The RACES strategy has been around for a long time and helps students improve their writing by expanding their answer with text-based evidence and explanation. This template was created to help my middle school students write well constructed answers to their Reading Log questions. It was designed to help the student who struggle with writing and organization. Give your students the template to complete their answer and you will find that in a few weeks they will no longer need it! The template can be edited to help students with any question that you need them to answer.