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TAKS TIPS. READ!!!. Read the ENTIRE passage Annotate/highlight TAKE YOUR TIME. OEQS. Read before reading passages and look for T.E.! Plan / Prewrite Use “Quotation Marks” A.S.S. (Crossover = A. S.S .S.) KISS = Keep it simple silly!!! Do not write yourself into a “1”
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READ!!! • Read the ENTIRE passage • Annotate/highlight • TAKE YOUR TIME
OEQS • Read before reading passages and look for T.E.! • Plan / Prewrite • Use “Quotation Marks” • A.S.S. (Crossover = A.S.S.S.) • KISS = Keep it simple silly!!! • Do not write yourself into a “1” • Answer should be repeated in T.E. USE YOUR DICTIONARY + THESAURUS
Written Composition • If you don’t write a 2, no graduation for you!!! • Plan / Prewrite a story • Write more than a page. • Spice it UP with imagery, figurative language, WOW words! • Repeat the most important word(s) in the prompt in your essay – ON TOPIC • USE YOUR DICTIONARY + THESAURUS
Revising and Editing • LAST!!! • No dictionary or thesaurus
IN GENERAL • TAKE YOUR TIME • Bathroom breaks! • Bring something to read • Eat breakfast! Get some Sleep tonight! • Ignore any negative vibes from other students • MAJORITY of info already bubbled! • !!!!!NO PHONES!!!!!
MORE>>> • Answer in booklet, then check, then fill in bubbles. • Process of elimination • Use context clues