Today is Monday August 7, 2017 The students will be able to access baseline levels of comprehension on an AP MC test Warm up: Why is it important to do BOTH Dual Enrollment and the AP test? Explain certain circumstances where this is not the case. Into to rhetoric Score Diagnostic MC Identify Question types and distractors Reverse Map incorrect answers HWK: Read and post to turnitin

Determine the Tone During the whole of the dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing along, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher…

TYPES OF QUESTIONS What text says Summary Tone Theme development Text structure Non-US point of view Character Development Two different mediums. Meanings of words Themes/topics/ideas from other pieces.

TYPES OF DISTRACTORS Too specific Goes beyond scope Too general True but doesn’t focus on the specific question Violates tone Partially correct Irrelevant Absolute/overstatement Opposite Feature not mentioned Only echoes language Clearly wrong

PARTIAL MULTI-FLOW MAP QUESTION TYPE: It’s not A because… <add distractor type & explain here> It’s E because… It’s not B because… <add distractor type & explain here> It’s not C because… <add distractor type & explain here> It’s not D because… <add distractor type & explain here> In order to do better on this type of question, I need to

STEP 1: READ THE QUESTION Chapter 1 begins with a peaceful scene at the river until the two men come into it and disrupt the serenity. Then, after some introduction to the characters and plot, things get peaceful again at the end when George and Lennie fall asleep by their dying campfire. How might you categorize this structure?

STEP 2: IDENTIFY THE QUESTION TYPE What text says Summary Tone Theme development Text structure Non-US point of view Character Development Two different mediums. Meanings of words Themes/topics/ideas from other pieces.

STEP 3: READ THE ANSWER CHOICES Steinbeck is using a cause-effect pattern of development. Steinbeck is using a comparison/contrast pattern of development. Steinbeck is using a circular pattern of development. Steinbeck is using a narrative pattern of development. Steinbeck is using an expository pattern of development.

STEP 4: IDENTIFY & JUSTIFY CORRECT ANSWER & DISTRACTORS Steinbeck is using a cause-effect pattern of development. DISTRACTOR OR CORRECT? WHY? It’s not A because it doesn’t focus on the specific question about the beginning and ending. There is cause-effect development within the chapter, but not in terms of the beginning and ending.

STEP 5: SELF REFLECT In order to do better on this type of question, I need to… Things to consider: Did you read and understand the story? What is “this type”? Is there any phrasing in the question you don’t understand? If so, why: new vocabulary, didn’t pay attention to detail, forgot story? Are there any terms or other vocabulary in the answer choices you don’t recognize?

YOUR TURN! Steinbeck is using a cause-effect pattern of development. Steinbeck is using a comparison/contrast pattern of development. DISTRACTOR OR CORRECT? WHY? Steinbeck is using a circular pattern of development. Steinbeck is using a narrative pattern of development. Steinbeck is using an expository pattern of development.