Exercise One
Use this link to create the most common question types in 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 for assigned readings--This assignment has two parts. Please read the post carefully.):
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 that 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 know all the meanings of words, imagine you are a teacher and write down five words you think some students may find difficult.
All typed documents should be in MLA format. Utilize the MLA template in the Word application.
In addition to completing the above assignment, you must copy and paste the checklist below into a Word document, print it out, check off that you have done everything correctly; then staple that checklist to the front of your assignment. If you do not add this checklist document, you will automatically have five points deducted from your grade.
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1. The MLA format is correct--no extra half-line space in the heading; the format of the heading itself is correct; one-inch margins in the document; the header (top right) is the same font and size as the font in the text below; the title is correctly formatted--no ital., no bold, same size font as text (12 point), no underline; if the title of the reading is a short story, it is within quotes; if the title of the reading is a book, it is italicized; the entire document is double spaced; no extra space anywhere; you have headers on every page (last name and page number--no comma between your last name and the page number, no "p.," no "pg." If you have any questions about the MLA format; see the sample MLA paper link on the right side of my website.
2. You have created questions that mimic the ideas in the nine question types above. You have not created your own question types. The questions are your original work. The questions are numbered.
3. You have written both questions and answers in complete sentences. You have numbered your questions. For at least 3/4 of your answers, provide textual support in your answers that supports your response. The textual quotes have parenthetical citations.
4. You have included a Vocabulary section with at least five vocabulary words, definitions, the part of speech, and a sample sentence you create. These words should be vocabulary you do not know or words you think some peer may find difficult. Your vocabulary words must be numbered. Your Vocabulary section title is written out: "Vocabulary" (not "Vocab.")
See the Rubrics tab at the top of this website for a checklist I created if you prefer not to make one of your own. You will still need to copy and paste the checklist into a Word document and print it out. Keep a copy of this checklist handy on your desktop, as you will need to use it often.
Please note: You must have the checklist stapled to the front of your questions. Points will be taken off if there is no checklist. Also, if when I check your questions document, you have not corrected the mistakes I pointed out in the list of four items above, you will have additional points taken off. If you cannot access the checklist I created, create your own by cutting and pasting the list above into a Word document.
