Multiple Choice and Short Answer (Open Response)

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Multiple Choice and Short Answer (Open Response)
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What is the OSSLT

• A test of your writing and reading abilities that
  you must pass in order to graduate.

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What Will I Have to Do?

• Read several types of text (narrative,
  informational, and graphical) and answer
  multiple-choice and short answer questions on
  them.
• Write several pieces for different purposes (news
  report, supported opinion, summary paragraph)

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• We know that all students are capable of passing
  the test, but need help and practice.
• Working on your ability to answer multiple-choice
  questions and short answer responses will help to
  make sure you pass.

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Multiple Choice Questions

• There are different types. Sometimes you
• find the answer right in the text.
• need to infer that is, read between the lines.
• extend beyond what is written in the passage.

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Step One

• Before you attempt any of these, read the passage
  for basic understanding.

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• Step Two
• Read the first question.
• Do you know the answer?
• If yes, read through all the choices and
  make sure you select the the most correct answer.
  Do not choose the first correct answer you see.

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• Step Three
• If you do not know the answer right away
• read the four choices
• cross out obviously wrong answers
• highlight key words in the question and scan the
  text for those words to try to find the right
  answer
• Be aware that some answers may seem correct,
  but there is only one best answer.

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• Step Four
• If you still cannot answer the question,
• circle it and move on to the next question.
• When youve tried all questions for this
  passage, go back to it.

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• Repeat this four-step process with each
  question in the passage.

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• Now go back to any questions that you circled and
  left unanswered.
• If time permits, repeat the steps to answering
  multiple choice questions and review the
  passage.
• Always make a selection. Never leave an answer
  blank.

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• TIP One strategy (if you must guess) is
• to choose the answer with the most
• information.
• TIP Dont keep changing your answer.
• Usually your first answer is correct,
• unless you misread the question.

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First Reading Passage
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Second Reading Passage
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Review Answering MC Questions
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Answering Short-Answer (Open-Response) Questions
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Types of Short-Answer Questions

• 1. Answer the question using evidence from the
  text.
• 2. Answer the question using evidence from the
  text and your own ideas.

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Steps to Answering Short-Answer (Open Response)
Questions After Reading the Text

• Step One Categorize the Question
• (evidence from text only or
  both
• evidence from text and own
  ideas)
• Step Two Plan the Answer
• Step Three Write the Answer
• Step Four Check Conventions (grammar,
• punctuation, spelling,
  capitalization)

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Step One Categorizing The Question
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Short Answer Question One

• Explain why the final sentence is an effective
  conclusion to the selection. Use relevant and
  specific information from the selection to
  support your answer.

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Short Answer Question Two

• Use information in this selection and your own
  ideas to explain whether or not Ben is a good
  waiter.

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Process

• What was the same/different about your
  approach to the two questions?

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Step Two Planning The Answer
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• Step Two Planning The Answer
• Highlight the parts of the question that tell
  whats expected.
• Underline the words in the question that you will
  use to form your answer.
• Rough out the answer. Use point form or highlight
  the examples from the text you want to include.
  Use the rough notes section for this.
• Use point form to jot down connections to your
  own ideas (if required).

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Question Type One

• Explain why the final sentence is an effective
  conclusion to the selection. Use relevant and
  specific information from the selection to
  support your answer.

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Question Type Two

• Use information in the selection and your own
  ideas to explain whether or not Ben is a good
  waiter.

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Highlight Details
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Making Connections When Required

• Jot down answers to these questions as you try to
  make connections to your own ideas
• Text to self connections (Have I been in a
  situation like this before? What was important?
  What did I learn? What was the same/different?)
• Text to media (Have I read, seen or heard about
  this before? What did I learn? Was important,
  etc)
• Text to world (Do I know someone who has been in
  a situation like this? What was important what
  did the person learn.).

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Step Three Writing the answer
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Question Type One

• Explain why the final sentence is an effective
  conclusion to the selection. Use relevant and
  specific information from the selection to
  support your answer.

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Open Response Type One

• Answer
• Evidence

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Answer the Question

• Question stem Use key words from the question.
• Main idea.
• For example
• The final sentence is an effective conclusion
  to the selection because it provides us with the
  information we need to understand the behaviour
  of all the characters.

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Evidence from the Text

• Find the examples in the text to support the main
  idea.
• For example
• It explains why Ali and Dana insisted on
  having a table in Bens section and later
  responded with rude comments. It also explains
  why Ben asks, Thats it? You waited twenty
  minutes in the cold to order one plate of fries?

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Answer and Evidence

• The final sentence is an effective conclusion
  to the selection because it provides us with the
  information we need to understand the behaviour
  of all the characters. It explains why Ali and
  Dana insisted on having a table in Bens section
  and later responded with rude comments. It also
  explains why Ben asks, Thats it? You waited
  twenty minutes in the cold to order one plate of
  fries?

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Question Type Two

• Use information in the selection and your own
  ideas to explain whether or not Ben is a good
  waiter.

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Open Response Type Two

• Answer
• Evidence
• Connections

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Answer the Question

• Question stem Use key words from the question.
• Main idea.
• For example
• Ben is a good waiter because he is polite and
  treats his siblings as regular customers even
  though they are teasing him.

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Evidence from the Text

• Find the examples in the text to support the main
  idea.
• For example
• Ben used a polite manner when he spoke to
  them. He also apologized that they had to wait
  twenty minutes for a table.

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Connections

• Connecting the text to media, to the world, to
  self
• What does the reader already know that has a
  connection to the text?
• For example
• Good waiters dont argue with customers and
  are always polite. They believe the customer is
  always right.

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Answer, Evidence andConnections

• Ben is a good waiter because he is polite and
  treats his siblings as regular customers even
  though they are teasing him. Ben used a polite
  manner when he spoke to them. He also apologized
  that they had to wait twenty minutes for a table.
  Good waiters dont argue with customers and are
  always polite. They believe the customer is
  always right.

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Review

• What strategies do you use to answer short answer
  questions?
• What strategies do you use to help make
  connections?