SBA Test Tools
As you read a text, you should use this tool to take down important parts / noticings.
What is the notepad tool?
When you finish the text, what should you do before you pause or submit it?
What is let the teacher know and check over ALL of your answers?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This tells you what a story or article is mainly about.
What is a central or main idea?
The first thing you should do when you start a written response.
What is restate the question?
This tool lets you remove wrong choices in multiple-choice questions.
What is strike-through?
When a question has a story associated with it, what should you do before you are certain of your answer?
What is go back in the text and figure out where the evidence is?
"Run" "jump" and "think" are examples of this part of speech.
What is a verb?
This is what you do when you make a smart guess based on the clues from the text and what you already know.
What is an inference?
A strong written response includes at LEAST two what?
What is pieces of evidence?
If you’re not sure about an answer, use this tool to mark it and return later.
What is the "flag for review" tool?
What strategies can help you stay focused and not rush through the test?
Take a break (water/bathroom), take notes, pace yourself, use a growth mindset, if you are taking too long on a question, flag it, and go back to it later.
This run-on sentence needs corrections. Figure out what they are: (8 errors)
the main idea in this passage is the statue of liberty symbolizes freedom independence and enlightenment for america
The main idea in this passage is the Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom, independence, and enlightenment for America.
Give an example of a theme from a story you know and at least 2 pieces of evidence.
Answers will vary.
What does R.A.C.E. stand for?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
This tool helps you to mark up/point out important parts of the text digitally.
What is the highlighter tool?
This strategy helps you understand long texts by focusing on one part at a time.
What is chunking the text?
A ____ describes a noun and a _____ describes a verb.
What is adjective and adverb?
What are the 3 types of points of view and what do they mean?
1st person(main character tells the story), 2nd person (author puts YOU in the story), 3rd person (narrator)
Name the genres of essays may need to write about?
Informational, Opinion, or Narrative. (Need to get at least informational and opinion/argument)
When you click on underlined words in a passage, this tool shows you what they mean.
What is the glossary tool?
When you get a question about a word's meaning, what are 3 vocab. strategies you can use?
Substitute, context clues, synonyms/antonyms, think of where you have heard the word before, picture it, look within the word to notice root words, suffixes, prefixes
A word that means the same or nearly the same as another word is called ____________ and a word that means the opposite of another word is called __________.
What is synonym and antonym?
Name the 5 structures a story or article might be organized as.
Compare/contrast, chronological/sequential, description, problem/solution, and cause/effect
What should any introduction include? What should any body paragraph include? What should any conclusion include?
Answers will vary.