A Long Way Home - Things to Know

Important Things to Know for the Test

A Long Way Home

​Word Study

• Suffix "-ive" means "tending to"

• To find the definition of the word put the suffix meaning + the root word together

  • Examples: Active = Tending to act

Open Ended

Using your knowledge of the suffix "-ive" what does the word "inclusive" mean?

Open Ended

If the latin verb "cooperari" means "work together", use this and your knowledge of the suffix "-ive" to illlustrate the meaning of cooperative.

Open Ended

Use the word "cooperative" in a sentence.

Concept Vocabulary

Be able to use these words in a sentence:

• Quest

• Thorough

• Relentlessly

• Possessive

Open Ended

Use "quest" in a sentence.

Open Ended

Use "thorough" in a sentence.

Open Ended

Use "relentlessly" in a sentence.

PArt A & B Questions

When you have a question that has a part A and a part B, know that the answers to both questions should match each other. They won't always use the exact same words, but they will have the same central idea.

PArt A & B Questions Example

Part A

In the selection, what is especially difficult about the narrator's search?

A. The search covers a huge area

B. The search is in a foreign country

C. The narrator no longer speaks Hindi

D. The narrator remembers no landmarks

Multiple Choice

In the selection what is especially difficult about the narrator's search?

• The search covers a huge area

• The search is in a foreign country

• The narrator no longer speaks Hindi

• The narrator remembers no landmarks

A. "I came from a place where Muslims and Hindus lived in close proximity and where Hindi was spoken."

B. "It was a staggering amount of territory, covering some 962,300 square kilometers, over a quarter of India's huge landmass."

​Part B Choices

The search covers a large area.

Which quote best shows that his search covered a large area?

Part A Answer

Part A & B Questions Example

Multiple Choice

Which quote supports that the search covered a large area?

• "I came from a place where Muslims and Hindus lived in close proximity and where Hindi was spoken."

• "It was a staggering amount of territory, covering some 962,300 square kilometers, over a quarter of India's huge landmass."

Poll

Do you feel prepared for the test tomorrow?

• Yes!

• Pretty prepared

• Not really

• No.

Open Ended

Is there anything else you want me to go over before the test?