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WorksheetsWeek 8 Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is metacognition?
Which of the following strategies demonstrates metacognition?
Avoiding difficult tasks and focusing on easy ones.
Repeating the same study method for all subjects.
Highlighting every sentence in a textbook.
Keeping a study journal to reflect on your learning progress.
Why is metacognition important for learning?
It helps you remember facts better.
It enhances problem-solving skills.
It allows you to monitor and adjust your learning strategies.
It improves your physical coordination.
Sarah looked on as her father guided the mules across the river. He looked tense, but the mules calmly pulled the wagon through the neck-high water. Afterward, Sarah asked, "Why were you so tense, Father? The team did so well."
Sarah will be asked to lead the team at the next river crossing.
The oxen will panic at the next river crossing.
Sarah's father will be less tense at the next crossing.
Towns were vital to pioneers as they journeyed West because they needed to purchase supplies. A trip into town could also be entertaining, so some pioneers wanted to extend their stay. Others, however, wanted to get back on the road West as quickly as possible. These conflicting desires caused arguments among the many travelers.
What prediction can you make about future trips of these pioneers.
To avoid arguments, pioneers will not stop at towns.
Towns will stop providing supplies for pioneers.
To avoid disagreements, pioneers will buy more supplies in order to make fewer stops in towns.
We can infer that…
How can readers determine the author's perspective?
Look at the LANGUAGE the author uses. Is there any extreme language or are there extreme thoughts?
Look for bias: Does the author take a side?
Use process of elimination
Look at the author’s purpose. WHY did the author write the text?
Select TWO ways to determine the author's purpose.
Ask yourself: What is the author’s point of view? How do they FEEL about what they wrote?
Ask yourself: What is the genre; what kind of text is this?
Write Mrs. Patterson a poem about her great beauty.
Who is the intended audience? Who is the author writing for?
What is tone?
The reason for writing a text.
Writer's opinions about the topic.
A writer's attitude toward a subject/topic they're writing about.
How the author views the topic.
Bias is:
Parts of a text that draw your attention to certain information.
The author's argument in their writing.
The author's point of view about the topic.
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
_________________ can help determine the author's perspective.
Tone
Text features
Word choice
All of the above
They are visual and graphic displays that organize ideas.
graphic organizers
organizers
folders
What is the purpose of graphic organizer? Check all the answers
improve learning outcomes
review information
arrange information
mess information
It starts with a central idea and branches out into related ideas and details (or sub-ideas).
T-Chart
Sequence Chart
Venn Diagram
Concept Map
Main Idea Web
Venn Diagram
T-Chart
Main Idea Web
T-Chart
I tell a lie and I am caught. A natural consequence is...
I become president
people don't trust me
I get an ice cream cone
I was speeding down the highway. A consequence could be
receiving flowers from the officer
I get tickled by a clown
getting a speeding ticket
Paul's mother calls the fire department about the smoke. A consequence would be
Paul begins to see that his new community has problems
His brother makes the football team
Paul gets to clean the house
Evidence that is not subject to bias and is quantifiable and able to be independently confirmed and verified by using analytical or other tools is the definition of
Physical Evidence
Subjective Evidence
Objective Evidence
Other Evidence
Which definition is true on OBJECTIVE?
Attempt to uncover truths about the natural world by eliminating personal biases, emotions and false beliefs
Information, facts or data supporting (or contradicting) a claim, assumption or hypothesis
Information that we cannot evaluate
Possible to evaluate and examine
