Reading
What are 3 things to look for when reading non-fiction?
Answers Include: Central Idea/Main Idea Supporting Details Facts and Specifics Author's View Text Features Text Structure Author's Claim
What should you do before you begin your extended response?
PLAN!
What is one strategy for multiple choice questions?
Answers Include: Cover up the answers Return to the text Process of Elimination
Define: Convey
To Show
Allowed to: re-read passages, check your answers, take a nap, daydream, meditate, etc.
NOT Allowed to: TALK/make noise, dance, leave the room, text your mom, etc.
You are about to read a passage on the ELA test, and the directions are below. "Read the following account. Then answer the questions that follow." What genre is the passage?
Non-Fiction
Which of the following will NOT help you get a 2 on the short response? a. Using clear handwriting b. Using at least 3 details from the text c. Answering the question correctly d. Using relevant evidence
B. Using at least 3 details from the text
What is an example of a brain break you are allowed to use during the test to refresh your mind?
1.) Breathing Techinques (5 count inhale, 5 count exhale)
2.) Simple stretching
3.) Escape to a happy place
4.) Mentally "Listen" to your favorite pump it up song
What is a poetic paragraph called?
A Stanza
What happens if during the test, the teacher sees you turn around, ask someone for a pencil, get it, and immediately get back to work?
Your test will be taken and you will get a zero.
What are 3 things we look for when reading Fiction?
Answers Include: Theme Character Change Point of View Word Choice Figurative Language Conflict Character Motivation Important Dialogue
Which of the following should ALWAYS be included on an extended response? a. Direct quotes from the text b. A clear claim c. At least 4 body paragraphs d. Literary devices
B. A Clear Claim
Name 1 positive way, and 1 negative way that annotating might affect you on the state test.
Positive: Helps you better understand the passage Negative: Can slow you down
Look at the following sentence: "Determine the meaning of the word." What does "determine" mean?
To Choose or Decide
What does it mean to evaluate an argument?
Identify the claim, check for enough evidence, make sure evidence is relevant
Read the following back-of-the-book-blurb from "Underground." What genre is this book? In 1839, visitors from miles around come to Kentucky to tour Mammoth Cave. But sixteen-year-old Charlotte, the maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, doesn't understand its appeal. As a slave, she is already trapped, and she doesn't see the point in risking being trapped underground as well. Still, she's curious when Stephen Bishop, another slave who is the cave's expert guide and chief explorer, makes some big discoveries underground, and she's interested in Stephen himself. Then Charlotte makes a discovery of her own: runaway slaves sometimes come to the hotel seeking refuge. As she helps them, she wonders if she should run away. Charlotte must decide whether she should stay with Stephen or risk everything for her own chance at freedom. In this compelling novel, two young people explore what sorts of freedom they can find, even as slaves.
Historical Fiction
There is one extended responses on this year's ELA test. How many total points are the extended responses worth?
4
Imagine: You still have one short response question left. You read the passage but have no clue how to answer the short response question. What should you do?
Break up the question + find the test terms. Turn them into simpler, every day language. Then, re-read the passage with the question in mind.
"Steven's decisions are a waterfall crashing down all around him." This is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
What should you do the morning of the ELA state test? a) Eat a bag of airheads b) play a game of basketball in the parking lot c) Eat a healthy breakfast d) Sharpen a million pencils
c) Eat a healthy breakfast
How many multiple choice questions are on this year's ELA test?
35
In order to receive a 3 on extended response for "Mechanics," how many mistakes are you allowed to have?
4-6
Imagine. It's day 2. You have 5 passages, 7 short response questions an 1 extended response left. You skimmed through the passages and they look SO BORING and you're just NOT IN THE MOOD and nervous you're not going to do well anyway, what are three things you can tell yourself to get in the right headspace?
Tell yourself positive motivational messages like: *"it's not I can't, I can!" "I am capable of doing difficult things!" "My Brain is a muscle!" "Make this count!" "Let me try to learn something from this passage!" "I've read difficult texts before, I got this!" "It's not I don't know, it's I'll give it a try!"
"How does the simile in line 7 contribute to the tone of the passage?" Put this question into your own words.
How does the author use a comparison with like or as to tell you their attitude about the topic?
What are the 5 different types of Text Structures?
-Description
-Sequence/Order
-Compare/Contrast
-Cause/Effect
-Problem/Solution