Multiple Choice
What is one thing that you can do BEFORE reading each passage?
Answers include:
Preview, Annotate the questions, Determine fiction/non-fiction
How many details do you need in a short response?
2
How many points is an extended response worth?
4
"What do the character’s actions in paragraph 3 REVEAL about him?" The word reveal means ______________.
shows, uncovers
a quality possessed by a character, describes the type of person
Examples: determined, hardworking, selfish
Character Trait, Quality, Personal Characteristics
What is one thing you can do to "annotate" the passages you are reading?
1. Underline or highlight important words and sentences. 2. Circle words you don't know and use context clues to try to figure out what the words mean. 3. Write questions and notes in the margins.
How can you get full credit (2 out of 2) on your short answer questions? In other words, what should you do when you are answering the short answer questions?
1. Restate the question & answer it (making an inference). 2. Provide 2 pieces of evidence (quotes!). 3. Explain your evidence.
Question:
Many cities around the world are located near large rivers and lakes, or near an ocean. Why do you think this is so? Provide three or more important advantages that waterways offer cities, and explain why each advantage is important. Give examples.
What is the FIRST FEW STEPs that the writer must take?
Think about what is the prompt asking.
Decide on your main idea or position.
You might simply want to restate the question.
"How does paragraph 4 CONTRIBUTE to the development of ideas in the text?" In this question, I am being asked how paragraph 4 _____________ the development of ideas in the passage.
adds to, builds upon
a problem that the main character in a story must have
Conflict
Name 2 multiple choice strategies that you can use to HELP direct you to the CORRECT answer?
Eliminate, Cover answers, go back to the text and prove it, preview questions before reading
List 2 ways you can use your PLANNING PAGE before starting to write your essay?
(1) Make a T-chart, a Venn Diagram or a 3-Column chart for compare & contrast essays. (2) Jot down notes about what you plan to write in each paragraph of your essay. (3) Look back at the text and then write down all the possible pieces of evidence you might want to use (that way you can choose from those pieces of evidence while writing your essay).
How many body paragraphs do you need to include?
How many pieces of evidence in each?
2 body paragraphs (4 paragraphs in total)
2 per paragraph (4 pieces of evidence in total)
"Which sentence from the article best reveals the author's POINT OF VIEW?" The authors "point of view" means the author's __________
perspective, viewpoint, opinion
a moral or message that can be applied to one of many texts
Theme
List 4 KEY WORDS that you might see on the test. I will give you one: Main Idea
Plot, Tone, Characterization, Mood, Central Idea, Theme, Point of View, Conflict, Perspective
Restate the following question:
How does paragraph 15 help develop Mrs. Koven's point of view?
Paragraph 15 helps develop Mrs. Koven's point of view by...
Name at least two transition words that you can use to start each paragraph, or connect ideas in a paragraph.
Answers will vary
One reason.. Another reason.. _____ is also... ... Additionally... According to the text...
For example
How does the author most DEVELOP Ms. Williams' Point of View?
What does the word "develop" mean?
grow; elaborate
The overall point that the author is trying to make
Central Idea
Your teachers always tell you to "go back and check your work" when you are done. Name one wayou can "check your work" on the state test?
Reread each question carefully and the answer you chose, and check the text again to make sure you still think that is the right answer.
Also, make sure you have bubbled in ALL the questions on your scantron
Restate the question, and provide an example of a possible central idea.
In "The Thirst for First is the Worst," what is the central idea?
Examples:
In "The Thirst for First is the Worst" the central idea is that winning isn't everything
In "The Thirst for First is the Worst" the central idea is that having fun is more important that winning
Name at least two transition words that you can use to start a concluding paragraph.
Answers will vary
How is an information text ORGANIZED?
What is the author asking you? Give examples of how a text might be organized
Sequential Order, Compare/Contrast, Problem/Solution, etc.
_______ is how the AUTHOR feels about his/her characters or story (conveyed by word choice)
________ is how the writer’s words make us (READER) feel. (The effect the words have on us) The overall feeling or atmosphere the text creates.
Tone, Mood