Fiction
True or False: Extended responses have half point grading (2.5 or 3.5)
FALSE
What are the 2 ways to organize your essay's body paragraphs?
By Text or by Bullet
What is the format for a Short Response
What is RACECES
What is a thesis/how would you write one?
Restate the prompt and answer. USE THE LANGUAUGE OF THE CLAIM!
If a text an extended response prompt is asking you to compare the two texts how should you organize your body paragraphs?
By TEXT
Into
Text 1
Text 2
Con
What is this question asking: What effect does the author create through the description of the bookstore? Use two details from the passage to support your response.
What is the tone and mood of the bookshop.
What are the parts of an introduction in your essay?
HOOK
BACKGROUND
THESIS
If an extended response prompt is asking you to do anything besides compare (ex: explain 2 arguments and state which one is more sound) how should you organize your body paragraphs?
BY BULLET
Intro
Bullet 1
Bullet 2
Bullet 3
Con
What is this question asking you to identify? In the excerpt "Stranger from the Toronto", how do lines 23-26 contribute to the plot?
WHICH part of plot is like 23-26 talking about Exposition (setting, characters), rising action (conflict), climax, falling action, resolution
What are the parts of a Conclusion?
Restate Thesis (USING THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROMPT)
Sum up body paragraphs
Why this is important/relatable to the reader
Organize by Text or by Bullet: The authors of the articles “Excerpt from Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library” and “Excerpt from In Omaha, A Library With No Books Brings Technology to All ” present information about two important libraries. How were these libraries established? How are these libraries similar and different?
BY BULLET
Which one of these is most likely a central idea... A) United States has 5 percent of the world population, yet approximately 25 percent of its prisoners. B) Prisons have exploded with the "war on drugs": more than 500,000 people—nearly a quarter of all those incarcerated—are incarcerated as the result of a drug conviction. C) Mass incarceration effects individuals and families in negative ways both during and after incarceration. D) In 2009, the federal government held over 380,000 people in immigration custody.
What is C
What is the question asking us? What impact does the statement, "I feel like a genie on a flying carpet" have on story?
IMPACT= what does it mean/ what does it represent
What is this question asking you to identify? In “Brain Birds” and “A Soft Spot for Crows,” are the authors’ attitudes toward crows and ravens positive or negative? How do the authors support their claims? Use examples from both articles to support your response.
What is author's point of view or opinion
AND what types of evidence do the author's use.
Organize by Text or by Bullet: Adult characters in “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree” and “Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway” are an important part of these stories. How do these adult characters contribute to the plot of each story? What are the differences in the ways the adult characters contribute to the plots?
BY TEXT