Multiple Choice Skills
How do lines 16-18 contribute to the story? What skill is this question asking you to use?
Main idea
What four components are required to answer a constructed response?
Answer the Question
Cite textual evidence 1
Cite Textual Evidence 2
Explain your answer
When you get your test and before you start reading what should you do first?
Preview the text: chunk paragraphs/number paragraphs
What are the 3 reasons an author writes a informational text?
P.I.E
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
What are the three reasons an author writes a story?
To inform, persuade or entertain
This strategy of reducing available answers can be used to answer multiple choice questions.
Process of elimination
What is one phrase you can use to introduce textual evidence?
According to the text,
The text states,
Based on the text,
After you preview the test what should you do?
Annotate
What is central idea?
The main idea in an informational text.
How much time do you have to complete the New York State exam?
UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME .........SO TAKE YOUR TIME
What does the word "Preposterous" mean in lines 5-12?
What skill is this asking you to use?
Context clues
This punctuation mark is used when citing evidence.
Quotation marks " ....."
When reading a non fiction text what do you annotate for?
Central Idea
How the author feels about a text/topic.
What does it mean to synthesize the information when you are using the P.A.S strategy?
Combining all annotations to determine the overall central idea or theme at the end of the text.
What skill is this asking you to use?
How does the author support the claim that...?
Central Idea
Name two diagrams you can use to write a compare and contrast essay.
Venn Diagram or Trio Chart
When reading a fiction text what should you annotate for?
Theme
-Setting sets the mood of the story.
-The setting affects the way the characters feel or react to conflict.
How many paragraphs are in a compare and contrast essay?
4 PARAGRAPHS
What is the main purpose of the comparison in this sentence?
Main/Central idea
Define transitional phrases.
Bridges between your evidence and your ideas in your writing.
What is the overall purpose of annotating?
The overall purpose of annotating is to synthesize your ideas and comprehend the text.
What is the difference between THEME and CENTRAL IDEA?
Theme is the overall lesson learned and central idea is the main idea in a text.
Introduction- similarities between both texts
Body Paragraph 1- all about text A
Body Paragraph 2- all about text B
Conclusion- differences between both texts