Answering Open-Ended Questions
RESTATE the question. Reread and restate the question in your topic sentence. ANSWER the question that is being asked. Use your answer to write your topic sentence. CITE evidence from the text. Use examples and evidence from the text to support your answer. EXPLAIN your answer. Explain how the EVIDENCE from the text supports your answer. For example, you may use the sentence starter “These quotes show that…” or “This supports the statement…” |
Agreements for Our Work
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Group Work
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TPCASTTTitle: examine the title before reading. What do you think it literally means?
Paraphrase: put it in your own words Connotation: circle the connotative (feeling) words. Attitude: (poetry) use connotative words to decide whether the tone is positive or negative. Does the attitude change? (fiction) Use the feeling words to help you determine the attitude of the speaker. Focus on perspective. (nonfiction) Use the feeling words to help you determine the attitude of the speaker. Focus on whether or not there is any bias. Shift: (poetry) Where the attitude changes in the poem. There can be more than one. (fiction) This is the climax, or turning point, of the story. The main character is changed in some way. (nonfiction) Not always present in nonfiction; shift occurs if there is more than one position on the issue presented. Title: Re-examine the title. Does it make sense after reading? Look into the figurative meaning. Theme: (poetry and fiction) lesson or moral; (nonfiction) What message is the author trying to get across to his/her audience by writing this piece? |