Before answering multiple choice or short answer questions, what is the first thing you should do?
Unpack the questions
100
What are 3 vocabulary strategies to use when you come to a difficult word in text?
Vary
100
What is the lesson in a story
The theme
100
The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting. Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction.
Cause and effect
100
What should you do when attempting to answer multiple choice questions?
Cross off incorect answers
200
This strategy is used when looking for a specific word in the text?
What is skimming and scanning
200
1. A former employee, (irate) over having been fired, broke into the plant and deliberately wrecked several machines.
Furious, angry, inconsolable
200
Where and when a story takes place.
Setting
200
Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.
Chronological
200
Before beginning the essay portion of your test what should you do before you start writing?
Determine the structure for your writing, how many paragraphs will you need.
300
While you are reading the text what should you be doing to keep track of what you have learned?
Annotate the text
300
John always praised his bosses; he always agreed with what they said. He said he was just a good employee but his friends said he was a (sycophant).
Suck up
300
The series of events in a story
The plot
300
thousand of people are injured each year in car accidents involving texting. Lives could be saved if our town adopts a strickter rules for using cell phones while driving. By creating strickter laws we could prevent drivers from endangering themselves or others.
Problem and solution
300
What does "Set a purpose for your reading" mean?
Understand what you are looking for before you start reading.
400
What are the 2 different ways you can support your answers in the text.
Quoting or paraphrasing
400
Jamal didn't want to tell Tina the entire plot of the movie, so he just gave her the gist of the story. (What would Jamal say to Tina?)
To summerize important parts.
400
The problem in a story
The conflict
400
You already know that there are major differences between a house and a nest. In contrast to a house, a nest is small and only has one room. Another difference is that a house is typically for humans while a nest is for birds. However, you might be surprised to find out that nests and houses have some things that are the same. For instance, both nests and houses provide shelter. Another similarity is that both use trees in their construction. Birds use sticks and twigs while humans use lumber from trees.
Compare and contrast
400
What does annotate the text mean?
Take notes while reading
500
What is the structure of a short answer response?
Restate the question, answer, support answer with evidence, conclusion
500
2. The lizard was so (lethargic) that I wasn't sure if it was alive or dead. It didn't even blink.
Slow moving tired
500
How a story is solved is called the...
Solution
500
What are the 4 text structures we have discussed in class?
Compare and contrast, problem solution, chronological order, cause and effect
500
What should you do the night before the test?
Go to bed early so you are refreshed and ready to pass.