SR/ER
What acronym should be used to write a complete short response?
RACCE
If this part of your short response is missing, you can only get 1 point max.
Explanation (in your own words!)
As I read the answer choices, I cross out the ones I know are not right. What is this strategy called?
Process of elimination
You finished answering all the questions on the test. What should you do BEFORE submitting?
Check your answers
What tool can you use to remember the evidence you want to use in your short response?
Highlighter tool
You must include 2 of these in every short response question.
Details
What does the key word below signal you are looking for, and what does it mean?
CENTRAL IDEA
Main Idea - What the text is mostly about
I'm not sure what a word means. What strategy can I use?
Context clues
Go back to paragraph 3 and re-read it.
How can you remember what questions you skipped?
Use the bookmark or look at the overview
What map can I use to organize my answer to a short response?
Partial multi flow map
What does the key word below signal you are looking for, and what does it mean?
THEME
Theme - The message (what lesson can you take away from the text?)
If a question refers to a specific paragraph, what should you do?
Go back to the paragraph and re-read it
When reading a text, you should do this to remember what happened in each paragraph.
Annotate
To do process of elimination, you can use this tool.
Answer eliminator tool
What are the parts of an extended response?
Introduction, body, conclusion
What does the key word below signal you are looking for, and what does it mean?
ORGANIZATION/ORGANIZED
Text Structure - how the author put together the text
What is a strategy that will help you know what to pay attention to in the text BEFORE you read it?
Previewing the questions/looking at the questions before reading
I don't know the answer!!!!!!! What should I do?
Bookmark it and move on
OOPS! I accidentally highlighted the wrong line. How do I delete the highlight?
With the highlighter tool selected, click the sentence again.
How many body paragraphs should you include in your extended response for the below question?
This question is worth 4 credits. In the article “Excerpt from Inside Anthills” and the poem “The Ants,” both the author and the poet describe ants. How are their descriptions of the ants similar? How are their descriptions of the ants different? Use details from both the article and the poem to support your response.
In your response, be sure to:
explain how the author’s and the poet’s descriptions of the ants are similar
explain how the author’s and the poet’s descriptions of the ants are different
use details from both the article and the poem to support your response
2 - there are 2 questions that need to be answered
What are the 5 types of text structure?
description, sequence, cause & effect, problem & solution, compare & contrast