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CAHSEE Writing Strategies

CAHSEE Writing Strategies. LAW, BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT ACADEMY CAHSEE PREPARATION. Writing Strategies: Revisions. 12 Question Points GRAMMAR RULES (Verbs, Pronouns, Adjectives) = 5+ Questions STRUCTURE RULES (Commas, Colons, Semi-colons, Quotations, etc) = 5+ Questions

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CAHSEE Writing Strategies

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  1. CAHSEE Writing Strategies LAW, BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT ACADEMY CAHSEE PREPARATION

  2. Writing Strategies: Revisions • 12 Question Points • GRAMMAR RULES (Verbs, Pronouns, Adjectives) = 5+ Questions • STRUCTURE RULES (Commas, Colons, Semi-colons, Quotations, etc) = 5+ Questions • DICTION, MODIFIERS, PASSIVE VOICE • (LESS THAN 5 QUESTIONS)

  3. Writing Strategies • ESSAY REVISIONS • MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS • DETAILS • CONNOTATIONS • PASSIVE VOICE, MODIFIERS

  4. Writing Strategies • Closing Sentences • Supporting Evidence (62-63, 81, 98, 152) • Open Sentences • Cutting (145) • Specificity (144, 148 -49, 151) • Pronouns (105-108) • Contractions 117-118 • Combining Sentences • Active Voice (142-143) • Main Idea

  5. WRITING STRATEGIES YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO ON 9 + POINTS Remember: Total Points on the ELA CAHSEE = 90 NUMBER OF POINTS YOU NEED TO PASS = 59

  6. ESSAY REVISION QUESTIONS • Based on Student Rough Drafts • Two types of Questions • SENTENCE REVISION – What’s the best way to say it? • Grammar and Structure Rules – we worked on these and you know them • You don’t need to read the entire passage • READING PASSAGE – What does a specific part of the passage say? • What is the passage saying? • You need to read only the part of the passage the question is asking about

  7. Writing Strategies: Sentence Revision Questions • Question asks you to revise a sentence from the passage • QUESTION: What is the BEST way to state the action in Sentence 2? • TIP: Only read that sentence!!! • These questions deal with revising a part of the passage based on GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE rules

  8. Writing Strategies: Sentence Revision Example What is the BEST way to state the action in sentence 2? • Only the gentle chirps of crickets and the rhythm of the cicadas broke the silence of the night. • Breaking the silence of the night was only the gentle chirps of crickets and the rhythm of the cicadas. • Broken only by the gentle chirps of cricks and the rhythm of the cicadas was the silence of the night. • The silence broken in the night was by only the gentle chirps of crickets and the rhythm of the cicadas.

  9. Writing Strategies: Sentence Revision – Passive VOICE • Uses verbs with “to be” forms (like “is” or “was”) to make it sound like the thing doing the action is having the action done to it • WRONG WAY (PASSIVE): The fool was pitied by me • RIGHT WAY (ACTIVE VOICE): I pity the fool. • TIP: Look for the answers that express actions with “to be” verbs – and eliminate them (sometimes the shortest) • TIP: If three (3) answers are the same, it’s unlikely they are correct.

  10. Writing Strategies: Reading Passage Questions • Question asks you to figure out what a specific part of the passage says. • QUESTION: Which sentence is NOT related to the main idea of paragraph 2? • TIP: Read the passage – get a sense of what it is about • Look at the answers – is any one of the sentences weird or really different? Do any of the choices clearly not go with the main idea of the passage? • If you’re unsure, find 2 answer choices that definitely go together – then look at the other two sentences. Which one of those is more like the first two sentences? • What is the MAIN IDEA? (What is the title? What is the 1st sentence in each paragraph about?)

  11. Writing Strategies: Reading Passage Questions Which sentence is NOT related to the main idea of paragraph 2? • Sentence 9 - Meteor showers usually appear only at certain times of the year. • Sentence 10 – They flew by so rapidly that she almost doubted she had seen them at all. • Sentence 11 – These so-called shooting stars lit up the darkness with their shower of light and then quickly disappeared, but for Mika, they made the moment memorable. • Sentence 12 – Mika would hold the memory of these unique showers in her mind for many years.

  12. Writing Strategies: CONNOTATIONSENTENCE REVISION QUESTION (Pg. 144, 148) • Question asks you to figure out the meaning of the underlined words and choose the best answer. • QUESTION: What revision would IMPROVE the underlined part of the sentence? • TIP: Only read that sentence– but use the part of the passage surrounding the underlined words to help you answer the question! • TIP: Choose a word that better expresses a certain meaning based on the meanings of the words in the passage = CONNOTATION

  13. Writing Strategies: Connotation • The question asks you to pick a word that better expresses a certain meaning, based on the meanings of words in the passage • Reading the part of the passage that surrounds the underlined words can help you to answer the question.

  14. Writing Strategies: Connotaiton • Read the sentence from the passage. While Mika looked at one, more would appear in a different area of the sky,m and her head moved double-time as she tried to make sure she didn’t miss one. QUESTION: Which of the following revisions would improve the underlined part of the sentence? • Repeatedly • Rapidly • Continuously • forcefully

  15. CONNOTATION - #2 (Pg. 148-151) • To MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBE… the underlined word labeled (2) should be changed to… (The underlined word is inaccurate in some way … eliminate the answer choices that don’t work!) • Question asks you to pick a word that better expresses a certain meaning based on the meanings in the passage • TIP: Reading the part of the passage surrounding the underlined words is important

  16. WORDINESS/REDUNDANCYSENTENCE REVISION QUESTION (Pg. 143) • Question asks you to revise an underlined part of a sentence from the passage based on rules of grammar or structure (What is the MOST EFFECTIVE way to write the underlined part of the Sentence ( they underline?) • TIP: Only read that sentence!!! • WORDINESS: Uses more words than necessary to say something (“really, really good”) • REDUNDANCY: Is a wordiness problem in which unnecessary words say the exact same thing as other words in the sentence (“They disappeared and they went away”

  17. PARALLELISMSENTENCE REVISION QUESTION (Pg. 147) • Question asks you to revise an underlined part of a sentence from the passage based on rules of grammar or structure (Which phrse would BEST REPLACE THE UNDERLINED PHRASE? • PARALLELISM = Rule says that words in a sentence that go together must be in the same form. • TIP: Read the sentence – use the surrounding words to help you answer the question! (Look for verbs in the wrong tense – and listen to the answer as you “read” it!)

  18. DETAILSSENTENCE REVISION QUESTION (Pg. 152) • Question asks ABOUT: “ideas,” “details,” AND “evidence” contained -- (Which of the following ideas is supported by details or evidence in the essay?) • Finding specific information in the passage is important to answer the question TIP: The passages are short, so ask “What does it say?” Then look at the answers: 1 will be true statement, 3 will be false statements – Look in the passage and ask, Where does the passage talk about A? B? C? D?

  19. WRITING STRATEGIESESSAY REVISION QUESTIONS • 12 QUESTIONS • 3 QUESTIONS - MAIN IDEA • 3 QUESTIONS – DETAILS • 3 QUESTIONS – CONNOTATION • You know what to do on 9+ Points for Essay Revision Questions • Possible problems: Passive Voice, Modifiers may only show up on 3 questions

  20. READING PASSAGE QUESTIONMAIN IDEA (P. 145) • Question asks you about the MAIN IDEA of a part of the passage (Which sentence is NOT RELATED to the MAIN IDEA of Paragraph 2?) • You can’t answer the question without reading THAT PART of the passage • TIP: Read the Paragraph and keep an eye out for any sentences that seem weird or unrelated • If you’re unsure, try to find 2 answer choices that definitely seem to go together, then look at the other two choices. Which one of those is more like the first two you picked?

  21. To Pass You Need 66% Out of every three questions you only need to get two right

  22. Tactics • Each multiple choice question has 4 choices. • Eliminate 2 = a 50% chance of getting it right • [1 out of 3 right] + [ a 50/50 guess at the other 2] = [ 2 out of 3] = PASS

  23. Remember • Take your TIME… Ask for The Extra Time! (Even if you think you don’t need it!) • Stay Calm … Stay Focused! • Answer Every Multiple Choice Question – • If you’re not sure about the Question/Answers first decide what the question is asking you about

  24. STRATEGY TO PASS Multiple Choice Questions: Eliminate the Wrong Answers & Make an Educated Guess! • Answer EVERY Question • Eliminate at least 2 wrong answers - You do not lose points for guessing • TRUST YOUR EARS! If it doesn’t sound right – it probably isn’t! Eliminate it!

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