Text Structures
The text outlines events or a list of steps in a procedure.
Sequence / Chronological Order
A "life lesson" that anyone can learn from a story.
Theme
These are specific facts, like names and dates, used to prove a point.
Details
This is what the letters NJSLA stand for.
New Jersey Student Learning Assessment
I am the first sentence of your essay. I don’t give the answer away, but I make the reader want to keep reading. What am I?
I am the hook!
The text describes an event and what follows after the event.
Cause & Effect
Focuses on the "who, what, when, where, and why" of a story.
Main Idea
Doing this to "Key Words" helps you find answers without rushing.
Highlighting
This is why the test is important for you and your teachers.
To show what you learned
I am the most important sentence in your introduction. I tell the reader exactly where the essay is going and what I am going to prove. What am I?
I am the Thesis Statement!
The text talks about the similarities and differences between people, places, things, etc.
Compare & Contrast
"Treat others how you want to be treated."
Theme
This is the strategy of reading a story more than once to find clues.
Close Reading
I am word in a sentence. You must use me to figure out what another word means. What am I?
I am a Context Clue!
The text gives information about an issue and explains a remedy or workaround.
Problem & Solution
"The Navajo Code was very helpful in the war."
Main Idea
This is the very first sentence of your essay used to "grab" the reader.
Hook
This is how many minutes you get for the Writing section.
90 Minutes
This is the "Map" of your essay that tells your main answer
Thesis Statement
The text provides details or characteristics of something.
Description
Through hard work, the third pig built a strong brick house that saved him and his brothers from the big bad wolf.
Main Idea
Meaningful words in a text that point out a text’s key concepts, themes, and argument!
Key words / Key terms