1. Your ticket to passing the OAAand to answering any short or extended response question. By Joe Fabian / Parma City Schools Modified by Joshua Thornsberry / Lakewood City Schools

2. 1. They tear apart the question 2. They organize their response 3. They double check their work

3. How do I know what to do?

6. Really read the questionthe whole thing! Twice! And then……

7. 2 Points = I need to provide 2 answers. 4 Points = I need to provide 4 answers. Knowing the points will help us pick the correct box.

9. Action words are the words in the question that tell us what action we need to perform. Either 1 or 2. They also help us to determine which box to pick by determining parts to the question.

11. You must know what the action words mean. If you define instead of describe you will lose credit! Action Words

12. Describe Explain Evaluate Determine Contrast Compare Support Justify Give reasons Analyze Show Draw Give examples Simplify Demonstrate Compute Construct State Identify

14. The charts show some differences in the amount of electricity produced by different methods in the United States and in Ohio. Various constraints, such as geographic, social or economic factors, influence the method used for electricity production in a region. In your Answer Document, choose one method of electricity production used in Ohio. Give two reasons or factors that support using this method in Ohio, and give two reasons or factors that can be used to argue against using this method in Ohio. (4 points)

15. Students now have read the question twice. Students now have identified how many points/answers they need to provide. Students now have identified and comprehend the action words or what they need to do with question.

16. Now that we have successfully torn apart the question, we can move on to part 2. Part 2 involves organizing our thoughts to respond to the question. We use boxes to accomplish this task.

18. Use the points you circled to determine if it is a 2 point or a 4 point question. Use the # of action words you underlined to determine if it is a 1 part or a 2 part question. 1 action word = 1 part 2 actions words = 2 parts

20. Predict Support On the basis of Helen Kellers experiences by the end of the passage, predict her attitude toward her future lessons. Support your answer with specific details. Write your answer in the Answer Document. (2 points)

21. Predict Support On the basis of Helen Kellers experiences by the end of the passage, predict her attitude toward her future lessons. Support your answer with specific details. Write your answer in the Answer Document. (2 points)

22. Identify Identify 2 causes of the Civil War, one political and one economic. (2 points) If the question gives you specific directions, you must use specific labels. This way the grader knows which answer is which.

23. Not a whole sentence, but enough to get credit. Think of the box as an outline. Action word determines length: Identify = short Analyze = long Make sure your have each box filled in.

24. Identify Identify 2 causes of the Civil War, one political and one economic. (2 points)

25. Students have chosen a box to fit the question based on points and action words. Students have labeled the box, thus organizing their thoughts/response to the question thus making answer very grader friendly. Students have outlined their answer within the box.

26. Double Checking Our Work.

27. 2 Point = 3 Sentences. 4 Point = 5 Sentences. Topic Sentence + 1 Sentence for each box. Topic Sentence = restate the question.

28. Sentences should be separated and labeled….not in a big paragraph. This makes it easier for grader to find answers. The topic sentence is just a rephrasing of the question. Sentences should go in order of boxes; thats what the grader is expecting to see. It should sound simple like Third Grade writing. It is not a writing test. Beautiful Poetry will only bury our answers. Do NOT combine boxes.

29. Identify Identify 2 causes of the Civil War, one political and one economic. (2 points) TS = The Civil War had many causes. P = A political cause was sectionalism. E = An economic cause was tariffs.

30. This ensures that students go back and double check their work. No lost points for forgetting one part of the question.

31. Identify Identify 2 causes of the Civil War; one political and one economic. (2 points) TS = The Civil War had many causes. P = A political cause was sectionalism. E = An economic cause was tariffs.

32. 1. Read question twice. 2. Circle Points. 3. Underline Action Word of Words. 4. Pick Correct Box. 5. Label top and left side of box. 6. Write your answers summary in box. 7. Write correct number of sentences. 8. Check off your boxes after writing you sentences.