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Tier 2 Vocabulary
Affixes
Parts of a Story
Writing
Test-taking strategy
100
Define "contribute"
Add to
100
Define the prefix "un-" (e.g., unacceptable)
Not
100
What do you call the person who tells the story?
The narrator
100

What is an acrynyn strategy you can use when answering a written response question? 

RADD or RACE

100

How many days is the ELA State Test this year? What days are they?

Two days (next Tuesday and Wednesday)

200

Define "text structure"

the way a story is arranged when it is written.

200
Define the prefix "re-" (i.e., "redo")
Again
200
What do you call everything that happens in a story?
The plot
200
How many pieces of evidence do you need in a 2-point response?
TWO
200
True or false: You can read a book independently once you are done with the test, even if other students are still working on their test
True
300
Define "compare"
Find what is similar between two texts
300
Define the prefix "sub" (e.g., substantial)
Under
300
What do you call the most intense part of a story or the turning point?
The climax
300

What do you need to explain about the evidence you selected in your written response? 

Explain how your evidence relates to your claim

300
What do you need to always circle on the test?
ALL unknown words
400
Define "persuade"
to convince someone to see things the way you see them, to change someone's mind about something
400
Define the suffix "-ing" (e.g., jumping)
doing the verb
400
What do you call the smaller conflicts a main character faces from the beginning of a story to the middle (i.e., this is "The Road of Trials" in the hero's journey)?
The rising action
400

What does the A stand for in the RADD or RACE strategy?

Answer

400
If a questions asks you to look at specific lines in a passage, how should you annotate those lines?
Underline them (also acceptable: gist them, however, this strategy is best used when you are asked to look at a whole paragraph)
500

Define "summarize"

Retell the main events of the story (in the order they happened) using your own words. 

500
Define the Latin root "bene-"
Good
500
What do you call the end of a story where everything is back to normal (i.e., "Return to the Ordinary World" in the hero's journey)?
The resolution
500
Where (which paragraph and where in that paragraph) do you need to put your claim in the 4-point response?
Last sentence of your introduction paragraph
500

True or false: Research shows that the longer students take on the ELA State Test, the better their score is

False. In fact, the longer students take to take the test the worse they perform. It is best to work steadily through the test.