6th Grade Interim 1- Review

Humanities Vocabulary

1

What does "theme" mean?

How do you determine the theme?

The universal message or lesson in the story. 

It will not be explicitly said in the text. 

You determine it by tracking the problem, solution, and what is learned through this experience

2

What does the phrase "central idea" mean?

What the text is mostly about. 

The Gist. 

3

What does the word "phrase" mean?

a few words from the text

4

What is a paragraph?

a series of sentences that are chunked together because they relate to one another

5

What does the word "indicate" mean?

show

specify

designate

Test Strategies

1

What can you do to help you eliminate some of the MC options that you know right away are not correct?

slash the trash

2

What should you do BEFORE reading the text or answering the questions? 

aka

What is the first thing you should do when you are given the interim? (after writing your name)

Preview and annotate the questions --> then read the passage

3

What can you do to help you make sure that you have a complete SAR response before moving on?

Write your own mini checklist or organizer down the side of your paper:

C

E

E

R

C

4

After you preview the questions, how can you use this information to help you when you read the passage?

You can use the information from the questions to help guide WHAT you are ANNOTATING for when you read. 

5

What should you do if you don't understand one of the short answer questions so that you can still maybe earn a point?

provide 2 pieces of evidence from the text

Short Answer Responses

1

How many points is a short answer response (CEER+C) scored out of on the NYS rubric?

2 points

2

What must your claim have in order to be complete?

Turn the Question Around + Answer

3

What do you need to include after your claim in order to have a completed response?

Provide two direct pieces of evidence from the text that support your claim

4

How do you cite evidence in your Short Answer Response?

1. Copy it EXACTLY as it is written in the text. 

2. Included quotation marks before and after the evidence. 

3. Include a page number or paragraph number

5

What do you need to score at least 1 point on a Short Answer Response?

- Accurate claim 

or

-2 correct direct pieces of evidence from the text that support the correct answer

Test Vocabulary

1

What does the word "developed" mean?

to build, establish, create

2

What does the phrase "best expresses" mean?

The answer that best shows the answer

3

What does the word "contribute" mean?

to add to

4

What does the word "effect" mean?

The Impact

5

What does the word "tone"mean?

Tone is the way the author sounds in the text based on the words they are using to describe the informations/events