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Short/Extended Response
How to Prepare
Multiple Choice
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What should you use for a topic sentence"?

What is restate the question?

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How much is a short response worth?
What is 2 points
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What are three ways to take care of yourself during test week.
What is get lots of sleep, eat healthy, eat breakfast every day, postpone drama, relax, be confident!
100
How do you know when you have to go back to a certain place in the text?
What is when the multiple choice question tells you to go to a paragraph or line? In paragraph 6 the word crumbles means....
100
Name two strategies for re-focusing yourself when you are tired or losing focus.
What are take a thirty-second break, take deep breaths, sit up straight in your seat, stretch, rub your index finger to your thumb.
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Where should your evidence come from?

What is the text.

200
How much is an extended response worth?
What is 4 points
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What is something you should do at the beginning of every test section, and at the beginning of every passage.
What is PREVIEW and MAKE A PLAN!
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What three things do you do when you have to answer an extended response?
What is plan an outline, write the response and proof read
200

Strategy for when you encounter very difficult words while reading a paragraph.

What is get a basic idea, push past the difficult word and move on to get the paragraph's main idea. Spend only a second or two on the word and then move on.

300

What does multiparagraph mean?

What is more than one paragraph.

300

How do you get a two or a four on a short or extended response

Follow directions for the question and response.

300
If you are short on time what are two things you can do to answer a short response
What is use bullet to answer the question and use a quote - Crow feels hungry in the beginning of the story. - "My goodness, I'm hungry." - This shows Crow wanted to eat some food.
300
What is the purpose of process of elimination in MC
What is to eliminate all wrong answers and trick answers, get to 50-50, make the best answer choice
300

Strategy if the very FIRST passage of a test section is extremely difficult and seems like it might get you down

What is push through it and make your best answer choices.

400

How should you finish your writing?

What is with a closing sentence.

400

What should you do to check a writing  response?

What is proofread your answer.

400
Two strategies if you are short on time for an EXTENDED RESPONSE.
What is What are: cut the introduction, use shorter quotes, use only one quote per paragraph, use bullet points if need be. (Score = 2)
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What to do if you have several multiple choice questions blank with one minute to go?
What is GUESS all of the remaining answers (all C or all B)-- do NOT leave anything blank.
400
What is a strategy for reading a long passage if you are short on time.
What is: 1. Read the title and all subtitles 2. Read the background info and entire first paragraph 3. Read the first and last sentence of all other paragraphs.
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What should you do to back up your text evidence to make sure you get a two on an short response and a four on a extended response?  The answer begins with the letter E

What is E-Explain. You must explain you answers to show the person grading the test you know your work.

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How many sentences at least in a paragraph?

What is four to five.

500

How do you mark up the question?

What is flag it, Ask "What is this question asking me?"  Use process of elimination.

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Why do you write down your 50/50 after you use the process of elimination?
What is to get the correct answer
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What can parents do you help their child get through the test?
What is motivate their child, review how they feel about the test and discuss strategies with them.