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Short Response Strategies
Multiple Choice Strategies
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Extended Response
100
What is the writing strategy we use for short response questions?
Restate

Answer

Cite Evidence

Explain evidence/answer

100
Name one strategy you use when answering multiple choice questions. 
1) Process of elimination 

2) Going back to the text 

3) Reading the questions before the text 

100
What are the two types of texts you will see on the ELA state test? 
Fiction and Non-Fiction 


Fiction (made up stories with Literary elements)

Non-fiction (articles on real life topics) 

100
How many days will this test be? 
2 days 


*It has changed from last year, which was 3 days 

100
What are the main components (parts) of an essay? 
Introduction

Body 

Conclusion 

*paragraph format so you must indent 

200
What does your answer need to include in a short response? 
An inference and 2 details from the text


(your own words or ideas that answer the question)

*adjectives 

200
Why do some test takers read the question before reading the text?
Knowing the questions will help you annotate

Knowing the questions will help you close read where necessary 

*You know what to look for before reading 

*It activates your prior knowledge 

200
Identify 1 non-fiction genre you might see on the state test 


*Example: An instruction Manual 

A) History (Wars, Biographies, Historical Events) 

B) Science (Articles that explain scientific topics like volcanoes, planets, animals)

C)Current Events (Social media, technology, health) 

200
How many multiple choice questions will you have to answer on Day 1? 
35 multiple choice while reading 5 passages 
200
The extended response might be on a paired passage. What does this tell you about what the possible question? 
The question will be about how the two passages compare or contrast with one another. 


*You will need to know how to decipher claims, relevant evidence, and possible choose a side to an argument. 

300
How do you indicate (show) that you are providing details from the text in your short response? 
You place quotation marks around the detail and cite it properly.


EX: In paragraph 3 it states, "Ms. Redwood is the best". 

300
What do you do when you do not know the answer to a multiple choice question? 


A) Skip it and come back to it later

B) Guess and come back to it later

C) Leave it blank forever

B) Guess and come back to it later 


*This is an un-timed test so do not rush. 

*Guess first so you don't mess up your answer sheet by bubbling in the wrong question 

300
When reading a fiction passage, what elements and devices do we need to pay attention to? 
Literary Elements 

(Plot, Characterization, Setting, Theme, Conflict)

Literary Devices 

(POV, figurative language, irony) 

300
What will the test structure be on Day 2?
3 passages to read

7 short responses 

1 extended response (paired passage) 

300
How is the extended response graded? (point rubric)
Four point rubric (content&  analysis, command of evidence, coherence & organization, control of conventions) 


*Short response is a 2 point rubric 

400
True or False: 


Questions that ask you about specific lines, ("According to line 15-17") must use details from only those lines. 

*FALSE


You may use details from anywhere in the text that answers the question, unless the the question explicitly says, 'you must use evidence from those lines'. 

400
Determine the 'best' answer means....
Looking over all the choices first

Choosing the STRONGEST option

*There might be multiple 'right' answers 

But only can be the best! 

400
How do you know you are reading a passage on mythology? 
-Greek and Latin Gods and Goddesses 

-Moral of the story will explain something about life (It rains because when Zeus gets angry he creates a thunderstorm)