Humanities Vocabulary
What does "theme" mean?
How do you determine the theme?
The universal message or lesson in the story.
It will not be explicitly said in the text.
You determine it by tracking the problem, solution, and what is learned through this experience
What can you do to help you eliminate some of the MC options that you know right away are not correct?
slash the trash
How many points is a short answer response (CEER+C) scored out of on the NYS rubric?
2 points
What does the word "developed" mean?
to build, establish, create
What does the phrase "central idea" mean?
What the text is mostly about.
The Gist.
What should you do BEFORE reading the text or answering the questions?
aka
What is the first thing you should do when you are given the interim? (after writing your name)
Preview and annotate the questions --> then read the passage
What must your claim have in order to be complete?
Turn the Question Around + Answer
What does the phrase "best expresses" mean?
The answer that best shows the answer
What does the word "phrase" mean?
a few words from the text
What can you do to help you make sure that you have a complete SAR response before moving on?
Write your own mini checklist or organizer down the side of your paper:
C
E
E
R
C
What do you need to include after your claim in order to have a completed response?
Provide two direct pieces of evidence from the text that support your claim
What does the word "contribute" mean?
to add to
What is a paragraph?
a series of sentences that are chunked together because they relate to one another
After you preview the questions, how can you use this information to help you when you read the passage?
You can use the information from the questions to help guide WHAT you are ANNOTATING for when you read.
How do you cite evidence in your Short Answer Response?
2. Included quotation marks before and after the evidence.
3. Include a page number or paragraph number
What does the word "effect" mean?
The Impact
What does the word "indicate" mean?
show
specify
designate
What should you do if you don't understand one of the short answer questions so that you can still maybe earn a point?
provide 2 pieces of evidence from the text
What do you need to score at least 1 point on a Short Answer Response?
- Accurate claim
or
-2 correct direct pieces of evidence from the text that support the correct answer
What does the word "tone"mean?
Tone is the way the author sounds in the text based on the words they are using to describe the informations/events