State Test
Why do we take the state test?
To show how well we're learning
What are the three main genres of text?
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
To show/tell
What does it mean to compare two things?
To see/explain what is the same about them
What is a text feature?
Something that better helps you understand a text (image, heading, table of contents, caption, etc.)
How much time do you have for each day of the test?
As long as you need within that day
How do you come up with the topic for a nonfiction text?
Read the title and first few sentences and think "What is it mostly about?"
What is a central idea?
The main idea/overall gist of a text
What does it mean to contrast two things?
To see/explain what is different about them
What is the purpose of a heading?
To help you understand what a section is about?
How should you prep your ELA scrap paper?
Write your name, date and genre
Create four sections with the notes, main idea, multiple choice and short response
How do we create a main idea?
Combining our jots into complete, concise sentences.
What is cause and effect?
When something happens that causes something else to happen
What are context clues?
Words or phrases around a difficult word to help the reader determine the meaning.
Gives us hints and helps us to better understand.
A short description underneath a photo or illustration is called this.
A caption
What do you need to include in your short response to receive all of the points?
RACE (Restate the question with your answer, provide two pieces of evidence, and an explanation.)
A story that includes made up ideas about a real person or place.
Realistic fiction
What does the word "theme" mean?
The lesson/moral of a text.
Name 3 strategies to use when answering multiple choice questions
Read the question carefully, find evidence, put the answer in your own words first, eliminate wrong answer choices.
What is an illustration?
A picture that explains what something is or does
A state test passage describes events in the order they happened using words like "first," "next," and "finally." This text structure is called this.
Chronological or time order
How do you come up with a lesson learned?
Think about the problem and solution and what lesson you can learn and apply to real life.
What does structure mean?
How something is built or organized
How do we find the author's POV?
By thinking about the author's choices and feelings about the topic/why they chose to tell the story
This text feature uses lines and labels to show the parts of something, like the parts of a plant.
A diagram