NOTES:
CONSTRUCTED & EXTENDED RESPONES
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE FRAMEWORK
There are 2 types of written responses:
- Based on 1 text - Based on 2 separate texts
- 1 paragraph - 3 or more Paragraphs
- less information - Each body paragraph is
based on a bulleted item
- More information & details
(from BOTH texts)
AAnswer / Restate question & make inference (this becomes the topic sentence)
C
CITE / cite/quote or specific detail ( this is DETAIL #1)
C
CITE / cite/quote or specific detail ( this is DETAIL #2)
E
End Sentence / End Sentence / restate answer differently (Concluding Sentence)
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE:
AAnswer / Restate question & make inference ( Introduction paragraph)
B
BULLET #1 Respond sentence
Detail/quote 1 & 2 / RESPONSE TO BULLET: (Body paragraph)
DETAIL #1:
DETAIL #2:
B
BULLET #1 Respond sentence
Detail/quote 1 & 2 / RESPONSE TO BULLET: (Body paragraph)
DETAIL #1:
DETAIL #2:
E
End Sentence / End Sentence / restate answer differently (Concluding Sentence)
Example: Constructed Response (1 TEXT)
QUESTION: Why did Percy Jackson go on a quest?
AAnswer
Restate question
make inference /
Percy Jackson went on a quest.
He had to go BECAUSE if he didn’t people might have died.
C
cite/quote
or
specific detail / p. 138: Chiron said, “Unless someone intervenes, unless the master bolt is found and retuned to Zeus before solstice, there will be war.”
C
cite/quote
or
specific detai / Percy was afraid that his mother might be one of the people who would die.
He knew that Hades had is mom in the underworld and wanted to save her.
Percy said, “ I thought about the pearls in my pocket. Maybe they could get me out of this. If I could just get my mom free…”
E
End
Sentence
restate answer differently / Wanting to save his mother and stopping a war of the gods are why Percy went on his quest.
FINAL ANSWER:
Percy, Jackson went on a quest. He did this because if he didn’t, lives would be lost. Chiron explained on page 138 that, “Unless someone intervenes, unless the master bolt is found and returned to Zeus before solstice, there will be war.”Percy was also on the quest to save his mother’s life. When he realized that Hades had her in the Underworld, he wanted desperately to save her: “I thought about the pearls in my pocket. Maybe they could get me out of this. If I could just get my mom free…”Saving his mother and preventing a war of the gods are the reasons Percy went on a quest.
Example: Extended Response(2 TEXTS)
QUESTION:
A
Answer
Restate question
make inference / INFER: Wolf and Spot face similar challenges because they both
are considered “a perfect pet,” but they handle
the situations differently.
B
BULLET #1
Respond sentence
Detail/quote 1
Detail/quote 2 / RESPONSE TO BULLET: Wolf’s challengeis his lack of physical beauty
but has other qualities that make up for that.
DETAIL #1: He isn’t as attractive as the other dogs in the house; he is
an eye sore and not as attractive as Spot.
DETAIL #2: He is a good watchdog, sharp and intelligent, has
knowledge of words, perfect obedience, and taught
himself tricks.
B
BULLET #2
Respond sentence
Detail/quote 1
Detail/quote 2 / RESPONSE TO BULLET:Spot’s challenge is that he has been neglected.
DETAIL #1: When owners have “marooned” him he always finds his
Way back and waits by the front door.
DETAIL #2 He faces his challenges by fighting with other dogs, and
can’t be coaxed into working.
E
End
Concluding Sentence
restate answer differently / The pets, Wolf and Spot face the challenge of missing a trait that makes them face consequences: Wolf can’t be in dog shows because of his looks, and Spot can’t be coaxed into doing works.
Example: Extended Response (2 TEXTS)
FINAL ANSWER:
Both Wolf and Spot face challenges in their lives, but have different approaches in responding to these challenges. From the stories, “Wolf,” and “That Spot,” Wolf and Spot face a similar challenge. The challenge being that they do not have the one specific factor that in anyone’s eyes, would make them a perfect pet.
Wolf’s missing factor is his physical beauty. He does not look as attractive as any dog in the house; he is an eye sore. Spot, unlike Wolf, is a good looking dog, he is attractive. It’s just that he “cannot be coaxed into working. “Spot, when returning home from being sold, usually celebrates with a dog fight with the other dogs. Wolf responds to his challenges in his live, more specifically his many other talents. Wolf’s talents, being an amazing watch-dog outshines his outside beauty. His owner, the boy, is proud to have Wolf as a pet, even if he isn’t a great thing to look at. Wolf was born with his “incredible sharpness of intelligence, his quickness to learn, his knowledge of word meaning, his zest romping, his perfect obedience, the tricks he had taught himself without human instruction. “These abilities would do more than make up for what he lacked in the beauty department.
Spot has a different approach in responding to his challenges. Spot is neglected, not wanted by his original owners. Spot always seems to find a way back, even at the ending where the narrator and his friend try to “maroon” him. He was back at their front door waiting for them. He deals with his challenges by rough-housing with the otherdogs by getting into a dog fight when he returns from being sold. His outer beauty makes people overlook this.
The pets, Wolf and Spot face the challenge of missing a trait that makes them face consequences. Wolf, by not being able to participate in local dog shows because he doesn’t look attractive, and spot for him not being able to be coaxed into working. But these dogs have different approaches in dealing and responding to the challenges.