Explain Describe Test Practice

Which is the best tip when highlighting information from a paragraph with the purpose of describing and explaining

• highlight the entire sentence you want to use as evidence or a quote

• highlight words and phrases only so you can turn them into your own words

• Highlight one word for every 20 words

Mr. Rod's brick words should match your highlight exactly

• True

• False

To find your "voice" when writing, using Google to look up synonyms is a helpful trick

• True

• False

When finding your "voice" in writing, which strategy can help? (2 answers)

• Copying exactly what the reading says

• Focus on the words from the reading that you like the most; these are the words your voice would use

• Focus on "outside of the text" words you already know how to use

• Asking a friend what they said and using their words instead

The mortar sentence starters should be used exactly as they are written

• True

• False

You should change the mortar sentence stems to ... (2 answers)

• find YOUR writing voice

• fit the sentence to what you want to say rather than what Mr. Rod would say

• Don't change the sentence stems

The answer to your Explain and Describe question can include facts from outside of the reading / text (ex. facts you already know)

• True - the more the better

• False - you are also being tested on your reading, which only comes from the text

"Flow" in writing means ...

• how organized and connected your sentences are to each other

• how well you spelled difficult words

• if you used evidence from the text or not

What's a good strategy to use if you get stuck on a brick word or underlined word in the text? (2 answers)

• Give up

• Use the words around it to guess at it's meaning

• Use Google Definition search for Kids to get the easiest definition

• Phone a friend

A good strategy to writing is to mix around the Mortar Starters: take part of one and combine it with another to find your voice and style

• True

• False