Physically/Mentally Ready
After you read the passage, what can you do to find the answer quickly?
Skim and Scan
If you see quotation marks and first names when you skim and scan, what part of your body are you reading with?
Your heart
If you see lots of facts and dates what kind of passage will it be?
Informative
How much time should it take for each passage?
What will a summary include in fiction?
The lesson the character learned.
Where will you find the answers for these passages.
In the text.
If you don't know words in the passage what should you do?
Skip it and see if you understand the passage without it.
If it is taking longer to answer a question what should you do?
Why does the author tell the story?
To teach us a lesson.
Where do you find the main idea?
Heading, topic sentence, or repeated words and phrases.
Instead of striving for every student to be Advanced on the test, what are we striving for?
Improvement from last year (you are only competing against yourself)
Which words should you choose in your 5 words or less in a multiple choice question?
key words, what the question is asking you, where to find information
Historical fiction is a combination of fiction and informative. It has made up characters, but is based....
on real events.
What would a summary include for this kind of passage?
Main idea and details.
What are the advantages of scoring advanced or proficient on the test?
6th grade and holding Mrs. Harding to the contract!
What should you do if you don't know one of the answer choices and the others can't be right?
Choose it!
What do you do if the author doesn't directly state something?
Use all of the clues to make an inference.
A biography will include what details?
A person's childhood, education, obstacles, and achievements.