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Passage/Annotations
Question Strategies
Paired Passages/ Cross Text Connections
Words in Context and Graphs/Charts/Data Tables
100

Where will main ideas of each passage be found?

The first and/or last sentence of the paragraph (new test).

100

What's the first step in answering Main Idea questions?

Read and annotate the passage for key phrases/words

100

What is the point of these kinds of questions?

To compare two passages for similarities and differences and/or relationships
100

Besides using the anticipation strategy (letting your brain fill in the blank) what else should you do with words in context questions? (3 possible answers)

Substitute the answer options into the blank, get a feeling for the word, or use process of elimination

200

What passages should you annotate about the characters and their relationships? (Largely found in paragraphs 1 and 2)

Fiction passages

200

Where do you look to answer Vocabulary in Context questions in a passage?

The line in question, the one before, and the one after

200

After reading passage 1 you should

note the main idea, tone, and point of view of that passage

200

What is one way to try to get a feeling for the word in a words in context question?

Use word parts: prefixes, suffixes, or roots.

300

What passages should you annotate for the thesis statement and main ideas? (First paragraph, last paragraph, and topic sentences in between)

Nonfiction passages (Social Science, Science)

300
What's one strategy to answer Evidence Linked Questions?
Go for the second question, read line numbers, and answer based off of that OR answer the first question and find the evidence to answer the second.
300

After reading passage 2 you should note the same things as you did for the first passage PLUS

identify what the relationship is to passage 1

300

When you see a graph/chart/data table the first thing you should do is

Mark the questions that can be answered using the chart/graph/table ONLY. Do these first. (old test)

Best answer: Annotate the title and keys and take a visual assessment of the graph.

400

What kind of question will include a bulleted list of notes? (NEW TEST)

Rhetorical Synthesis

400

In most of the readings, a BIG 3 AND Fab 5 strategy is...

(Besides timing yourself and identifying what kind of reading it is)

Cover the answer options when reading the question so your brain can do the work

400

After reading the questions it is important that you do what before answering the questions (After you read the passage)?

Read the question and allow your brain to project an answer and then match that with the answer options
400

When annotating a graph/chart/table pay special attention to

the  title, axis labels, keys, and tricky vocabulary

500

What is the topic of the Paired Passage/Cross Text conenction typically?

Historical, Social Science or Science

500

You should eliminate answers when...

You're unsure of answering the passage or focusing your mind or the answer is clearly wrong

500
Approximately how many relationship questions are there typically?

4-5

500
Give 2 examples of words that are considered particularly tricky, likely to be found in the graph/chart/table section of the reading.

Options:

roughly, approximately, about, slightly, substantially, a great deal, completely, absolutely, exactly, as low as, at least