SCR
What does SCR stand for?
Short Constructed Response
Extended Constructed Response
What do you need to put around text evidence?
Quotation Marks
Choose the correct homophones. I went to (there, their, they're) home for a visit, but I didn't know (weather, whether) to bring my lunch or not
Their / whether
Name all of the FANBOYS
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What's the length requirement for an SCR?
A full paragraph (3-5 sentences)
What's the length requirement for an ECR?
3-4 Paragraphs in length
(Intro, BP1, Bp2, Conclusion)
If you don't know or understand a word, what should you use?
A Dictionary
Read this paragraph: (1) Dr. Jane Goodall is known for her work with animals. (2) She became well known by studying how animals act. (3) And live to become famous. (4) For more than 30 years, she studied the chimps in Africa. How should sentences 2 and 3 be combined?
A) She became famous by studying how animals act and live.
B) Well known she became by studying how animals act and live.
C) By studying how animals act and live, she became well known and famous.
D) To become famous and well known, she began studying how animals act and live.
A) She became famous by studying how animals act and live.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
(2) It did not take her long to turn casual swiming into a competitive profession.
Spelling (Swimming)
What acronym do we use to answer SCR's?
(CER)
Claim
Evidence
Reason
What acronyms do we use to answer ECR's?
GST (General, Specific, Thesis)
CER (Claim, Evidence, Reason)
TSG (Thesis, Specific, General)
Restate the question to answer this correctly.
Explain how Carlos's interactions with Andy help develop the theme.
"Carlos's interactions with Andy helped develop the theme by....."
(1) Some kids look forward to summer vacation. (2) Others can’t wait for spring and the start of baseball season. (3) My favorite time of year comes shortly after the winter holidays. (4) One day I’ll notice a girl sitting at a table in front of the grocery store. (5) As I walk by, she will politely ask, “Would you like to buy some cookies?” (6) At that point I jump for joy. Samantha wants to add a sentence to the end of her first paragraph (sentences 1–6). Which sentence could she add to clearly state the central idea of her paper?
A I jump higher than you can imagine.
B She is talking to me, and I know it’s here!
C Girl Scout cookie season has finally arrived!
D Spring break and winter holidays are nothing compared with this.
C Girl Scout cookie season has finally arrived!
Rewrite the sentence with the correct quotations and punctuation: How high can you jump the coach asked
The coach asked, "How high can you jump?"
How many points would an off prompt (doesn't answer prompt) SCR response receive?
1 point
On the grading rubric how many points is the organization and development of ideas worth?
3
List the 4 types of Hooks
Anecdote (Story)
Quotes (Pop culture & Facts/Statistics)
Definition
Question or Literary Device
(8)In the early days Girl Scouts sold only original sandwich, chocolate mint, and shortbread cookies. (9) There are many interesting flavors available, including lemon, peanut butter, and caramel. Samantha needs to add a transition word or phrase to help her readers move from sentence 8 to sentence 9. Which transition could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 9?
A After all
B Today
C At first
D Then
B Today
(4) Fort Worth was once the last town in Texas that cattle herds entered before they crossed the red river on their way to the market in Kansas. What change should be made in sentence 4?
Capitalize Red River
Use ___________ to properly format your SCR response!
Transition Words (ex. "Firstly, In the text it states, this shows...ect)
If your ECR is over a paired passage, be sure to include ___________?
Evidence from both texts
Is this an SCR or ECR?
Many things can contribute to a person’s success. One of these things is the amount of nurturing a person receives in childhood. A person who was nurtured as a child is more likely to perform better in school than a person was not.
ECR (Introduction)
What sentence does not belong in this paragraph and why?
(20) She learned that they were more like humans than people used to think. (22) She wrote reports about all the things she saw.(23) Her reports taught the rest of the world how chimps behave. (24) Over the years, she wrote many letters home.
(24) Over the years, she wrote many letters home.
This is unnecessary to the topic of the paragraph.
Correct the sentence below.
(4) When she was in third grade, Leslie enjoyed soccer, but now, she was more interested in basketball.
When she was in third grade, Leslie enjoyed soccer, but now, she is more interested in basketball.
(was/ is)