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Strategy Mania
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Keeping Time, Time, Time
Read On!
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What will you be required to do on each day of the exam (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3)?
What is Book 1: 39 Multiple Choice Questions Book 2: Listening and Writing--short responses, multiple choice, essay, and random reading passages with MC. Book 3: Reading and Writing--Read two passages, answer short responses, an essay, and read and respond to one random short response.
100
What does RUTROW stand for?
What is read the questions, underline key ideas, think about an answer, read all possible answers, omit wrong answers, why?--prove your answer.
100
What should each short response include?
What is Topic Sentence, Text-Based Details, Concluding Sentence.
100
What should you be doing during the reading of the listening passage?
What is TAKING NOTES THE ENTIRE TIME!!!!!
100
If you can't figure out a question what should you do?
What is move on and come back to it. Never leave it blank.
200
How much time do you have for each part of the test?
90 minutes
200
What does IBBC/IBBBC stand for and when do you use it?
What is Introduction, Bullet 1, Bullet 2, Bullet 3, Conclusion
200
If a question says, "Use details from the passage to support your answer, how many details should you use?
What is at least 2
200
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
What is Compare--similarities Contrast--differences
200
If you are given a fable, where will you find the theme or moral of the story?
What is at the end.
300
What are the four parts to a funnel introcution?
What is Hook, Titles/Authors, Background, Thesis.
300
What should you do before you write your essay on book 2 and 3?
What is plan
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What should you base all of your details in short responses and essays on?
What is TEXT-BASED DETAILS, TEXT-BASED DETAILS,TEXT-BASED DETAILS
300
If you finish early on any part of the test, what should you do?
What is Check each question, grammar, bubble sheet.
300
How do you prove your answers?
What is Go back to the passage.
400
What are T-Chart notes? Draw an example on your white board. When do you use them?
What is Listening comprehension notes--write details both times you listen.
400
If you are given a poem, what are some strategies you should use while reading it and answering the questions?
What is Read it more than once, underline and make notes in the margin, identify poetic devices.
400
What does it mean to infer and draw conclusions?
What is use evidence from the passage to make educated guesses and judgement about characters, plot, setting, etc.
500
What does it mean to "steal and spit"? When do you use this strategy?
What is to take the words or phrases from a question and spit them back out as a topic sentence in a short answer or the thesis in an essay.
500
What does IPPC stand for?
What is Introduction, Passage 1, Passage 2, Conclusion
500
When you write your essay, what should you not waste too much time on?
What is planning
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1. Run like the wind. 2. My dog, Peanut was furious that I left his birthday card at school. 3. The bee buzzed in the backyard. 4. Snap, crackle, pop.
What is Simile Personification alliteration onomatopoeia
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