CAPE
When you eliminate the rubbish answer.
What is slash the trash? (also correct: process of elimination)
Read the following excerpt:
"I ran out along the corridor, my arms unencumbered by books, my mind unencumbered by facts and figures, quotations and dates."
What does the word unencumbered mean as it is used in the sentence? a)not burdened, b)not excited, c)not hurried, d)not aged
a) not burdened
The meaning of RST.
What is Research Simulation Task?
Character/Setting, Theme, Problem, Solution.
What are the kind of notes you should take for the LAT?
The meaning of NWT.
The District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessments of Progress in Education.
What is DC CAPE?
Read the passage and answer the question:
"Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks support a wide diversity of animal species, reflecting the range in elevation, climate, and habitat variety there. Over 260 native vertebrate species are in the parks. Local species include the gray fox, bobcat, striped and spotted skunks, black bear, wood rat, pocket gopher, and the white-footed mouse."
What was the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
a)To entertain the reader, b)To bore the reader, c)To persuade the reader, d)To inform the reader.
d) to inform the reader
What is the length of time to spend on the essay?
The meaning of LAT.
What is Literary Analysis Task?
Character, setting, problem, solution.
What are the notes I need for the NWT?
A T-riffic way to break down a prompt.
What is the Do | What Strategy?
What tone does the phrase "it was a total zoo" convey?
a) urgent, b) chaotic, c) annoyed, d) pleading
b) chaotic
Non-Fiction, or Informational
What is the type of source you'll review for the RST?
To explain the similarities and differences between two or more things.
What is compare and contrast?
What are the kind of texts we'll read on the NWT?
What is the reason we take CAPE?
"Dark matter’s gravity holds galaxies together and bends rays of light as they stream past—in much the same way light bends as it travels through water or glass. To make the new maps, astronomers trained powerful telescopes on large patches of sky to watch for distorted light arriving from distant galaxies"
According to the article, what is distorted light?
a) light that is barely visible, b) light that curves, c) light that is distant, d) light that shines brightly
b) light that curves
The kind of notes you should take on the RST.
What are Teaches me | Author Believes notes?
The genre of text you'll find on an LAT unit.
What is fiction?
Continue a story or retell it from a different perspective.
What are some examples of narrative writing tasks?
Three (RST, NWT, LAT)
What is the number of ELA units we will be taking?
Alice was carrying a large clothes basket from the bedroom down the stairs to the laundry room. She struggled under the weight of the basket. She wished her younger brothers would help her. Instead, they were playing. She had heard them throwing a baseball in the house earlier. She had told them to go outside. They had gone to the backyard, but they had left the baseball on the stairs.
What is most likely going to happen next?
a) the boys will come help, b) Alice will notice the ball and put down the laundry, c) Alice will put laundry away, d) Alice will slip on the ball and fall
d) Alice will slip on the ball and fall
Read the prompt and answer the question:
You have read a passage from The Count of Monte Cristo and a scene from Blessings. Think about the similarities and differences in how the two authors develop the themes in each text.
Write an essay in which you identify a theme from each text and analyze how each theme is developed.
What would your first body paragraph and second body paragraph be about?
The first paragraph should be about the theme of (one of the two texts) and the second paragraph should be about the theme of (the other text)
OR! It could be (similarities in developing theme) and (differences in developing theme)
Read the prompt and answer the question:
You have read the passage from Boy’s Life and “Emancipation: A Life Fable.” Write an essay that identifies a similar theme in each text and compares and contrasts the approaches each text uses to develop this theme. Be sure to support your response with evidence from both texts.
What would your first and second paragraphs be about?
(Alternately, the first paragraph could compare both texts while the second paragraph contrasts both texts)
What is the type of graphic organizer I should make for the NWT?