Test-Taking Strategies
Before reading the passages, always do this first.
Read the questions.
An I-Chart will help you with this question.
The last question/The writing prompt
The writing prompt can be found here.
The last question.
These are the colors of the painted essay.
Red
Yellow
Blue
Green
Do not leave the write box on the last question blank. At bare mininum do this.
Type the introduction, the first main idea, the next main idea, and the conclusion.
You will need to make this before you read the passages.
An I-Chart
Make an I-Chart _________ you begin reading the passage.
BEFORE
The writing prompt will help you write the beginning and ending of your response also called the ____________ and ____________.
Introduction and conclusion
Red is to help you remember the _________.
Introduction
You'll need about _____ to _____ minutes to type your response.
15 to 20
As you're reading the passages, you can also do this.
Answer questions and take notes.
Use these letters to help you label your I-Chart.
R- Red
Y-Yellow
B-Blue
G-Green
Complete an I-Chart for this writing prompt (without details):
Write a multi-paragraph response that explains how animals travel from place to place and why scientists study their paths.
R This passage was about animals traveling from place to place and scientists studying their paths.
Y First, animals travel from place to place.
B Next, scientists study their paths.
G In conclusion, animals travel from place to place, and scientists study their paths.
Yellow and blue help you to remember the ___________ and ____________.
Main ideas and details
Use your I-Chart to _____________ your writing response.
TYPE
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Next
This is the order that you type from your I-Chart.
R
Y and details
B and details
G
Complete an I-chart for this prompt (without details):
Write a multi-paragraph response that explains why earthworms are important. Include information about how they help the Earth in your response.
R Earthworms are important and they help the Earth.
Y First, earthworms are important.
B Next, earthworms help the Earth.
G In conclusion, earthworms are important and help Earth.
Green helps you to remember the ___________.
Conclusion
Complete an I-Chart for this writing prompt (without details):
In your own words, write a multi-paragraph response that explains how the work of honeybees is important. Be sure to include information about how the bees help people and each other while they work.
R The work of honeybees is important and they help people and each other while they work.
Y First, the work of honeybees is important.
B Next, honeybees help people and each other while they work.
G In conclusion, honeybees are important and they help people and each other.
Paraphrasing means this.
Put someone else's words into your own.
After reading the writing prompt you are now able to complete these parts of your I-chart.
Introduction, Main Ideas, and Conclusion
Taking notes and not writing complete sentences will help you to not _______________.
PLAGIARIZE
These are the FOUR transition words/phrases to use in your painted essay.
First
Next
This is how/why
In conclusion
Look at the typed writing responses. Find at least one problem with each of the responses.
Several possible answers