Exercise One:
Use this link to create the most common question types on the SAT Reading section. Apply them to the text you are reading. Also, create the answers. Be very specific.
https://blog.prepscholar.com/breakdown-of-every-question-type-in-sat-reading-by-percentage
***Exercise Two (Used Most Often--This Assignment Has Two Parts):
Concentrate on the following tasks for a text. Create QUESTIONS and ANSWERS based on the ideas in the items below. Your questions should be specific to the text I ask you to analyze. For example, 1. What is the author's point of view in paragraph three? Which specific words can you cite to support your answer? (Often, one question has two parts.) 2. What is the central idea in paragraph seven? Which specific words can you cite to support your answer? Also include citations for answers--In other words, if you were a teacher, you would provide textual support (citing the par. number as well) where the student can find the answer to your question.
1. Determine an author’s point of view and purpose.
2. Cite strong textual evidence to support some analytical statement you make.
3. Determine two or more central ideas/themes in a text.
4. Explain how you determine the meaning of a word or a phrase in the text using context clues.
5. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure/organization an author uses in a text.
6. Analyze how an author uses rhetorical/literary strategy and elaborate on the effectiveness of that strategy.
7. Determine an author’s tone in a text. Explain how you came to that conclusion. Be specific.
8. Infer the meaning of a line or paragraph in a text. Explain how you made that inference. Be specific.
9. Explain the function of a section/paragraph of a text.
If you have already created questions and answers that can be used for the above list, you can use those. Just be certain you have questions and answers for items 1-9.
Please note: In addition to the above questions, please skip a space in the same document and include a Vocabulary Section (Label heading: Vocabulary). In this section, write down at least five words you did not know and their definitions. If you knew all the meanings of words, imagine you are a teacher and write down five words you think some student may find difficult.
Remember to use MLA-style for all typed Word documents. Utilize the Word MLA template.