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TAKS Strategies

TAKS Strategies. Writing TAKS. TAKS Question. Why is it that you take five days to work on essay in class and complain that you need more time and on the day of TAKS you take forty-five minutes to do all of the steps?. Essay- before lunch. 9:30 ish- Begin test Pre-write – Rewrite prompt

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TAKS Strategies

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  1. TAKS Strategies Writing TAKS

  2. TAKS Question • Why is it that you take five days to work on essay in class and complain that you need more time and on the day of TAKS you take forty-five minutes to do all of the steps?

  3. Essay- before lunch • 9:30 ish- Begin test • Pre-write – Rewrite prompt Circle Map Tree Map Flow Map/Flee Map (should take between 30 – 45 minutes)

  4. Essay • 10:15 – Rough Draft • Work on rough draft – remember to leave some space between your lines to do revision and editing later. • Remember to stop several times during your writing and re-read your prompt. Are you still addressing the prompt? Is the reader going to see a clear connection to the prompt? If not, do you need to make a change in your story line? • This should take about a hour /hour and a half

  5. Essay • 11:15 – Revision/Editing (take about 45 minutes- one hour) • During this time make use of your dictionary! • Remember our steps for editing – check capitalization (at the beginning of the sentence and any other places required) and end punctuation, • Check each sentence for subject/verb agreement, for fragments and run-on sentences, verb tense agreement

  6. Essay - Check correct pronouns and see if they agree with their antecedents - Use apostrophes correctly –contractions or possessive - Check for those troublesome words – their, there, they’re, were, where, etc. - Check other punctuation – commas, semi-colons, colons, etc. used correctly. If you forgot the rules, check the dictionary! - Check spelling!!! Read your paper backwards!

  7. Essay • Recheck your introduction – do you grab the reader? Do you give them a little background information? Do you give them a hint of what is coming? • Recheck your conclusion – did you bring your story to a conclusion? Can the reader tell what your “so what” is?

  8. Objective – after lunch • Read the passage through first! • Record the verb tense for each paragraph in the margin • Record at the top of the passage how it was written – first person (pronouns- I, me, we) or third person (he, she , they ) • Highlight important information in the questions – task and location

  9. Objective • Return to the passage and revisit the identified statements. Try all answer suggestions. Record “why” they do or do not work. • Identify the correct answer and power line your answer. • After you have finished the test, re-work it to double check your answers.

  10. Final Draft Essay • Begin re-writing you rough draft • Remember to take your time and do your best handwriting. • After you finish your final draft, make sure that you re-read your essay. Look for mistakes- missing words, repeated words, etc.

  11. Objective • Fill in your scantron • Make sure you erase cleanly • Check your answers every 5 to 6 questions to make sure that you did not get off. • After you have finish, recheck your scantron to your booklet

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