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How should I bubble my answers?
What is dark, neat circles
100
What should I do if I don't know the answer to a question?
What is skip to the next question and come back?
100
What do I need to come in with the day of the test?
What is A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
100
What kind of questions talk about how the character changes or feels?
What is CHARACTER TRAITS
100
What should I do the night before the TAKS test?
What is get a good night's sleep at least 7-8 hours
200
What should I do when I am done bubbling my answers and finished with the tset?
What is go back and check all your questions?
200
How can I tell which story is a paired passage?
If the story has : "Read the next two selections" If there are two stories back to back, no questions in between If at the top of the questions it tells what story to use to answer the questions
200
What kind of question says "mostly about"?
What is main idea?
200
What two things do I need to use to help me with inference questions?
What is clues from the story and knowledge from my head BK + TC = I
200
What kind of question starts like this: From the article, the reader can conclude... The reader can tell... From the information in the selection the reader can determine...
What is Inference question
300
Should I still be working after lunch
What is YES!!!
300
What should I do when I finish one story?
What is take a short break?
300
What strategy do I use for main idea questions?
What is who or what ______ : What is important about ________ . . .
300
What kind of question asks me how the story is put together?
What is author's organization
300
What kind of question starts: "what does the word _____ mean?"...
What is word meaning
400
Should I bring my backpack on testing day?
What is NO!!!!
400
What is the best way to narrow down my answer choices?
What is use PROCESS OF ELIMINATION or P.O.E.
400
What are the five kinds of author's purpose?
What is to PERSUADE, INFORM, ENTERTAIN, EXPLAIN, DESCRIBE
400
What is another word for passage?
What is story
400
What kind of question starts with: "what happens right before/after"
What is sequence
500
Will I get breakfast at school
What is YES
500
What do I do if I do not know what a word means?
What is read the SENTENCE BEFORE, the sentence IT IS IN, and the sentence AFTER the word. In other words use CONTEXT CLUES. If that doesn't work read the paragraph before, the one it is in and the paragraph after
500
What is when you see "the author probably wrote this article to?"
What is author's purpose
500
What is the best thing to do if I have read the story and still don't know the answer?
What is RE-READ, RE-READ, RE-READ!!!!
500
What do you do to each question, after you think you have the answer?
What is GO BACK AND PROVE IT