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Physically/Mentally Ready
Multiple Choice
Essays
Poetry
Narratives
100

What should you do the night before a test?


(Two acceptable answers)

Go to bed early + charge your laptop!

100

What should you do first? A) read the passage B) read the multiple choice questions

read the MC questions!

100

How many paragraphs are you expected to write?

3-5, the more the better!

100
What is a paragraph in a poem called?
Stanza
100

How long should a narrative be?

3-5 paragraphs

200
What should you do the morning of the test?
Eat breakfast
200

What's Ms Quirk's favorite color?

Pink :)

200

Before you write, what are expected to do?

 create and use a graphic organizer

200

"The little lambs liked to lick the leaves."

Alliteration

200

Narratives do not ask you to make a ____.

A claim

300
How can you decrease stress levels?
Try meditation or deep breathing, come prepared, try to leave your problems at the door.
300

What are a few strategies for answering MC questions?

Eliminate the garbage answers, go back if the question mentions a particular paragraph

300

How can you make sure you understand the prompt?

Put it in your own words

300

Her eyes were shining like stars.

Simile

300

Some narratives ask you to write the same story taking place through another character's eyes. Others ask you to ______ a story.

What is finish?

400

What should you bring with you to kill time after you're done with the MCAS?

What is my IR book?

400

What is always given at the top of the reading for the multiple choice?

background information

400

What's a writing method you should use IN EVERY BODY PARAGRAPH?

MEAT writing/ Quote sandwiches 

400
"His smile was the bright sun, shinning light on those around him."
Metaphor
400

You have to pay attention to which ______ the prompt is asking you to write from.

What is perspective?

500

What are the advantages of making growth on the MCAS?

feeling good about yourself, showing your potential, maintaining MA's MCAS superiority, preparing for life (trying hard things is an essential skill for success), and THE LIST GOES ON!

500
What should you do if you come to a word in the reading and you do not know its meaning?
Use the context to help figure out what the word means, see if there is a definition of the word below the text
500

Come up to the board and draw the graphic organizer we used for our poster and journal, EXACTLY how it looked. 

Well done!

500

"And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils." -William Wordsworth

Personification

500

Draw the planner we used for the Paranormal prompt EXACTLY as it was in our journals.

Awesome!