Testing Vocabulary
When you are trying to prove something, you need to give evidence. Where do you get the evidence from?
The reading passage or text
Each IAR test will last for 6 hours. No Way or For Realz?
No Way
When you get stuck on a question during the test what can you do?
Flag it, Skip it and Come Back, Answer it Later
You can use these to find the meaning of an unknown word.
Context Clues
A story about a real person is known as a _______?
Biography
When reading you are trying to find THIS, the overall idea of what the text is about.
Main idea
You should double check your answers during the exam. No Way or For Realz?
For Realz
You should do this with all the answers you know are WRONG.
Cross them out or Eliminate them
THESE (2 words) help us understand the character. What they say, how they act, what the look like.
Character Traits
This genre teaches a moral and often includes animals. There is usually good and bad characters and usually has a happy ending.
Fables, folktales, fairy tales or tall tales
When you read a story, it is told from a character or author's what?
You should read the questions before you read the passages. No Way or For Realz?
For Realz
Before reading the text, you may want to do this FIRST.
Read the question you need to answer
Setting
dialogue
Many FICTION stories will teach THIS to a reader through the character's actions or words. It is the lesson or moral of the story.
Theme
NEVER go back and reread during the IAR test. No Way or For Realz?
No Way
When answering a question you should go back and find THIS to prove your answer.
Evidence
This is what happens in the story. It is the events of the story.
Plot
This text structure includes dates, steps of doing something, or the order of events.
Sequence
When you are writing your extended response, you have to make sure to RESTATE the question, ANSWER the question, give TEXT EVIDENCE, and then do what in your own words.
Rereading the question at least twice is a smart plan. No Way or For Realz?
For Realz?
If a question says "All these answers are true EXCEPT..." what should you do?
Look for the answer that is wrong.
Comparing
Something happens and causes something else to happen in this type of text structure.
Cause and Effect