By Brenda Martin

By Brenda Martin
Suggestions for Use
Before THE TEST
● Show students the poster “How to Write a Delicious Constructed
Response.” Discuss how an ice cream sundae can be a metaphor for a
great constructed response.
● Show students the sample question and response on pages four
and five. Use this sample as a lesson on how to build a good
constructed response.
● Use the worksheets on pages six and seven to help students
respond to any constructed response type question. Use questions
from your current units of study.
During THE TEST
● Hang the blank picture of the ice cream sundae on page eight as
a reminder to write complete answers. You’ll be amazed how this
visual cue can put a student at ease during testing.
After THE TEST
● Celebrate with an ice cream party!
Brenda Martin
http://teachingdreaminglearning.blogspot.com/
How to Write a Delicious
Constructed Response
3. Make your writing interesting to
read with specific vocabulary and a
great concluding statement. It’s the
cherry on top!
2. Use three details to defend your
answer.
1. Restate the question in your answer.
This is the base of your response!
Brenda Martin
http://teachingdreaminglearning.blogspot.com/
Reading Sample Page One
Answer this question: In the poem, “An Autumn Greeting,” who do
you think is talking to the leaves? Explain your thinking.
An Autumn Greeting
Anonymous
"Come," said the ____ to the Leaves one day.
"Come over the meadow and we will play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold.
For summer is gone and the days grow cold.”
Restate the question in your first sentence here:
In the poem, “An Autumn Greeting” I think the wind
is talking to the leaves
Detail one:
The wind wants to go to the meadow
Detail two:
The wind blows leaves around in the fall
Detail three:
Wind comes out when summer is over
Vocabulary to use:
Autumn, free verse poem, infer
Concluding sentence:
Based on the clues from the free verse poem, it is
easy to infer that the wind is speaking to the leaves.
Reading Sample Page Two
Answer this question: In the poem, “An Autumn Greeting,” who do
you think is talking o the leaves? Explain your thinking.
An Autumn Greeting
Anonymous
"Come," said the ____ to the Leaves one day.
"Come over the meadow and we will play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold.
For summer is gone and the days grow cold.”
My final response:
In the poem, “An Autumn Greeting” I think the wind is talking to the leaves
because it sounds like the wind wants to go to the open meadow to blow.
Wind blows leaves around in the fall and comes out when in summer is over
like mentioned in the poem. Based on the clues from the free verse poem, it is
easy to infer that the wind is speaking to the leaves.
Brenda Martin
http://teachingdreaminglearning.blogspot.com/
Name______________________
Date______________
Answer this question:
Restate the question in your first sentence here:
Detail one:
Detail two:
Detail three:
Vocabulary to use:
Concluding sentence:
Brenda Martin
http://teachingdreaminglearning.blogspot.com/
Name______________________
Date______________
Answer this question:
My final response:
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Brenda Martin
http://teachingdreaminglearning.blogspot.com/
Brenda Martin
http://teachingdreaminglearning.blogspot.com/
Clipart, Borders, and More
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