1. Where's the beef?

2. What does your
writing look like?

3. This?

4. This?

5. How 'bout
this?

6. Read the question twice
Read the question twice.Make sure you reword the question and give a hint of the answer.
1. Detail, proof, or specific example.
2. Quotes from the text.
3. Make sure you support your topic sentence.
Reword your points in a concise manner.

7. Fluffy Bun Answer, more bun than beef.
This response uses some words, but gives very little support or details from the text. The answer may say the same thing different ways three or four times.

8. TMI This response includes so much information that
the reader has trouble
finding the answer.
Can you even
find the beef?

9. The Balanced Hamburger
See the beef?
Nicely nestled in
pickles, cheese,
lettuce, ketchup,
onions, and
special sauce.
It would be perfect
with one more patty.

10. Other
writing
hints

11. Imperative Verbs

12. Imperative Verbs
The imperative form of the verb gives instructions or commands. It is the base form of the verb, like the infinitive. be
Don’t be afraid.
play
Play quietly.
talk
Talk to me!
put
Put three eggs in a bowl.
The subject of the imperative isn’t stated, but it is understood to be "you".

13. Now let’s use imperative verbs to help us compose better extended responses. Let’s look at a possible OAA extended response.

14. Read the question twice. Find the imperative verbs.
Describe your attitude toward Dad at the beginning of the selection and then at the end. Support your change in attitude with specific details from the selection.
Read the question twice.
Find the imperative verbs.
Circle them.

15. Describe and support are the imperative verbs.
Describe your attitude toward Dad at the beginning of the selection and then at the end. Support your change in attitude with specific details from the selection.
Describe and support are the imperative verbs.
Read, find, and circle are imperative verbs, also.

16. Describe means Support means
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
When talking
about objects,
Support means
. to bear or hold up
(a load, mass, structure,
part, etc.); serve as a
foundation for. 2. to
sustain
\or withstand
(weight, pressure,
strain, etc.) without giving way; serve as a prop for.

17. To support your opinion means to prove what you are stating is valid by using specific examples and details from the text.

18. Honestly, it doesn’t
necessarily need to
be your personal
opinion. You just need
to be able to prove it
from the text.

19. Next you need to underline what you are being asked to do.
Describe your attitude toward crows at the beginning of the selection and then at the end. Support your change in attitude with specific details from the selection.
Next you need to underline
what you are being asked to do.

20. Describe your attitude toward Dad at the beginning of the selection and then at the end. Support your change in attitude with specific details from the selection.
Like this.

21. Find the imperative verbs.
Let's look at another
sample test question.
Predict whether or not you think Crowbar will ever return. Support your prediction with specific details from the selection.
Find the imperative verbs.

22. Predict what you think will happen next
Predict what you think will happen next. Support your prediction with specific details from the selection.
Predict and support are the imperative verbs.

23. Predict means to declare or tell in advance;
Prediction in literature must be more than a guess. It is based on foreshadowing and clues in the story that you combine with what you know to be true so that you can come to a logical conclusion.

24. Predict what you think will happen next
Predict what you think will happen next. Support your prediction with specific details from the selection.
What are you supposed to do?
Observe what is underlined.

25. Answering an extended response can be

26. Just take the skills and use them.
It's not a trick.
Just take the skills and use them.

27. It's not just
a TEST
skill.
It's a
life skill!