain and Extend Reason #3 Better weapons and armor From the History Channel video The Last Stand of 300, it explains that the Persian soldiers had light armor and weren t able to fight off the Greek dory (spear) during the first day of the Battle of Thermopylae. As a result of the weak armor of the Persian infantry, the Greeks had a major advantage with their heavily armored soldiers that carried a 3 foot shield called a Hoplon.
