Test Taking Strategies

What is the main idea of the section called "Cuban Missile Crises"?

• Choose the answer that looks most like the central idea for the entire passage.

• Choose the answer that includes a key individual, event, or idea from the text.

• Reread the section within the text and write my own main idea sentence for that section.

• Choose the answer choice with the most opinions.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is the meaning of the word "advanced" as used in paragraph 16?

• Return to paragraph 16 and substitute the answer choices for the word "advanced".

• Select the answer that means "incredibly intelligent", based on my prior knowledge of the word.

• Select the answer that means "to go forward", based on my prior knowledge of the word.

• Return to my notes and make an educated guess based off my boxes and bullets.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What piece of evidence best supports the idea that the holocaust was caused by Hitler's radical abuse of power and the widespread acceptance of antisemitism?

• Select the answer choice that mentions the holocaust, Hitler, OR antisemitism.

• Refer to my boxes and bullets and select an answer that matches one of my bullet points.

• Reread the article and find the evidence myself.

• Eliminate answer choices that don't mention the holocaust,  Hitler AND antisemitism.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

How does the author develop the idea that Doss was not a typical soldier?

• Refer to my boxes and bullets and look at my notes about key individuals.

• Refer to my boxes and bullets and look at my notes about key ideas.

• Identify techniques the author uses to support the idea within the passage.

• Select an answer choice that demonstrates a strong opinion.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What three sentences should be included in an accurate summary of the text?

• Use my notes to write my own summary, and compare my summary to the answer choices.

• Eliminate answer choices that are untrue or show opinion.

• Make sure that there is a sentence from the beginning, middle, and end of the passage,

• All of the above.

• None of the above,

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How does the description of the setting in the exposition impact the tone of the story?

• Read the end of the story and identify a mood.

• Read the beginning of the story and identify the author's feeling.

• Look at my Lit Notes to see what I wrote about the setting.

• Eliminate answer choices that I don't understand.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a theme of the story?

• Determine how the characters change as they resolve the conflict, and identify a lesson they learned.

• Identify a topic in the first paragraph and create a theme statement just using that topic word.

• Write down the main events of the story to identify the central idea.

• Select the answer choice that best represents my own opinion about the characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

What piece of evidence refines the theme that blindly following tradition can be dangerous?

• Eliminate answer choices from the end of the text.

• Select an answer choice that refers to the main character.

• Select and an answer choice that contains a piece of dialogue.

• Eliminate answer choices that are not from the end of the text.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which detail from the text best represents how Lou feels about baseball after his dad returns from war?

• Eliminate answer choices that do not talk about the dad.

• Go back to the paragraph that talks about baseball in the exposition.

• Eliminate answer choices that don't focus on Lou's feelings.

• Select an answer choice from the resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How does Lou's conversation with his mom impact the plot?

• Reread the part of the story that comes directly before the conversation.

• Identify character traits that are shown from that conversation.

• Reread the part of the story directly after the conversation.

• Reread the conversation and identify an event that happens directly afterward.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1