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Review
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What should you do the night before the TAKS?
Get plenty of sleep
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Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
Main idea
100
What are the questions you ask to determine main idea?
What is the paragraph mainly about? (the topic) What does the author want me to know about the topic? Do all other sentences support the main idea?
100
What do you need to bring with you to your testing room
AR books and lunch or lunch money. (whatever you need for lunch)
100
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
200
How much time do you have to take the test?
As long as you need
200
The reader can conclude that...
Inference
200
A good summary contains
All important events from the beginning, middle, and end of the story
200
Visualizing means you create...
a movie in your head
200
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
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When a particular part of the text is mentioned, for example Paragraph 2, you should ALWAYS do what?
Reread that part before answering the question
300
Taylor thought the publisher had not read his book because...
Cause and effect
300
For sequence questions, you should always...
Go back to the story and find the correct sequence
300
explain what to do when you get a paired passage
read story 1 answer those questions, read story 2 answer those question, then answer the questions over both
300
How do you know if it is a paired passage
The rectangular box will say read the next two selections and answer the questions that follow
400
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ your paragraphs.
label
400
When words like, first, second, then, finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
the sequence of events ( this is a type of author's organization.)
400
How do you go about answering context clue questions? example: What does the word KEY mean in P. 1
circle the word, underline the sentence, and read the sentences before and after that sentence
400
What should you do in response to a prediction being proved right or wrong?
Right- carry on! Wrong- make a new prediction
400
What are three purposes for writing we discussed in class?
(Author's purpose) To entertain, inform, persuade
500
What strategy should you use when making an answer choice?
Always read ALL the answer choices, eliminate ones you know are incorrect, choose the BEST answer from the ones left
500
The Author probably wrote this story to...
author's purpose
500
When you draw a conclusion or make an inference what two things do you need to think about
Clues from the story and what do I already know
500
Are all the tests the same?
No, everyone has a different form of the TAKS test, don't look at anyone's answers.
500
What is the moral of a story?
The lesson learned.