A.C.E. For Short Answer Responses!

1.First, restate and answer the question!  Be sure to:  Write in complete sentences!  DO NOT start with BECAUSE or THAT A: Answer

Why does Ruri think the whole evacuation is crazy? Support your answer with integrated textual evidence.  A: Answer (1 of 3 steps!)  Ruri thinks the evacuation is crazy because she knows that the Japanese Americans being evacuated are loyal Americans. Let’s Try It: A: Answer

2.CITE evidence or proof from the text.  The evidence should prove your answer.  These are exact words from the book  They are put in quotation marks  Needs to be integrated  This means introducing the quote from the book so it flows with your A nswer C: CITE

 USE PARENTHESIS  Write the author’s last name  Include the page number, but don’t write the letters or words in front of the page number (no p., pg., OR page)  EX. (USHIDA 75) C: CITE THIS IS MLA STYLE

Why does Ruri think the whole evacuation is crazy? Support your answer with integrated textual evidence.  C: Cite (2 of 3 steps!)  Find the evidence! Then lead into it!  As Ruri was being taken to the internment camp, she explains, “The crazy thing about the whole evacuation was that we were all loyal Americans. Most of us were citizens because we had been born here” (73). Let’s Try It: C: Cite

2.Explain your thinking!  Explain why the textual evidence you Cited/chose supports your Answer.  CONNECT THE PUZZLE PIECES E: Explanation

Why does Ruri think the whole evacuation is crazy? Support your answer with integrated textual evidence.  E: Explain (3 of 3 steps!)  Connect the pieces and explain your thinking  Ruri shares that like so many other Americans, Japanese Americans have been born in the United States and are loyal to the only country they have ever known. She does not see how the government can think that they are dangerous. Let’s Try It: E: Explain

Why does Ruri think the whole evacuation is crazy? Support your answer with integrated textual evidence.  Ruri thinks the evacuation is crazy because she knows that the Japanese Americans being evacuated are loyal Americans. As Ruri is taken to the internment camp, she explains, “The crazy thing about the whole evacuation was that we were all loyal Americans. Most of us were citizens because we had been born here” (73). Ruri shares that like so many other Americans, Japanese Americans have been born in the United States and are loyal to the only country they have ever known. She does not see how the government can think that they are dangerous. A.C.E. Your Response!