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Open Ended

What skills do you think are most important when reading drama or fiction, and why?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to use strategies like annotating, eliminating wrong answers, and proving your answer with text evidence when preparing for a reading assessment?

• Because it helps you guess the answers quickly

• Because it helps you understand and support your answers with evidence

• Because it makes the test shorter

• Because it is required by the teacher

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the difference between dialogue and stage directions in a drama?

• Dialogue is what characters say; stage directions describe actions and expressions.

• Dialogue is written in italics; stage directions are always spoken aloud.

• Dialogue is only used in novels; stage directions are only in poetry.

• Dialogue is for the audience; stage directions are for the director.

Open Ended

How can stage directions and dialogue together help you infer a character’s motivations in a play?

Multiple Choice

What does the stage direction add to the line’s meaning in the example: KING: “Our laws are fair.” (raising his voice, turning to the crowd)?

• He’s unsure.

• He’s announcing proudly to everyone.

• He’s whispering.

• He’s angry at the judge.

Multiple Choice

Which part of a plot is most likely to show the turning point of the story?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Falling action

• Resolution

Open Ended

Together, what part(s) of plot do Scene A (a family worries they’ll lose a store) and Scene F (years later, they admire the store still standing) represent? Briefly explain.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Literal statement

Multiple Choice

What does this personification suggest?

• Lights are tired.

• Evening begins and lights turn on.

• Lights are loud.

• It is storming.

Multiple Select

Which strategies can help you determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word using context?

• Look for definition or restatement.

• Look for contrast words like 'however'.

• Replace choices and keep what fits meaning and tone.

• Ignore the surrounding text.

Open Ended

Explain how you would use context clues and prefixes to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Best meaning of burden?

• joy

• tool

• weight/responsibility

• invitation

Fill in the Blanks

What are two key steps you should take to prove your answer with evidence from the text?

Fill in the Blanks

Fix the capitalization: 'It’s time for west city library’s contest.'

Open Ended

Explain how stage directions can change the meaning of dialogue in a drama. Provide an example if possible.

Open Ended

What sparks the rising action in the lighthouse rescue scene, and which sentence is the resolution?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a recommended step in the multiple-choice strategy described?

• Read the stem first to know your task

• Skim for evidence and underline key words

• Choose the first answer that seems correct

• Eliminate two options that don’t match the text

Multiple Select

Select all the sentence stems that can be used to provide evidence from a text.

• The phrase ‘_____’ shows…

• This supports the theme that…

• The stage direction ‘(_____)’ reveals…

• The prefix (re-/un-) helps me know _____ means _____.

Fill in the Blanks

The word 'enormous' means

Open Ended

How do the final lines of a text show resolution? Cite specific words or phrases that prove your answer.

Fill in the Blanks

The prefix 'un-' in the word 'unknown' means

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the role of stage directions in understanding a drama scene?

• They provide information about characters' emotions and actions.

• They explain the meaning of vocabulary words.

• They summarize the plot of the entire play.

• They define the prefix meanings in words.

Multiple Choice

What are two important things to check before turning in your work, according to the self-check list?

• Underline the evidence and keep verb tense consistent.

• Summarize the plot and use prefixes correctly.

• Write a dialogue and capitalize every word.

• Draw a scene and use only present tense.

Open Ended

Explain how a stage direction can change the meaning of a line in a play.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the strategies recommended for answering questions with text evidence?

• Annotate

• Eliminate

• Guess randomly

• Prove your answer with text evidence

Open Ended

What strategies did you find most helpful when practicing with new examples today?