Getting Ready
Mighty Words
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Extended Response
100
This is included in a healthful breakfast.
What are protein-rich foods?
100
Retell key points, give the main ideas in a few sentences.
What is summarize?
100
Using these will greatly enhance your understanding of a passage.
What are "toolbox" symbols. (Also paraphrasing)
100
Use this to mark important words in the questions.
What are toolbox symbols (or a highlighter)?
100
You should use these in writing your topic sentence.
What are important words from the question?
200
Students who do this will generally earn higher test scores.
What is get enough sleep?
200
When the answer is not in the passage so you must use clues to figure it out.
What is infer?
200
You should do this before beginning a test.
What is skim through the entire task.
200
You should never use this in a short answer response.
What is slang or text talk?
200
While planning and writing, keep this in mind.
What is time limit?
300
This is when I should get all the materials together that I will need for the test.
What is the night before?
300
To tell how things are alike or similar.
What is compare?
300
These will tell you exactly what you need to do on a test.
What are the directions?
300
The "R" in RAPS stands for this.
What is Restate the topic?
300
This is (AT LEAST) how many details should be included for each part of the question.
What are two?
400
Act as if the directions of a test are one of these.
What is a treasure map?
400
To back something up with reasons, facts, and/or evidence.
What is support/prove?
400
These are examples of embedded text.
What are captions, footnotes, and side-notes?
400
Don't use RAPS in this situation.
What is a plot summary?
400
This is what text details need to be.
What is specific?
500
Taking a "stroll" through a test means I should do this.
What is look through the entire test?
500
Create, come up with, build, and show in words what it means.
What is formulate?
500
When taking a multiple choice test, one of the most important things you can do is this.
What is PROVE your answer?
500
You should do this if you don't have enough space to answer a question.
What is ask your teacher to see if you can use any blank space on the page?
500
This is the most important part of answering an essay question.
What is planning?