MONDAY – AUGUST 3, 2015
Students will…
• Review homework expectations.
• Review AP test question types and distractors.
• Review partial multi-flow map strategy.
• Practice mapping Into the Wild MC questions.
• Add and define new vocabulary words as needed.
Tonight’s Homework
• Read and annotate for 30 minutes, adding new vocabulary
words to this week’s vocab log as needed.
• Write two grammar sentences using words from this week’s
vocabulary log.
HOMEWORK OVERVIEW: 3 PILLARS
1. Meaningful activities – NOT busywork!
• Annotations
• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Writing
2. Consistency & repetition
• Partial completion every night versus one assignment
per night
3. Diligence
HOMEWORK OVERVIEW: SCHEDULE
• MONDAY: Annotations (15-30 min.), 2 vocab words (8 tonight), 2 grammar
sentences (8 tonight), finish WP assignment
• TUESDAY: Annotations (15-30 min.), finish vocab log & bring Thursday, finish
grammar sentences, WP reflection & post
• WEDNESDAY: Annotations (15-30 min.), 2 vocab words (new log), grammar
reflection & post.
• THURSDAY: Finish annotations & bring tomorrow, 2 vocab words, 2 grammar
sentences, start WP assignment
• FRIDAY: Annotations (15-30 min.), 2 grammar sentences, work on WP
assignment
TYPES OF QUESTIONS
• Main idea/tone/attitude •
• Author’s meaning and
purpose
•
• Word choice – diction
• Syntax/sentence structure •
• Function/methodology
• Rhetorical terminology •
Word in Context –
Pronoun/antecedent
Structure/organization/
arrangement
Rhetorical
modes/rhetorical
reasoning
Documentation/citation
One person in each group take a picture.
TYPES OF DISTRACTORS
• Too specific
• Too general
• Violates tone
• Partially correct
• Irrelevant
• Opposite
• Feature not mentioned
• Goes beyond scope
• True but doesn’t focus
on the specific question
• Absolute/overstatement
• Only echoes language
• Clearly wrong
One person in each group take a picture.
PARTIAL MULTI-FLOW MAP
QUESTION TYPE:
It’s not A because… <add
distractor type & explain here>
It’s E because…
It’s not B because… <add
distractor type & explain here>
It’s not C because… <add
distractor type & explain here>
It’s not D because… <add
distractor type & explain here>
In order to do better on this type of question, I need to
STEP 1: READ THE QUESTION
Why does Jon Krakauer reveal so much
information in the Author’s Note at the beginning
of Into the Wild?
STEP 2: IDENTIFY THE QUESTION TYPE
• Main idea/tone/attitude •
• Author’s meaning and
purpose
•
• Word choice – diction
• Syntax/sentence structure •
• Function/methodology
• Rhetorical terminology
•
Word in Context –
Pronoun/antecedent
Structure/organization/
arrangement
Rhetorical
modes/rhetorical
reasoning
Documentation/citation
STEP 3: READ THE ANSWER CHOICES
A. The Author’s Note provides necessary background and
context that prepares readers for the true focus of the
story.
B. The Author’s Note provides a summary in case readers
don’t have time to read the entire book.
C. The Author’s Note lets readers know that this is a true
story.
D. The Author’s Note serves as the exposition of the story,
introducing main characters, setting, and main conflict.
STEP 4: IDENTIFY & JUSTIFY CORRECT ANSWER
& DISTRACTORS
A. The Author’s Note provides necessary background and
context that prepares readers for the true focus of the story.
DISTRACTOR OR CORRECT? WHY?
B. The Author’s Note provides a summary in case readers don’t
have time to read the entire book.
DISTRACTOR OR CORRECT? WHY?
C. The Author’s Note lets readers know that this is a true story.
DISTRACTOR OR CORRECT? WHY?
D. The Author’s Note is necessary because it reveals a great deal
of important information.
DISTRACTOR OR CORRECT? WHY?
STEP 4: IDENTIFY & JUSTIFY CORRECT ANSWER
& DISTRACTORS
A. The Author’s Note provides necessary background and context
that prepares readers for the true focus of the story.
CORRECT
It’s A because this is the most accurate and all
encompassing answer choice. By essentially
telling the entire story right up front, the
Author’s Note prepares the reader for a closer
analysis and investigative report of Chris
McCandless’ death, rather than a regurgitation
of what has already been revealed in the news
about it.
STEP 4: IDENTIFY & JUSTIFY CORRECT ANSWER
& DISTRACTORS
B. The Author’s Note provides a summary in case readers
don’t have time to read the entire book.
DISTRACTOR
It’s not B because this is clearly the wrong
answer. Authors don’t write books then
encourage people not to read them by telling
everything there is to tell on the first two
pages.
STEP 4: IDENTIFY & JUSTIFY CORRECT ANSWER
& DISTRACTORS
C. The Author’s Note lets readers know that this is a true story.
DISTRACTOR
It’s not C because C is only partially
correct. Krakauer does reveal that this is a true
account, but that is not the only important
element in the note. In addition, the prompt
asks why Krakauer reveals so much
information and this choice doesn’t answer
that question.
STEP 4: IDENTIFY & JUSTIFY CORRECT ANSWER
& DISTRACTORS
D. The Author’s Note is necessary because it reveals a great
deal of important information.
DISTRACTOR
It’s not D because it only echoes the
language in the prompt, without actually
answering the question or providing
specific information about why the
information is provided.
STEP 5: SELF REFLECT
In order to do better on this type of question, I
need to…
Things to consider:
• Did you read and understand the story?
• What is “this type”?
• Is there any phrasing in the question you don’t
understand? If so, why: new vocabulary, didn’t pay
attention to detail, forgot story?
• Are there any terms or other vocabulary in the answer
choices you don’t recognize?