Read the question twice.Make sure you reword the
question and give a hint of the answer.
1. Detail, proof, or specific example.
2. Quotes from the text.
3. Make sure you support your topic sentence.
Reword your points in a concise manner.
This response uses some words, but gives very little support
or details from the text. The answer may say the same thing
different ways three or four times.
Imperative Verbs
The imperative form of the verb gives instructions or
commands. It is the base form of the verb, like the infinitive.
•be
Don’t be afraid.
•play
Play quietly.
•talk
Talk to me!
•put
Put three eggs in a bowl.
•The subject of the imperative isn’t stated, but it is
understood to be "you".
Now let’s use
imperative verbs to
help us compose
better extended
responses. Let’s look
at a possible OAA
extended response.
Describe your attitude toward Dad at the
beginning of the selection and then at the
end. Support your change in attitude with
specific details from the selection.
Describe your attitude toward Dad at
the beginning of the selection and then
at the end. Support your change in
attitude with specific details from the
selection.
Describe and support are
the imperative verbs.
Read, find, and circle are imperative verbs, also.
Describe means
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an
account of: He described the accident very carefully.
When talking
about objects,
Support
means
. to bear or hold up
(a load, mass, structure,
part, etc.); serve as a
foundation for. 2. to
sustain
\or withstand
(weight, pressure,
strain, etc.) without giving way; serve as a prop for.
To support your opinion means to
prove what you are stating is
valid by using specific examples
and details from the text.
Honestly, it doesn’t
necessarily need to
be your personal
opinion. You just need
to be able to prove it
from the text.
Describe your attitude toward crows at the beginning of the
selection and then at the end. Support your change in attitude
with specific details from the selection.
Describe your attitude toward Dad at the
beginning of the selection and then at the
end. Support your change in attitude
with specific details from the selection.
Predict whether or not you think Crowbar will
ever return. Support your prediction with
specific details from the selection.
Predict what you think will happen
next. Support your prediction with
specific details from the selection.
Predict and support are the
imperative verbs.
Predict means
to declare or
tell in
advance;
Prediction in literature
must be more than a
guess. It is based on
foreshadowing and clues
in the story that you
combine with what you
know to be true so that
you can come to a logical
conclusion.
Predict what you think will happen
next. Support your prediction with
specific details from the selection.
What are you supposed to do?
Observe what is underlined.
Just take the skills
and use them.