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Reading Passages

Reading Passages. Narrative Text Persuasive Text. Background Info. 45 - 60 minutes 10 multiple choice questions 2 Open-ended prompts. Step 1. Read the title and the italicized or introduction information You will usually find an answer to one of the multiple choice questions here. Step 2.

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Reading Passages

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  1. Reading Passages Narrative Text Persuasive Text

  2. Background Info. • 45 - 60 minutes • 10 multiple choice questions • 2 Open-ended prompts

  3. Step 1 • Read the title and the italicized or introduction information • You will usually find an answer to one of the multiple choice questions here

  4. Step 2 • Read the questions (NOT the answers) • Read all 4 open-ended questions

  5. Step 3 • Read the ENTIRE passage • Don’t be lazy! • Mark (underline, star, etc.) key pieces of information and possible answers to the questions

  6. Step 4 • Read any footnotes, endnotes, charts, and any other visuals included

  7. Multiple Choice

  8. Be Sure To… • Understand ALL parts of the question • Note key words: • Compare, Likely, Infer, Idea, Theme, etc.

  9. Go Back! • Read your notes, stars, underlines, etc. • Go back to the passage as much as you need to

  10. Making the choice • P.O.E—Process of elimination • Make your choice • Answer EVERY question • Leave no question unanswered

  11. Strategies • CONTEXT CLUES: Look at sentences around the information you are asked to look at. Surrounding information is full of clues to help you infer the correct answer. • Sometimes the definition of a word is IN a surrounding sentence.

  12. Know your literary terms • Ex: symbolism, tone, irony, purpose, figurative language, conflict, euphemism, ETC. • Main Idea is usually found in the first paragraph • Topic sentence of each paragraph is usually the first sentence

  13. Open-ended

  14. Set-up • Introduction (usually one sentence) • 2 bullets (each has at least one question) • Reminder to use details from the passage

  15. How To Do It!

  16. Bullets • Each bullet equals one paragraph for the question • Therefore, you should have two paragraphs per question (4 paragraphs per reading passage)

  17. Writing the paragraph • Sentence 1= Restate the question • Sentence 2= Answer the question (can and should be more than one sentence) • Sentence 3= Evidence (quote from the story is best) • Sentence 4= Close it up!

  18. Watch Out! • Wording • Explain, identify, predict, analyze, state, justify, infer • Asks for more than one • Ex: Problem vs. Problems • Paragraph 1 asks specific and Paragraph 2 asks to infer #1

  19. A MUST! • Answer all question, even open-ended—you will not pass if you don’t • Don’t know the answer? give it a try anyway—points all add up • Don’t be lazy—it will come back to hurt you and you will have to work even harder!

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