🎤 Selena Gomez R.A.C.E. Writing

Informational Text & Reading Comprehension | Grades 3–6

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, explore performing arts, or highlight creativity, resilience, and philanthropy with this engaging, standards-aligned informational text resource. Students learn about Selena Gomez: singer, actress, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate, while strengthening close reading, text evidence, and R.A.C.E. constructed response writing skills.

This ready-to-use packet blends nonfiction reading comprehension with structured paragraph writing to build confident, analytical readers.

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📸 Quick Snapshot

Perfect For:

• Hispanic Heritage Month

• Performing Arts & Music Units

• Character Education Lessons

• R.A.C.E. Writing Practice

• ELA Test Prep

Skills Targeted:

• Informational text comprehension

• Textual evidence citation

• Close reading strategies

• Note-taking

• Constructed response writing

• Revision & editing

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🎯 If Your Students…

• Need support organizing constructed responses

• Struggle to cite evidence clearly

• Benefit from the modeled paragraph structure

• Engage more deeply with high-interest biographies

This resource provides explicit R.A.C.E. instruction (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain) with scaffolds, modeling, and differentiated comprehension practice.

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📦 What’s Included

✔️ Informational Passage: Selena Gomez: Creativity, Career, and Compassion
✔️ Differentiated Comprehension Questions (Multiple Choice + Higher-Order)
✔️ Textual Evidence Highlighting Guide
✔️ Note-Taking Graphic Organizer
✔️ R.A.C.E. Writing Prompt with Model Response
✔️ Paragraph Outline Template
✔️ Editing Checklist
✔️ CCSS Alignment (Grades 3–6)
✔️ Differentiation & Integration Guide

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⭐ Instructional Features

✅ Explicit R.A.C.E. Strategy Instruction
✅ Scaffolded Close Reading Routine
✅ Evidence-Based Writing Support
✅ High-Interest, Culturally Relevant Text
✅ Flexible for Whole Group, Small Group, or Centers
✅ Test-Prep Ready Format (i-Ready™, STARR, PSSA, AIR & more)

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🛠️ How to Use

Day 1: Read and annotate the informational passage.
Day 2: Complete comprehension questions with text evidence focus.
Day 3: Model R.A.C.E. response using the provided template.
Day 4: Independent constructed response writing + revision checklist.

Extension: Connect to discussions on music, entrepreneurship, or mental health awareness.

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📚 Instructional Impact

Students strengthen nonfiction reading comprehension while developing structured, evidence-based writing skills. This resource builds confidence in constructed responses aligned to Common Core expectations and state assessments.

Selena Gomez’s story highlights creativity, perseverance, and philanthropy, encouraging students to recognize the power of using their talents to make a difference.

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🌟 Help your students explore creativity, resilience, and compassion through this engaging blend of biography and literacy instruction.

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