Multiple Choice
What is the first step of the plan of attack?
Read the question! Underline the key words and ask yourself: "What is this question really asking me?" Put it in your own words.
What is the formula for answering short responses?
ADD (answer, detail, detail) or RACE (restate, answer, cite evidence, explain).
You steal from the prompt like a thief! You don't need to answer the question in the introduction - save the answers for body paragraphs. Just repeat the prompt like a parrot. You also don't need to include a hook like in a literary essay.
Can a theme be: Don't judge a book by its cover.
Why or why not?
Yes, it can. This is a lesson you can learn in any text; not just one text. Meaning, it's universal.
However, it is a bit cliche. Try and come up with themes that aren't so overused. A better theme might be: it's important to get to know someone for who they are, not just what they appear to be.
It varies based on how many touchdowns Wisconsin scores.
AFTER you have covered them, thought about what your answer would be, and looked back in the text to find the detail (and label) that supports your answer. Then you can take your hand off the choices to see which one best matches your answer.
How do you support an answer in your short response?
Using details straight from the text! You CAN paraphrase, but you're better off citing details straight from the text. That way, correct answers won't get lost in translation.
What does a body paragraph look like in an extended response?
Body paragraphs have this structure: Restate+answer (topic sentence), evidence, analysis, evidence #2, analysis, concluding sentence. Just like in literary essays :)
UNLESS it's a body paragraph in which you need to compare and contrast two texts, or show how two texts support an idea. Then you need 4 pieces of evidence (2 from each text)! THIS WILL ALWAYS BE THE CASE IN ONE PARAGRAPH NO MATTER WHAT THE PROMPT IS!
Can a main idea be: Sharks eat.
Why or why not?
No. A main idea needs to be a topic and what the author is mostly teaching about the topic. What's missing here is what the author is teaching about sharks and eating. Is the main idea that they eat a lot? A little? Are they vegetarians? Carnivores?
What is the name of Ms. Philips' March Madness bracket?
Ham's Mama
How can you prevent being caught between two really, equally amazing answers?
Two strategies:
1. Cover the answer choices with your hand until you found the answer in the text
2. Look back in the text and see which answer choice has MORE details to support it
In what scenario(s) do you need to elaborate?
This is tricky. Any answer that isn't self-explanatory requires elaboration. When in doubt, elaborate.
For example, if the question asks how the point of view affects the mood, your answer needs to state the point of view, and the mood, and how one affects the other.
Is the planning page optional?
Technically, YES. It's not graded or scored in any way.
HOWEVER, the planning page is key for ensuring that you have answered each bullet point, and that you have a plethora of evidence from BOTH texts to support your answers. Most kids lose points because they don't FULLY ANSWER the bullet point.
PLEASE use the planning page. On the day of the state test, you will have looseleaf scrap paper to do so. You can also use the space provided by the software.
When you read the passage/article, what should you read before reading the passage/article?
DIRECTIONS. Sometimes answers are embedded within the directions. The directions also might giveaway genre. READ THEM.
How is women's college basketball breaking glass ceilings?
Caitlin Clark.
Pay gap will be addressed.
Viewership is UP!
In what scenario do you NOT have to label the detail in the text that supports your answer?
When the detail is provided in the question/prompt.
How can you get full credit on a short response with one incorrect detail?
If you include 3 details, and 2 are correct, and 1 is incorrect, you can get full credit.
When in doubt, include an extra detail just in case :)
How many paragraphs should an extended response have? What are they? How can the scorer count the paragraphs?
5!
Introduction, BP1-3, Conclusion
**ONE BP will be about BOTH texts.
Indents- each paragraph should start with an indent! 5 spaces.
How should I annotate the text? What should I annotate in the text?
Use the highlighting and notes tool.
Depends on the genre!
Fiction - characters (traits, motivations, relationships), setting, problem, attempts to solve, resolution, theme (lesson learned), point of view, mood/tone
Nonfiction - main ideas, text features (photographs, captions, titles), text structures (cause&effect, problem&solution, chronological order)
Do the entire Alvin Ailey dance so far.
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When you are done answering all of the multiple choice questions on the computer, what should you do?
DOUBLE CHECK.
Click "review" to make sure you answered all questions and return to any you bookmarked. Make sure that each answer you select has evidence to support it and that the answer BEST MATCHES your answer that you created.
What should you do when you're done answering a short response?
RE-READ AND SCORE YOURSELF. Put yourself in the scorer's shoes. Put those revision glasses on. Does your answer make sense? Did you include an answer, did you elaborate on that answer if necessary, and did you include two details to support? If so, you will get a 2!
How can I get a 4 on the extended response?
4 Criteria-
1. Content+Analysis: answer+analysis
2. Command of Evidence: well-chosen, accurate evidence
3. Coherence, Organization, Style: ideas are complex and organized
4. Control of Conventions: correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling
What are the elements of poetry that characterize the genre? What might a poetry question ask you about?
Rhyming Schemes. Can change or stay the same within and/or between stanzas.
Rhythm. Are there breaks? Is there a pattern? How does it sound when it's read?
Repetition. Do words or ideas or lines repeat?
Theme. What is the poem teaching readers? Figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification) can all contribute to theme.
What do the letters of NEST+m stand for? What kind of poem would NEST be?
N: New
E: Explorations
S: Science
T: Technology
+m: Mathematics
Acrostic. Each letter stands for a word that starts with that letter!