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NEW TYPE OF QUESTION: 
The "Constructed Response Item"


Two Column Note Sheet for our lesson introduction
PDF link

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Constructed Response PowerPoint

HONORS
The Novel, Lord of the Flies... Practice Constructed Response

Determine the author's purpose for including this sentence in the novel's end.

 "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."

Use two details from the text as evidence to support your answer.


Check List:__ Reread the passage,
__ Reread the question.
__ Circle the question's key words.
__ Restate the question in your mind.
__ Plan your answer.
__ Introduce your answer.
__ Then, answer the question.
__ Next, add the right number of text details as evidence. 
__ Finally, sum up your answer.

STANDARD
Our Memoir: Night... Practice Constructed Response

Determine the author's purpose for ending his memoir on page 109 with the statement. Elie Weisel makes this statement when looking in the mirror after his concentration camp is liberated.

"The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me."

Cite two details from the text as evidence and support for your answer.

Check List:
__ Reread the passage,
__ Reread the question.
__ Circle the question's key words.
__ Restate the question in your mind.
__ Plan your answer.
__ Introduce your answer.
__ Then, answer the question.
__ Next, add the right number of text details as evidence. 
__ Finally, sum up your answer.


English II EOC Vocabulary you need to know...

Literary Terms... If the English II EOC is based on the English I EOC, it stands to reason that the tersm used there are going to be the same terms used here. Here are the terms and their frequency as used on the English I EOC:
  • simile (by far the most popular)
  • symbolism
  • irony (sometimes listed as ironic, sometimes specific to dramatic, situational, and verbal)
  • mood
  • point of view
  • repetition
  • hyperbole
  • imagery
  • foreshadowing
  • personification
  • paradox
  • conflict
  • analogy (as a word – not as in old SAT)
  • anecdote
  • pun
  • dialect
  • metaphor
  • allusion
  • rhyme scheme
  • archetype
It seems that the EOC is not interested in a student being able to identify a simile (or other term) as much as being able to understand why an author uses it or what effect it has on the reading passage.

What is covered on the EOC Grammar and Editing section (listed in order from most often seen to least):
  • Verb Tense/Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Comma
  • Word Choice (replace this word with that word)
  • Spelling
  • Homophones (your/you're, there/their/they're, its/it's, to/too/two)
  • Clarity
  • Fragment
  • Apostrophe related (plurals or possessive)
  • Semicolons (usually in relation to clause combining)
  • Capitalization
  • Plurals
  • How does the author/What effect/Purpose/Why did the author
  • What should be added to _______
  • Context clues
  • Recognize the run-on
  • Pronoun case or agreement
  • What detail does _______
  • Combine sentences to reduce wordiness
  • Hyphens (spelling related mostly)
  • Parallel structure
  • Colons
These other things listed seem to be hit or miss items. In other words, useful to know to get that 4, but may not be on all tests:
  • Double negatives
  • adjective/adverb (choose which to use)
  • End mark punctuation
  • Quotation Marks
  • Contractions
  • Who/Whom
  • Transition words
  • Audience
  • Abbreviations
What is covered on the Textual Analysis (Reading Comprehension) listed from most seen to least seen:
  • Literary Terms
  • Reading between the lines / Inferring
  • Purpose / Why does the author______
  • Plot level meaning (not plot line – answers straight from text)
  • Theme
  • Context Clues
  • What is the effect of _____
  • Tone
  • relationship between lines or title
  • Compare / Similarities
  • Contrast
  • Predict what will happen next
  • Dialogue (effect of)
  • Audience

"U-N-R-A-A-V-E-L" READING STRATEGY

Thinking Processes: Your steps to analyzing the questions
Remember UNRAAVEL

1. Read the title
2. Predict the passage.
3. Run through and number the paragraphs.
4. Read the questions.
5. Circle the important words in the questions.
6. Read the selection.
7. Eliminate the obviously wrong answers.
    a. Reread the question.
    b. If the answer choices are quotations from the selection, hunt down each one to mark as Y, N, or M.
    c. If after finding the quotations from the selection, you have already forgotten the question, reread the question itself.
    d. Narrow down your choices to two, then one.
8. Let the questions be answered.

English Standardized Test Practice
  • UNRAAVEL: A test taking "focusing" strategy!
  • ACT Test
  • SAT Test 
  • NC Sample Test Items and Selections
  • English Underground Website
  • Test Prep Review - Grammar 1, Grammar II, Grammar III
  • Interactive Test Prep - Reading Comprehension I, Reading Comprehension II
  • Sentence Correction Test Prep
  • Reading Vocabulary Test Prep
  • Word Usage Practice - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3
  • Writing Review - Set 1, Set 2
  • Reading Comprehension 2002 Released Test Interactive- Texas
  • Reading Comprehension 2001 Released Test Interactive - Texas
  • Reading Comprehension 2002 Released Test Interactive - Texas
  • Writing 2002 Released Test Interactive - Texas
  • Writing 2001 Released Test Interactive - Texas
  • Writing 2000 Released Test Interactive - Texas Test
        Test Prep
        Below you will find various EOC worksheets and links to       
        websites. 
        Poetry Test Review 1
        Poetry Test Review 2
        Poetry Test Review 3
        Poetry Test Review 4
        Short Story Terms Review
        The English Store...  a site of many other reviews/tests
        English Grammar Online for You (ego4u.com)

        


 
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