Skills needed

1. Determine the median

2. Write the obvious (order of data and formula used to figure out the problem)

3. What type of graph is used

4. Know the problem

5. Eliminate wrong answers

Data Analysis and Probability (MA.E.1.4.1)

Skills needed

1. Scan title and text

2. Look for key words (result, due to, as a consequence)

3. Think about the details (is there first hand accounts included)

4. Identify causes with multiple effects or chains

5. Why is there extra information (pictures, graphs, charts, etc…)

6. Eliminate wrong answers

Cause and Effect (LA.A.2.2.1)

The PRIDE of Bradford County

Bradford High School

Skills needed

1. Scan title

2. Look for statement about the reason for the selection

3. What do you think how the author feels about his subject

4. Figure out meanings of unfamiliar words

5. What is your emotional reaction, positive or negative

6. Activate prior knowledge

7. Eliminate wrong answers

Skills needed:

1. Read the title

2. Find main idea of first paragraph

3. Look for unfamiliar words and use context to develop meaning

4. Read actively (Who, what, where, when, why and how?)

5. Look for comparison and contrast clues

6. Whether or not

7. Nevertheless

8. Skim questions then reread passage

Skills needed

1. Scan title

2. Focus on Main Ideas and details

3. Look for cause and effect

4. Determine meaning of unfamiliar words

5. What are your reactions to events or statements

6. Eliminate wrong answers

Skills needed

1. Read title to identify the items being compared or contrasted

2. Look for what is being compared or contrasted

3. Look for signal words (like, compared with, both, in contrast, and on the other hand)

4. Look for meanings of unfamiliar words

5. Review the main points, overall are they more similar or different

6. Read questions then reread passage

Skills needed

1. Scan title

2. What do the facts deal with?

3. Whose the audience and what does the author want to do?

4. Focus on the first and last sentence

5. Identify any comparison and/or contrast

6. Scan questions and reread passage

 

Identify author’s purpose and point of view (LA.A.2.4.2)

Comparing and contrasting (LA.A.2.2.7)

Understanding Plot Development (LA.E.2.4.1)

Understanding text and making inferences (LA.A.1.4.2)

Main Idea (LA.A.2.4.1)

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