How do you demonstrate a superior understanding of a text?
Explain completely and accurately all textual evidence-connecting back to the thesis using key words.
200
What do you need to include from the prompt in your thesis statement?
Key words
200
What is the highest amount of points you can score on an open-response?
4
200
How do you preview a text before reading?
Scan the text to see what genre it is, look at pictures, maps, or graphs and their captions, and check out the length of the selection.
200
Where can you find textual evidence?
In the text, passage, poem, or selection.
200
How many sentences of explanation do you need for every piece of textual evidence you use?
At least 2 sentences.
300
What type of answer do you need in your thesis statement?
A complete, specific and accurate answer
300
What are the most important parts of answering an open-response?
Thesis statement, textual evidence, and explanations
300
What question do you need to underline textual evidence for?
Open-response question
300
How many pieces of textual evidence should you include in your open-response answer?
2-3 or the amount the question asks for
300
What is the purpose for explanations?
To show that you fully understand the ideas presented in a selection and can tell what your thinking is about the textual evidence and how it connects to the thesis.
400
What is an example of a good beginning to a thesis statement?
According to the poem
400
What does the open-response not score you on in your open-response answer?
grammar and punctuation
400
What is coding the text?
To write parts of the questions and their numbers in the margins of the selection where you might find the answer
400
What is the purpose for using textual evidence in your answer?
To support your answer
400
What will give you a 1 for explanation on the rubric?
A partial understanding of the text, not all textual evidence is explained or parts are inaccurate.
500
What does TTQA + A stand for?
Turn The Question Around + Answer
500
What is the best way to make sure you get at least a 2 or more score on your open-response anwer?
Fill the page
500
What do you do when you actively read the questions?
circle verbs and underline key words
500
How do you write textual evidence in your answer?
Copy sentences or parts of a sentence and use quotation marks around the parts you copied.