Multiple Choice
What is the first thing you should do when you get a passage?
PITS
How many details do I need for a short response question?
TWO from the text!
What do I read for if I know it is a story?
characters, setting, problem/solution, conflict, lesson/theme
When I finish the multiple choice questions, what should I do?
CHECK your work!! Make sure that you answered each question! Check any questions you put a star on.
What do I do when chunking?
I stop and think about what that part was about. I also annotate while reading
What is RACCE?
Review the chart.
What do I read for if I know it is a nonfiction article?
stop and think at each chunk what am I learning? what is this mostly about?
What if I don't know an answer, should I just skip it? What should I do?
NO, choose an answer! On the computer, put a star on any difficult questions and go back to them at the end.
What should you annotate when reading a story? What should you annotate when reading nonfiction?
Mark up the text about important parts (give examples)
On the essay, what do you need to make sure to do?
Answer EACH bullet point in a separate paragraph using RACCE
When I stop at the chunks in poetry, what am I thinking about?
what am I picturing/visualizing, what is the poem about?
What do you need to make sure to when taking the test on the computer?
DO NOT RUSH!
Make sure to answer each question.
When typing, make sure to capitalize and put periods!
If the question is about a part of the text, what should I do? What about if it is about the whole text?
GO BACK!! We should see you flipping the pages of your test to go back and re-read parts!
What should I check for in my writing?
Punctuation, capitals, spelling, etc.
Tell what every day of the test is going to look like.
Day 1: 4 passages, 26 multiple choice questions and 2 short responses.
Day 2: 3 passages with 7 multiple choice questions, 3 short responses and 1 essay
Should I be handing in a perfectly blank test?
NO! There should be marks for chunking, annotating, eliminating, circling the answer you chose, etc.
Talk me through step by step how you answer a multiple choice question.
Review the chart.