Team Journey Olympics QUIZ

What does "R" stand for in RATCER?

• Really consider the evidence

• Rethink your answer

• Restate the question

• Revise your writing

What does the "C" stand for in RATCER?

• Change your thinking

• Cite evidence from the text

• Create a response

• Convince the reader

The part of RATCER where you find evidence from the text, copy it word for word, and put quotation marks around it.

• Answer

• Cite

• Explain

• Restate

The part of RATCER where you add your own thoughts to support answer.

• Restate

• Answer

• Cite

• Explain

He slept like a log.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

It's raining cats and dogs.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

I will use the ? symbol when:

• text is confusing

• I am editing and the author forgot to put a ? in the correct spot

• to identify a character's question in a passage

I will use the ! symbol when annotating for.....

• I am referring to an illustration

• I am connecting my life experiences to the text or another piece of text.

• When I need to connect one piece of text to another only.

Critical Reading

Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question.

Which word best describes Lob in “Lob’s Girl”?

• A. brave

• B. old

• C. happy

• D. loyal

Which of the following terms describes what is happening when a character faces a problem outside of his or her, own head?

• internal conflict

• outside conflict

• setting

• plot