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Text Genre Characteristics
Preparing for test day!
Answer Sheet Issues
Reading Strategies
Quest(ion) for Success!
100
Lots of white space around the text, sometimes rhymes, descriptive, organized with stanzas...
What is poetry
100
protein, like turkey sausage, scrambled eggs or Greek Yogurt.
What is an important part of a complete test-day breakfast ?
100
when bubbling, if your answer sheet hangs off the edge of your desk, you redraw a circle, or you mark too dark and can't erase, or erase a hole in the sheet...
What might make your sheet incorrectly scored or unscorable?
100
you come across an unfamiliar word so you read the sentence before and after, or substitute another word that would make sense...
What using context clues?
100
Mark through answer choices that are “way off base”. Work from D to A. (Reading and Math)
What is slash the trash?
200
Purpose is to inform, organized in main ideas and details...
What is informational text?
200
No cramming...relax and get a good night sleep.
What is what you should do the night before the EOG?
200
bubbling over scrap paper or the test booklet can crinkle your answer sheet.
What is mark on your sheet when it's flat on the desk?
200
Tired, Stressed or Sleepy
What is flood your brain with oxygen, breathe silently and deeply through the nose. Exhale through the mouth.
200
Hashtag the spot in the text that matches the details provided in the question to support your answer.
What is proving your answer by hash-tagging the text evidence?
300
follows a storyline, involves characters and their experiences, feelings, and how they handle events...
What is literary text?
300
Think through what you want the outcome of your test to be...
What is to set a goal?
300
bubble as you work and check your questions each passage, every 10 questions or frequently to avoid making a numbering mistake.
What is check for misalignment?
300
As you read, mark important phrases, underline important words and make a note or picture that summarizes each part.
What is chunking, monitoring your comprehension, or checking for understanding?
300
Changing your answer without proving it (hashtag your text clues for example "#3" in one or more places) in the text .
What is second guessing yourself? (Only change your answer when you can prove it with text evidence, OR if you realize that did first did NOT understand the question!)
400
provides specific information and facts about places in the world
What is an atlas?
400
Lay out your comfortable clothes and set an alarm the evening before...
What is to arrive on time so you are relaxed and ready on test day?
400
stay calm, raise your hand and as for assistance from your teacher or the proctor.
What should you do if you misalign?
400
Get familiar with what you are going to have to test on in the passage by marking key words that show the question's objective and key phrases that will be in the text.
What is preview the questions?
400
What you should do if you start thinking negatively, if you get discouraged, or if you are feeling stuck.
What is positive self-talk? That little voice whispering in your ear, "Stay focused!" "You can do it!" "Sit up, stay focused, go for GROWTH!"
500
the part of the page, sometimes written with italics that lets the reader know about the text.
What is the introduction? (Which, by the way, you should always read!)
500
talk to yourself about steps you can take to make sure you are successful, remind yourself that you have been working hard all year long, and think about how good you will feel after using lots of effort...
What is to be confident in yourself?
500
in the last five minutes, erase any stray marks, make sure that you have one and only one bubble filled in. Make sure that you have not left any blank and go back over any difficult questions.
What it to check over your answer sheet?
500
Skim and scan for key words and details that were in the question and in the passage leading you to analyze, think deeply and draw conclusions about the text.
What is prove your answer?
500
Use the time given to you and see it as opportunities to make growth. It could be that you look over the questions to ask yourself, "Did I answer this the way the question was asking me to think?" or "Did I read ALL of the answer choices?" and have I used text evidence or more than one evidence to PROVE my answer?" You could number the scrap paper to "retake" the test and compare to your bubble sheet. You could see if you can catch any mistakes. You should AVOID: doodling on scrap paper, looking around the room, or watching the minutes on the clock...those behaviors will not increase your score!!!
What things you should do when you finish but still have more time?