WorksheetsPaired Passages strategies review
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
What's the strategy I taught you for compare/contrast questions?
BME
PIE
T-chart
Author's purpose
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
How can you tell if a passage is fiction?
it has text and graphic features
it has headings
the title
it has a plot diagram
What's the NUMBER 1 strategy that will absolutely help you pass the STAAR?
PIE
annotated notes
highlighting topic sentences
finding evidence for my questions
What's the first thing you do when you come to a passage?
highlight topic sentences
highlight your title
write PIE
process of elimination
What's the next thing you do after highlighting your title?
highlighting topic sentences
look at the questions
write PIE
process of elimination
