Welcome 6th graders! This course is a Writer' Workshop where we will review the skill of character traits along with implementing a new writing strategy. The writing strategy used is called RACCEE, which is a popular acronym strategy used in elementary and middle school level. The RACCEE strategy will help you to organize your writing by articulating an answer that connects to supporting evidence. This is a tool that you can use now, and also in high school and college.

R=Restate the question

A=Answer the question

C=Cite evidence

C=Cite more evidence

E=Explain evidence

E=Ending sentence