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The Steps to Writing an OER

STEP 1

•Read the question and circle any key words in the question.

STEP 2

•Read the story and highlight or underline ALL possible answers as you read.

STEP 3

•Make a list of ALL answers to the question.

STEP 4

•Choose the best possible answer based on depth of understanding and evidence available in the text that will prove your answer.

STEP 5

•Write an answer to the question in a complete sentence. This will become the FIRST sentence of your response.

STEP 6• Explain your answer and give

text evidence to support your explanation. –Repeat this step 2 time for a SINGLE STORY OER–For a CROSSOVER OER DO THIS:

• Give two sentences of explanation and two quotes from each story that will support your answer.

Step 7

•Revise and Edit

STEP 8

•Write your final draft in the box.

DEFINE:

• Textual Evidence – ANY word(s), phrases, or whole sentences you use from the story in your OER. You MUST put “quotation marks” around all text evidence that you copy from the story.

DEFINE:

• Commentary – your explanations, thoughts, opinions, etc. that you use in your OER to support your answer and explain your textual evidence. In other words, your own voice.

DEFINE:

• Inference – a logical assumption based on observable facts and one’s own knowledge and experience. (An educated guess using a combination of facts and what you already know)