NJASK Review PowerPoint

1. NJASK Review PowerPoint Extra Practice at Home as needed 

2. Expository Prompts • Expository = 5 Paragraph Essay • May sometimes use the word “Composition” instead of “essay” on test. • Must have 3 “reasons” to support topic. Each reason creates a new body paragraph.

3. What an Expository Prompt May look like… • There are many things that students can do to become more successful in school. Write a composition about things that students can do to become more successful. Be sure to include examples to support your reasons.

4. First Step: PLAN!!! Create a web with the topic of your Essay in the center Circle.  In your smaller planning circles, you will provide 1 reason for each circle showing how to be a successful student. How to be a successful student

5. 2nd Step- Start Writing! • 5 paragraph format- REMEMBER TO INDENT EACH PARAGRAPH!! • Always Write a Title to your writing! • Paragraph 1: Introduction(Include thesis!) • Paragraph 2: Body Paragraph-1st Reason • Paragraph 3: Body Paragraph- 2nd reason • Paragraph 4: Body Paragraph-3rd reason • Paragraph 5: Conclusion (Restate thesis)!

6. Paragraph 1: Introduction • Must have a thesis as your last sentence of your introduction which introduces your topic and 3 reasons. • Include an “Introduction: technique discussed in class • 1. Anecdote • 2. Quote • 3. Question • 4. Background

7. Sample Intro using an Anecdote Success Starts with You I remember being extremely disappointed after getting my first D on a quiz in middle school. As the tears were rolling down my face, I wondered what I would have to do in order to get A's. I immediately began to think of ways to become more successful in school. These ways include being more prepared, listening to the teacher, and asking questions for extra help.

8. Sample Introduction using a Question Have you ever received an F on a big test? Did you wonder what you had to do in order to get straight A's? Every student should learn how to be successful in school. Of course every student is different, but there are some common factors in achieving academic success. The three most important ways to ensure success are being prepared, listening, and asking questions.

9. Intro Using a Quote "Ugh! I can't believe another F." Do you find yourself saying this many times throughout the school year? If so, I suggest you take my advice on how to be successful in school. Although every student is different, the major keys to success are being prepared, listening, and asking questions in class.

10. What Should Body Paragraphs Have? • Topic Sentence to introduce reason being discussed in that particular body paragraph. • Examples • Anecdotes • Transitions • Concluding Sentence to Wrap up that paragraph

11. Conclusion Paragraph 5 • Restate thesis in a different way than you did in your introductory paragraph • Recap your main points of your essay without sounding repetitive. • End with a “clincher” which may include another anecdote, quote, or personal opinion about the topic to wrap up your essay.

12. Poem Prompt Essay • Sometimes you will be asked to write an essay after reading a poem. • Follow the 5 paragraph format still, but read directions carefully. • It may not be necessary to use the poem in your essay, as it is usually just meant to introduce the essay topic.

13. Speculative Prompt • This prompt has students writing a FICTION story complete with all of the main elements of a story. • Sometimes they may say “Write a NARRATIVE” which means story. Don’t be fooled!! 

14. 1st Step: Read the prompt! • Read the prompt to see what information they give you!! This is important!! Imagine that school has closed due to a snowstorm that has passed through your town and left behind ten inches of snow. Write a story about an adventure that takes place in the snowy weather.

15. 2nd step- PLAN!! Based on the prompt we need to: 1. Write about an adventure 2 Setting is in the winter (snow) Use C-Score to Plan! • C- Characters • S- Setting (snow/winter) • C- Conflict • O- Opening • R- Resolution (How does your character solve the problem:?) • E- Ending (This MUST be a lesson learned or light bulb moment from the character in the end!!)

16. C-Score Sample C- Create your own characters (Amanda and her sister Jena S- Mount Laurel; Snow day in the afternoon C- Amanda wanted to go sledding but Jena is scared. O- You can use: 1. Action/Onomatopoeia, 2-Setting Description. 3. Dialogue. To open your story. R- How Amanda helps Jena to conquer her fear E- Jena learned to conquer her fears and realized sledding was something she enjoyed.

17. Time to Write! • Make sure you stay in the same Point of View- This should be in a 3rd person Narrator’s Voice that uses pronouns such as “they” “she” NOT “I” or “Me” (That’s 1st person!) • Be sure to come up with a creative Title to your story! • Indent each paragraph- typical length is 1 ½ -2 pages. • Include Dialogue to develop your characters!

18. To Get a High Score You Must Include Some of the Following: • Figurative Language: 1. Similes 2. Metaphors 3. Onomatopoeia 4. Hyperbole/Exaggeration 5. Idioms 6. Alliteration 7.Personification 8. Imagery

19. Compositional Risks • -Dialogue • -Show don't tell • -Rhetorical Questions/Inner Thoughts • -Voice • -Vivid Descriptions • --Repetition • -Sensory Details • Feelings/Emotions

20. Answering Short Open Ended Responses with Reading Passages • The title of this story is “Itching to Play.” This title can be interpreted in different ways. • Describe two ways in which this title applies to the narrator. • Have you ever missed an important event because you were sick? How did it affect you?

21. How to answer using RACER Restate question Answer all parts (a paragraph per bullet) Cite direct evidence from the text End with a concluding sentence Relate/connect to the text either by text to self, text to world, or text to another text.

22. Self Assessment for Open Ended Responses • I restated the first bulleted part in paragraph one. • Everything the first bulleted part asked for was answered with information from the text. • I restated the second bulleted item in the second paragraph. (indented) • I have included a connection, or original idea that relates to the text.

23. Possible Reading Strategies Used in Multiple Choice • Labeling a Main Idea and Supporting Details • Questions about Identifying the following: • Setting • Inferring Character Traits • Plot Questions • Plot= what happens in the story • Conflict= problem or struggle in story • Climax= Most intense part of conflict. • Resolution= how the story ends.

24. Other Reading Strategies • To infer or draw conclusions is to “read in between the lines” and make a guess from the evidence in the text. • Theme: a message the writer is trying to reveal to the reader. - Think: What did you learn while reading this story? That’s the theme.

25. Identifying Fact and Opinion • Fact= something that can be proven true • Opinion= the author’s feelings about a subject. • Ex: The Phillies are the best team in MLB. (Opinion) • Ex: Chase Utley is on the Phillies. (Fact, can be proven)

26. Vocabulary • USE CONTEXT CLUES!!! • READ COMPLETE SENTENCE TO DETERMINE MEANING OF NEW WORD. • SEARCH FOR SYNONYMS OR ANTONYMS TO HELP YOU WITH DEFINING NEW WORDS! • **THINK ABOUT SKILLS WE USED IN CLASS WITH VOCABULARY CARDS EACH WEEK!! 

27. Themes and Idioms • Most of the time, THEMES are stated in the form of IDIOMS on testing. This can be confusing to some students! Below is a link that includes a list of popular idioms by grade level. We will review some 4th, 5th and 6th grade idioms that might be possible themes or “lessons learned” in class. Feel free to review some at home too with this link: (It will download a document!! ) • http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huensd.k12.ca.us%2Fcms%2Flib02%2FCA01001114%2FCentricity%2FDomain%2F43%2FHESD_List_of_Idioms_by_Grade_level.doc&ei=R_MyU7HcA4TksATltYGQBQ&usg=AFQjCNHaOiQJD8CQ83pY7GY7i2J609wVKw&sig2=RFTI-i40o2A7LibcJvBeNw&bvm=bv.63587204,d.cWc