Paired Passage Strategies

What is a paired passage?

• Two fiction passages

• Two passages that have questions on each passage and questions that compare and contrast both passages.

• Two stories that don't have a connection but you compare and contrast them both.

When testing on a paired passage, how do you read it?

• read both passages then the questions

• read one, answer one, read two, answer two, and then both

• go to the questions first

• there's no strategy on how to read a paired passage

How can you tell if a passage is non-fiction by just looking at it?

• the title

• text and graphic features

• it has plot

• it has underlined words

What's the strategy to use on scratch paper for compare/contrast questions?

• BME

• PIE

• Box T-chart or Venn Diagram

• Author's purpose

What's the NUMBER 1 strategy that will absolutely help you successfully answer paired passage questions?

• PIE

• annotated notes

• highlighting topic sentences

• finding text evidence for my answers

What does READ stand for when answering paired passages?

• Review, Explain, Answer, Decide

• Read, Explain, Answer, Determine

• Read, Explain, Analyze, Determine

• Review, Explain, Analyze, Decide

When I look at the paired passage, I am looking for the similarities and differences of the two passages.

• True

• False

Paired passages can be 2 texts that are...

• Two fiction

• Two nonfiction

• Nonfiction/poem

• All of the above

True or False?

The first step when reading paired passage is to read both passages and answer the questions.

• True

• False

What questions should you ask yourself when you're reading a paired passage?

• How are the passages connected?

• How are the passages different?

• What information is presented in both passages?

• All of the above