1. Benchmark Review Lesson Spring 2015

2. Bell Ringer (Respond on notebook paper in complete sentences.) What is your plan after you graduate high school? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? How do you plan to achieve that goal? Explain.

3. Score Breakdown 68 Multiple Choice Questions – 68 possible points Short Answer #1 – Score x 3 – 9 possible points Short Answer #2 – Score x 3 – 9 possible points Essay – (Score 1 + Score 2) x 3 – 24 possible points Total Possible Points: 111 REAL EOC: 92 (18 fewer MC questions!)

4. Positives Strong writing MC Performance Strong attempts at RATE Essay structure has improved

5. Opportunities Identifying relevant text evidence Understanding reading MC questions Elaboration

6. What is your why? (Respond on same page as bell ringer) Eric Thomas Video: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwAA&url=http %3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-1rDg_DL_Y&ei=Po_KVJyjPK-0sASb- YCYCA&usg=AFQjCNECJkOFVyE-l4jdkXh7LYTwweCYgw&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cWc https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwAA&url=http %3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-1rDg_DL_Y&ei=Po_KVJyjPK-0sASb- YCYCA&usg=AFQjCNECJkOFVyE-l4jdkXh7LYTwweCYgw&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cWc https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwAA&url=http %3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-1rDg_DL_Y&ei=Po_KVJyjPK-0sASb- YCYCA&usg=AFQjCNECJkOFVyE-l4jdkXh7LYTwweCYgw&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cWc 1) Short Answer Response: What message is Eric Thomas trying to convey? Be sure to use evidence from the video to support your response. 2) Personal Response: What is your why for wanting to succeed (in school, on the EOC, in life)? Explain.

7. TIME TO COMMITT TO CHANGE!!!

8. Let’s Get it! Types of Short Answers Rubric for Cross –Selection Responses Scoring Time! Benchmark Corrections

9. Short Answer #1 What message do you think the speaker in “Sunday Morning Early” and the narrator of “I Wish I Was a Poet” are trying to convey? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.

10. Fix It! Review your response and Ms. Jones’ feedback On a blank short answer box, rewrite the short answer response with the appropriate revisions Class review

11. Let’s give it a score!!!

12. Short Answer #2 What is one similarity between the boy in “Jim at Bat” and Billy Crystal in “A Crystal-Clear Love Affair”? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from both selections.

13. Fix It! Review your response and Ms. Jones’ feedback On a blank short answer box, rewrite the short answer response with the appropriate revisions Class review

14. Let’s give it a score!!!

15. Exit Ticket Read “Don’t Quit”. How does the poem “Don’t Quit” support Eric Thomas’ message? Be sure to use evidence from BOTH selections to support your response. Video: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwA A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-1rDg_DL_Y&ei=Po_KVJyjPK-0sASb- YCYCA&usg=AFQjCNECJkOFVyE-l4jdkXh7LYTwweCYgw&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cWc https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwA A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-1rDg_DL_Y&ei=Po_KVJyjPK-0sASb- YCYCA&usg=AFQjCNECJkOFVyE-l4jdkXh7LYTwweCYgw&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cWc https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwA A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-1rDg_DL_Y&ei=Po_KVJyjPK-0sASb- YCYCA&usg=AFQjCNECJkOFVyE-l4jdkXh7LYTwweCYgw&bvm=bv.84607526,d.cWc

16. Reading the Selection Read the passage as if you were not even taking a test If you do not understand a passage at first, keep reading Look at the big picture: What is the main idea? What is the author’s purpose? What is the theme/message?

17. Questions Read the questions Reread the passage Underline info that relates to the questions Go back to the questions Read all answer choices Eliminate those that are obviously incorrect

18. Types of Multiple Choice Questions 1. Main Idea/Controlling Idea6. Author’s Tone 2. Author’s Purpose7. Theme/Message 3. Vocabulary8. Summary 4. Conclusion & Inference9. Supporting Detail 5. Text Structure

19. MAIN IDEA Main idea MUST relate to ENTIRE passage Re-read topic sentences

20. SIGNIFICANT DETAILS Read question, then re-read passage Underline the details the question is asking about Sometimes the answers are NOT in the exact same words as in the selection Pick the answer closest in meaning

21. VOCABULARY Read answer choices and PLUG them into the sentence Eliminate answers that don’t make sense Sometimes you need to re-read the paragraph

22. CONCLUSION AND INFERENCE Author does not state idea directly Consider various parts of passage together (as a whole) Answer choice that refers to only one or two details is probably NOT correct

23. Most Missed Multiple Choice Questions 5.) 48% D – Correct Answer 13.) 57% B – Correct Answer 18% B20% A 18% B20% A 6.) 43% G – Correct Answer16.) 45% F – Correct Answer 41% F31% H 12.) 46% A – Correct Answer 17% B

24. Most Missed Multiple Choice Questions 17.) 38% C – Correct Answer33.) 50% D – Correct Answer 30% A22% A 18.) 53% F – Correct Answer38.) 55% G – Correct Answer 31% G27% F 32.) 50% H – Correct Answer 22% G