What should you do before you start reading the passages?
Highlight the important parts of the question.
What should you do if you are not sure what the answer is????
A. Play eenie meenie miny mo
B. Make an educated guess after you've eliminated the wrong ones.
C. Pick C
B
How can you get full credit (2 out of 2) on your short answer questions? In other words, what should you do when you are answering the short answer questions?
1. Restate the question & answer it (making an inference). 2. Provide 2 pieces of evidence (quotes!). 3. Explain your evidence.
So, RACE
True or False: Using the answer eliminator is a waste of time.
FALSE! You SHOULD eliminate as you need to!
Why should you underline or circle key words in the questions?
You need help to KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR!
True or False: You should always reread what you wrote before moving on to the next question. Why or why not?
TRUE! You should always reread what you wrote as your answer to make sure that... 1. You didn't make any careless mistakes in spelling, punctuation or grammar that would make it difficult for someone to understand. 2. You made an inference in your answer and provided TWO pieces of evidence. 3. You actually answered the EXACT question you are being asked to answer
What can you do if you aren't sure of a particular question? Or if you just keep staring at it?
hint: ON YOUR CHROMEBOOKS - What button(s) would you press????
Use the "bookmark" button or the "note" button so you can go back to it.
True or False: You should read all the answer choices, even if the first or second answer sounds correct to you.
TRUE! Almost every question will have 2 answer choices that are somewhat easy to eliminate and then 1 answer choice that is there to trick you!
Two part question:
Short Response Answers are worth how many points?
Extended Response Answers are worth how many points?
2
4
"How does the line (blahblahblah) contribute to the PLOT of the story?"
When you see a question like this you have to know the pieces of a plot diagram. What are they?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Your teachers always tell you to "go back and check your work" when you are done. How should you "check your work" on the COMPUTER BASED state test?
hint: what do you click?
You click the REVIEW button!
How many paragraphs should YOU AT LEAST HAVE on your extended response?
It depends on how many bullets there are. (at least 3)
Introduction
Body Paragraphs
Conclusion