Reading
The first thing you should do when you encounter a word you do not know BEFORE looking the definition up
What is using context clues?
Words that increase the flow of your thoughts and should be used between sentences and paragraphs
The very first step of the annotation process
What is numbering the paragraphs?
Font type in MLA format
What is Times New Roman?
A strategy used to write a constructed response paragraph
What is RACE?
Taking all of the information about a text and condensing it down to the most critical and important parts. Writing a shorter version of the original text in your own words to make sure you understand what you are reading.
What is a summary?
Sentences that introduce the main ideas of each body paragraphs
What are topic sentences?
When you encounter a word you do not know, you should do this annotation strategy
What is circle the word?
Font size in MLA format
What is size 12?
Information after textual evidence in parenthesis that gives details about the source
What is a citation?
Take a smaller piece of the text and rewrite it in your own words in a similar length as the original
What is a paraphrase?
Direct quotes or paraphrases from texts that help support the essay's thesis statement
What is textual evidence?
Sentences or phrases that should be underlined
What is main ideas or claims
Spacing type in MLA format
What is double spaced?
What is a signal phrase
When you read a text and make educated guesses about what you think something means, or what might happen next in the story
What is an inference?
Information that is given in the writer's own voice that discusses how the textual evidence supports the essay's thesis statement
Sentences or phrases that should be bracketed
What is evidence?
Information that should be included in the heading of the paper
What is the writer's name, the teacher's name, the class name, and the date?
Reviewing your writing for the nitty-gritty details, like punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and sentence structure/grammar
What is editing?
What is to inform, to persuade, to entertain etc.
The main idea of the entire essay that the rest of the writing seeks to support
What is a thesis statement?
Connections to the real-world or your life experiences should be...
What is written in the margin?
The proper buttons that must be selected in order to insert a page number in MLA format
What is "insert" and "page number"?
Reviewing your writing to make sure that your thoughts are meaningful and effective, by replacing words, adding more details, deleting unnecessary ideas, and reordering your thoughts
What is revision?