Tools & Tips
Reading Skills
Essay Elements
Planning Ideas
Before the Test
100

Use this tool to recognize important words. 

What is a highlighter?

100
In a prompt, words with this part of speech tell you what to do.

What are verbs?

100

This paragraph contains claims, evidence, and reasoning. 

What is a body?

100

This is where you should plan all of your ideas.

What is white paper?
100
Be sure to do this to your iPad the night before testing.

What is to charge it/plug it in?

200

If I wanted to come back to a question later, I would do this. 

What is star/bookmark it?

200

When an author provides a hint to future events, it's called this.

What is foreshadowing?

200

These look like this: 

(Last Name, para. #). 

What is a citation?

200

This graphic organizer contained interconnected  bubbles.

What is a top-down web?

200

This will help fuel your brain and give you energy in the morning.

What is breakfast?

300

I can type my ideas and annotations on this tool.

What is the notepad?

300
Words like "I," "You," and "Her" are called what?

What are pronouns?

300

A "So What?" in an essay is designed to do this. 

What is leave the reader with something to think about?

300

Two column notes are comprised of these two sections.

What are main ideas and details?

300

All of these need to be put away in lockers and turned off before testing begins.

What are cell phones/electronics/devices?

400

To make an multiple choice option vanish or reappear, I would click this icon.

What is the eye/eyeball icon?

400

While some texts only inform the reader, others try to do this to change the reader's mind.

What is persuade? 

400

When referring to the title of a text you read, you should format it like this.

What are with italics or quotation marks? 


"This?" or This?

400

If I wanted to compare and contrast my ideas, this graphic organizer works well.

What is a Venn Diagram?

400

You need one of these when you are done testing.

What is a book?

500

This is the official name of getting rid for answers one at a time.

What is process of elimination?

500

In literature, this character opposes the protagonist, but is not the main source of conflict.

Who is the foil?

500
To write and format our essays, we use MLA, which stands for this.
What is Modern Language Association?
500

Essay: White Paper :: House: ___________ . 

What is blueprint?

500

This is the most important thing you can do during testing days.

What is try your best? 

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