Transcript Title

Multiple Choice
and Short Answer
(Open Response)
What is the OSSLT
• A test of your writing and reading
abilities that you must pass in order to
graduate.
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)
• 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.
Multiple Choice Questions
There are different types. Sometimes you
1. find the answer right in the text.
2. need to infer – that is, read between
the lines.
3. extend beyond what is written in the
passage.
Step One
• Before you attempt any of these, read
the passage for basic understanding.
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.
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.
Step Four
If you still cannot answer the question,
circle it and move on to the next question.
When you’ve tried all questions for this
passage, go back to it.
Repeat this four-step process with
each question in the passage.
• 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.
TIP: One strategy (if you must guess) is
to choose the answer with the most
information.
TIP: Don’t keep changing your answer.
Usually your first answer is correct,
unless you misread the question.
First Reading Passage
Second Reading Passage
Review – Answering MC Questions
Answering Short-Answer
(Open-Response)
Questions
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.
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)
Step One:
Categorizing The Question
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.
Short Answer Question Two
Use information in this selection and
your own ideas to explain whether or
not Ben is a good waiter.
Process
What was the same/different about your
approach to the two questions?
Step Two:
Planning The Answer
Step Two: Planning The Answer
• Highlight the parts of the question that tell
what’s 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).
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.
Question Type Two
Use information in the selection and
your own ideas to explain whether or
not Ben is a good waiter.
Highlight Details
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.).
Step Three:
Writing the answer
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.
Open Response Type One
• Answer
• Evidence
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.
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 Ben’s section and later
responded with rude comments. It also
explains why Ben asks, “That’s it? You waited
twenty minutes in the cold to order one plate
of fries?”
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 Ben’s section and later responded with
rude comments. It also explains why Ben
asks, “That’s it? You waited twenty minutes in
the cold to order one plate of fries?”
Question Type Two
Use information in the selection and
your own ideas to explain whether or
not Ben is a good waiter.
Open Response Type Two
• Answer
• Evidence
• Connections
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.
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.
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 don’t argue with customers and
are always polite. They believe the customer
is always right.
Answer, Evidence and
Connections
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 don’t argue
with customers and are always polite. They
believe the customer is always right.
Review
• What strategies do you use to answer
short answer questions?
• What strategies do you use to help
make connections?