Triplets
Scoring
Literary Elements
Tips
Evidence
100
Literary, Expository, Visual are included in this.
What is a TAKS triplet
100
The type questions worth 1 point each.
What is multiple choice?
100
The main lesson learned from the selection.
What is theme?
100
Research shows that students who do this before they start reading the selection, do better on the TAKS.
What is writing the question on the story?
100
This is a paraphrase, direct dialogue from characters, or words from the selection used to support answers to open ended response questions.
What is textual evidence?
200
The type of question that requires you to answer the question and give evidence from the text.
What is an open-ended response question
200
This is what TAKS scorers of the TAKS use to score your short answer questions that lists whether short answers are exemplary, sufficient, partly sufficient, or not sufficient.
What is a scoring guide?
200
Where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
200
Before going on to the next selection, students do not get so confused in answering questions if they follow this strategy for reading and answering questions.
What is reading one selection and then answering the questions before reading the next story?
200
This is textual evidence that is put into your own words.
What is a paraphrase?
300
The third question in the triplet that requires the reader to find a connection between both selections and provide textual evidence.
What is a crossover question?
300
The score range given to open ended response questions
What is 0 -3?
300
Who the characters are and how they act, feel, think, look, and act.
What is Characterization?
300
Students should use this method of answering open ended response questions.
What is the ABC Method?
300
This is textual evidence that is copied word for word from the text to support your answer to open ended response questions.
What is a quote?
400
The picture linked with the two selections that can be an ad, webpage, movie poster, book cover/jacket, etc...
What is a visual representation?
400
Short answers are worth these.
What is 3 multiple choice questions?
400
The main problem or situation the characters face
What is primary conflict?
400
Answer the question completly and exactly is what part of the strategy for answering open ended response questions.
What is the A part of the ABC method?
400
When you do this, this helps the person scoring your open ended responses understand what you are answering and helps keep you focused on the question.
What is using words from the question in your answer?
500
Open ended response questions are given starting in this grade.
What is 9th grade?
500
The number of points needed to pass TAKS is this.
What is 2100?
500
The clues the author gives the reader about things that might happen next in the story
What is foreshadowing?
500
Bringing support to prove your answer is this part of the strategy to answer short answer questions.
What is the B method of the ABC method?
500
You do this in the open ended response questions when you want to prove what you say.
What is using the author's own words?