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Planning a timed unseen-text response

English · Reading Comprehension · ages 17-18
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  1. For a short practice response with three developed points, how should you select those points?

    • Use every annotation, including unrelated observations
    • Choose three relevant points with textual support
    • Use the first three notes, without checking their relevance

  2. For a forty-minute practice, which plan assigns time to reading, planning, writing and checking?

    • 8 read, 6 plan, 21 write, 5 check
    • 8 read, 6 plan, 26 write, no check
    • 8 read, no plan, 27 write, 5 check

  3. You can write a working claim before resolving every uncertainty, provided you keep testing and revising it.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A passage says, 'She was not ready to forgive.' Which use preserves its meaning?

    • Quote 'not ready to forgive' and explain her hesitation
    • Quote 'ready to forgive' and argue that she has forgiven
    • Quote 'to forgive' and claim that forgiveness has occurred

  5. What is the main purpose of the first read of an unfamiliar poem?

    • Copy every line and label every possible device
    • Finish a final interpretation before noticing the ending
    • Establish its basic situation and notice its movement

  6. During the final check, correcting an unsupported claim matters more than polishing a minor wording choice.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. An essay lists images from every stanza but never explains how they support an answer to the question. What would repair the main defect?

    • Add more device names without connecting them to meaning
    • Describe the stanza order without explaining any relationship
    • Develop a claim and link selected images to its meaning

  8. Eighteen minutes remain. All three planned points are drafted and supported. Your plan reserved only the final ten minutes for checking. What should you do?

    • Keep drafting extra points until only ten minutes remain, even if they add no relevant evidence
    • Begin checking now and use the extra time for any needed repairs
    • Wait for the planned checking slot so the original time split stays unchanged
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Planning a timed unseen-text response W1-mt_9yk_tpun2R-s1

  1. Choose three relevant points with textual support · This practice asks for three points that answer the question and have evidence.
  2. 8 read, 6 plan, 21 write, 5 check · The allocation includes reading, planning, writing and checking, and totals forty minutes. It is one possible plan, not a fixed ratio.
  3. True · A working claim can focus further reading after you understand enough to propose an answer.
  4. Quote 'not ready to forgive' and explain her hesitation · Keeping 'not' preserves the negative meaning. Removing it would distort the passage.
  5. Establish its basic situation and notice its movement · The first read establishes the overall sense, including the speaker, situation and changes.
  6. True · An unsupported claim affects the argument. Minor wording polish can wait while you repair that defect.
  7. Develop a claim and link selected images to its meaning · The observations need an argued answer and explained connections. Listing more features would not supply them.
  8. Begin checking now and use the extra time for any needed repairs · The planned writing is complete. Adjust the schedule by beginning the remaining checking work rather than filling time or waiting.
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