YES! (The Terra Nova does not take off points for answering incorrectly; they just don't add any.)
100
Purposeful reading or reading for understanding means that you know what two important things?
Why you are reading and what you are reading
100
What is the most important thing to do with the directions?
Read them!!
100
Francis Scott Key worked as a prominent lawyer served as Attorney General and spoke as an opponent to slavery.
Is this correct?
If not, state what punctuation needs to be placed where.
comma after lawyer
comma after General
100
What is good to use when looking for the plot of a story?
Frey-Tag's Pyramid
200
What should I do if I am stuck on a question?
Skip it. (Return to the question once you have answered all you know. Just be careful with the answer sheet.)
200
Should you skim and/or read the questions BEFORE reading the passage?
YES!
200
How much or many of the directions should I read?
ALL of them.
200
June 17 2013
June 17, 2013
200
Should you reread a passage until you come to the answer for each question you need to answer?
NO
300
How can you avoid skipping a line on the answer sheet?
Ask for a sheet of scrap paper and use the straight edge to keep your place on the answer sheet.
300
If you find an answer to a question while you are reading should you stop reading and mark the answer?
It is not the best practice. Instead make a very light mark near the answer and then erase it after you use it. Sometimes an answer may have several parts and you need to read further to gain all the information.
300
If you think you know the right answer should you still read all of the answer choices?
Yes! Remember, there is usually a good answer and then there may be a better one.
300
Joseph was a wise leader he saved Egypt as well as other countries from starvation
semicolon after leader (A semicolon is used with two independent clauses.)
period at the end
300
Answers about WHEN and WHERE a story takes place are often found where in the story?
At the beginning
400
Choose, describe, explain, compare, identify, similar, except, not, and but are what type of words in directions and questions?
Key words / important
400
Is it okay to look back at the passage to answer questions?
YES! Yes! yes!
400
What should you do if you finish early?
Look over your answer sheet to be sure no question has two answers. Also check to see that the bubbles are completely filled in and there aren't any stray marks.
400
Hiram Revels cared for the former slaves's physical and spiritual needs.
What is wrong in this sentence?
slaves's should be slaves' (when a word ends in the letter s, and only an apostrophe. NOT an apostrophe s.
400
Answers about HOW the problem was resolved are frequently found where in the story?
at the end
500
When is the only time you should change an answer? Why shouldn't you change them?
When you are positive you put the wrong answer. Your first answer is usually correct.
500
Do you sometimes need to draw upon knowledge you already have in order to answer a question?
Yes! Often and author will assume the reader has prior knowledge and will draw on that plus additional information.
500
What type of attitude should you have about taking the Terra Novas?
positive - be serious about them -- be confident about yourself --- be strategic
500
Some pastors won't stop preaching; they continue in ministry until they die.
What punctuation is wrong in this sentence?
Nothing is wrong; everything is correct.
500
Answers about a problem in the story are usually found where in the story?