As the paradigm in English writing shifts from the descriptive essay, to more concise written-responses, learners need lots of practice, and the RACES strategy provides an understandable, effective way for these kiddos to compose strong responses to Short Answer Response inquiries.I introduce Races with non-threatning text; here is a link to the short story: Paperbag Princess, which I use to model the strategy, after reading with students."The Emperor's New Clothes" is embedded in the lesson, to