2. Independent Writing: Ethnic Groups
Based upon your previous knowledge and/or experience, what
might it be like to be part of a minority ethnic group in the United
States today? At different times in the past?
3. “My Dungeon Shook”-James Baldwin (960-963)
1) Listen/Read
2) Questions to Consider:
a) What do you think Baldwin hoped his nephew would gain
from the advice in the letter?
b) What ideas about cultural identity do you get from
Baldwin’s letter?
c) What advice might Baldwin have for Dave?
4. Research Paper—Plagiarism
GREEN=don’t cite b/c it’s
ISSUES & PENALTIES common knowledge
RED=cite b/c it’s a detail gained
TO CITE OR NOT TO CITE by research
1. World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945.
2. An average tuna salad sandwich has 610 calories.
3. The teen pregnancy rate declined by two percent between 1999 and 2000.
4. At the autumn solstice, the hours of day and night are equal.
5. Hurricanes come in varying degrees of strength, rated from Category 1 to Category 5.
6. The critic Stephen Greenblatt argues that the religious conflicts of his period, especially
those that occurred during his youth, had an effect on Shakespeare's work.
7. The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Centigrade.
8. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America.
9. There are 5,283 hospice programs in the United States.
10. Aluminium cans make up less than one percent of solid waste in the U.S.
5. SESSION 6-JANUARY 24 & 25
Right There Think and Search
“Think and Search” questions usually require you to
“Right There” questions require you to go back to
think about how ideas or information in the passage
the passage and find the correct information to
relate to each other. You will need to look back at
answer the question. These are sometimes called
the passage, find the information that the question
literal questions because the correct answer can be
refers to, and then think about how the information
found somewhere in the passage. “Right There”
or ideas fit together. “Think and Search” questions
questions sometimes include the words “According
sometimes include the words “The main idea of the
to the passage…” “How many…” “Who is…” “Where
passage…” “What caused…” “Compare/contrast…”
is…” “What is…”
LITERAL QUESTION
ANSWER
INFERENTIAL
RELATIONSHIPS
Author and You On My Own
“Author and You” questions require you to use ideas
“On My Own” questions can be answered using your
and information that is not stated directly in the
background knowledge on a topic. This type of
passage to answer the question. These questions
question does not usually appear on tests of reading
require you to think about what you have read and
comprehension because it does not require you to
formulate your own ideas or opinions. “Author and
refer to the passage. “On My Own” questions
You” questions sometimes include the words “The
sometimes include the words “In your opinion…” “Based
author implies…” “The passage suggests…” “The
on your experience…” “Think about someone/something
speaker’s attitude…”
you know…”
http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/Qar.pdf
6. Level One:
Can be answered explicitly by the
facts contained in the text or by
information accessible in other
resources.
Level Two:
Textually implicit, requiring analysis
and interpretation of specific parts
of the text.
Level Three:
Are much more open-ended and go
beyond the text. They are intended
to provoke a discussion of an
abstract idea or issue.
