1. Student Objectives Students will determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues. Students will utilize GO/Short ACT -like English passages to enhance grammar skills. Students will demonstrate mastery of reading comprehension, word meaning, and literary terms presented in Beowulf by taking a comprehensive assessment. Students will review and understand GAINS test results. Students will learn and utilize the QAR (Question Answer Relationship) strategy to monitor reading comprehension when taking standardized tests. Students will utilize summarization to better understand how to extrapolate main ideas when reading nonfiction texts. Students will write for a variety of purposes and audiences using the Standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

2. Weekly Agenda Happy Holidays! Beowulf comprehensive assessment Tableaux Activity Gains Test Result Review Newspaper article Summaries Introduction to QAR strategy Go/Short DOL Activities

3. GAINS TEST RESULT REVIEW Read Passage II located on page four and answer questions 13- 21. After completing the section, list the questions that you found most challenging to answer. Explain why these questions were difficult to answer.

4. Where are the answers to questions found ? QAR, Question –Answer Relationship Right There Questions: The answer is in the text. The words used in the question and the words used for the answer can usually be found in the same sentences. Skill focus: Recall

5. Question-Answer Relationship Think and Search: The answer is in the text, but the words used in the question are not in the same sentence. Different parts of the answer can be found in different parts of the text and put together so that inferences can be made or conclusions can be drawn. Skill focus: Analysis

6. Question- Answer Relationship On My Own: The answer is in your head. The text can be use as a reference; however you must use a combination of your personal experience and prior knowledge to answer the question. Skill focus: Evaluative

7. Question-Answer Relationship Author and You: The answer is not directly stated in the text. You need to think about what you know and what the author says and how they fit together. The answers are generalizations and applied examples that come from combining information from the text and your prior knowledge. Skill focus: Inference

8. Question- Answer Relationship The premise of this strategy suggests based on the wording of the question, the reader determines how to derive an answer. Right There: Text Answer( Location) Author and You: Head answer (Reference Text) Think and Search: Text Answer (Location) Own My Own( Reference Text)

9. Question- Answer Relationship GAINS TEST Example Right There Questions: 9) When Buck disturbs Billie in his Burrow, Billee responds by: 11) According to the passage, Buck has a problem sleeping because: 23) According to the passage, which of the following events happened in Alan Lomax’s life? 32) According to the passage, which of the following happened during 1532? 31) How long were the longest Roman bridges in Spain?

10. Question- Answer Relationship GAINS Test Example Think and Search Questions: 27) The author compares Inca Bridges to European bridges: 32) In which order do the following events occur? 15) Why does the author mention the Voyager 2 spacecraft in paragraph 1? 19) Which of the following claims is NOT supported by the passage?

11. Question- Answer Relationship GAINS Test Example Author and You Questions: 18) It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that Lomax was included…. 17) What does the quote in paragraph 5 suggests? 14) As it is used in paragraph 3, the word anthropology means the science of: 22) It can reasonably be concluded from the text of the passage that, in the author’s view:

12. Question- Answer Relationship GAINS Test Example Own My Own questions: 33) One thing that you might expect the author to say about the Inca is that: 12) In this passage, the author was most likely attempting to: Note: Own My Own questions are rarely asked on standardized tests; however the reader does use evaluation to answer some test questions.

13. Your Turn Explain your understanding of QAR. Peruse your text and identify an example question of each QAR type.

14. Summarization Identify author, genre, and title. In general this text is about…….. Important details 1. 2. 3.