RATE Writing Checklist
Check the check box with a
when the
task is complete
R
Restate the
Question
 Did you restate or reword the question and
A
Answer the
Question
 Did you answer the question?
T
E
Textual Evidence
Explain the
Answer
turn it into a statement?
 Does your answer to the question express
your claim (a point you are going to prove)?
 Does it begin with a sentence starter like:
According to the text...?
 Did you include relevant and sufficient textual
evidence?
 Did you tell where you found examples and
details in the text?
 Do you have a direct quote to prove your
claim?
 Does it begin with a sentence starter like:
This …shows that..?
 Does it answer “Why?” and/or “How?”
 Does it use some key words from the citation?
 Does it explain fully, using because..?
 Did you make connections to the claim, to
text, to self, to world?
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Writing Criteria Checklist
Writing Prompt
Question:
NOTES
R
Restate
the
Question
 I restated or reworded
 I answered the question.
A
Answer
the
Question
the question and turned it
into a statement.
 My answer to the question
expresses my claim (a
point I am going to prove)?
 I included relevant and
sufficient textual
evidence.
T
Textual
Evidence
 I showed where to find
examples and details in
the text.
 I have a direct quote to
prove my claim.
 I answered the “Why?”
and/or “How.”
E
Explain
the
Answer
 I used some key words
from the citation.
 I explained fully, using
because...
 I made connections to
the claim (text to self;
text to text; text to
world).