Strategies
Why do I need to identify the main idea of a passage?
What is so I can understand the meaning of the story or argument?
What is my FIRST step to answering a question?
What is read the questions first?
Why do questions ask you to choose the best choice?
What is the choices may be close in meaning?
Name the 3 parts of an essay.
What is introduction, body, and conclusion?
What is your right of passage at the end of the year?
What is Passages?
Why do I read the questions before I answer?
What is so I know what to look for?
What will you do if you don't know the meaning of a word?
What is look for context clues?
When would you use a process of elimination?
What is when you have a multiple choice question?
How are paragraphs organized?
What is topic sentence, detail/evidence sentences, concluding sentence?
Someone is distracting me.
TELL THE TEACHER.
Why is it important to look for the author's reasoning, tone, and style?
What is to get clues to answer questions?
What are context clues?
What are words that help you identify the meaning of a word?
What is the process of elimination?
What is when you cross out the answers you know are wrong?
What are 3 things graded in an essay response?
What is organization, grammar and punctuation,
What is the name for being nervous during testing?
Test Anxiety
Why would I skip a problem and come back to it later?
What is because the passage is too difficult and I have spent enough time on it for now?
Why would you blank a word?
What is because you don't know the meaning?
What if I get an answer that does not match any of the answers on the multiple choice?
What is use the process of elimination?
How do I prepare for essay questions?
What is first, read through the prompt thoroughly.
What happens if I don't do well?
Does not matter, you just have to do better than last year!
When would I rephrase and simplify a passage?
When I need to write the information in my own words to understand it better?
Why would you guess an answer?
What is guessing can improve your score; if you leave it blank, it's wrong?
What is my go-to ALWAYS?
What is read the question and all the possible answers before reading the passage?
Why do I read the questions before reading the essay?
What is the answer may hidden in the question, so I do not need to read the selection?
What do I do if I become overwhelmed?
What is take a 3 minute break, put your head down, take deep breaths?