Study skills 2nd 6 weeks review

Marissa is in the middle of her exam when she is asked a question about the effects of JFK's presidency on the political landscape on modern-day political practices. She doesn't know much about the politics of today versus when JFK was in office, but she knows that Kennedy was in office during the early 1960s. With this knowledge, she is able to use process of elimination to determine the correct answer. 

Marissa has...

activated her prior knowledge.

David wakes up later than he anticipated and is running late for work. He knows that if he wants to make it to work on time, he needs to change up his morning routine, having experienced this before. Using prior knowledge, which decision is the most likely choice for David to make? 

Skip his morning yoga routine and take the toll road to work.

While reading, Clara came across the word bioluminescent and she isn't sure what it means. She remembers in a class that she learned "bio" means "body" and lumin means "light". She thinks this means that bioluminescent means creating light with the body, like a firefly. 

What has Clara done here? 

Activated prior knowledge of word roots and affixes to create meaning in context.

"I've always been afraid to chew gum," Candance said, shivering. "When I was little, I fell asleep with it in my mouth and it got stuck in my hair. My mom had to cut off all of my hair, and I have been too afraid to chew gum ever since."

What prior knowledge is Candance activating here? 

personal experience

Why is it important to understand how your brain processes information?

Information is normally streamlined, but if we don't know how our brains process that streamlined information, we could miss out on key parts of meaning.

How can visuals impact our understanding of various texts? 

Visuals can help us to better understand author's purpose and how they support that purpose.

What disadvantage might a verbal thinker run into that a visual thinker might not? 

A verbal thinker may struggle to visualize what the author is trying to convey to readers.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of note-taking? 

to waste time and make readers focus

It is important to chunk texts when possible because

it breaks up the text and helps us focus better on the task at hand.

Using DIDLS on the following paragraph taken from Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper, you would most likely select which sentence as an example of imagery? 

Photographs, and photostats of restored pages of books, and transcripts of inscriptions, were piled in front of her, and the notebooks in which she was compiling her lists. She sat down, lighting a fresh cigarette, and reached over to a stack of unexamined material, taking off the top sheet. It was a photostat of what looked like the title page and contents of some sort of a periodical. She remembered it; she had found it herself, two days before, in a closet in the basement of the building she had just finished examining.

Photographs, and photostats of restored pages of books, and transcripts of inscriptions, were piled in front of her, and the notebooks in which she was compiling her lists.

When using DIDLS, what is the purpose of finding key pieces of diction? 

Key diction can point us to author's purpose, tone, and theme.

The L in DIDLS refers to:

 

Language - specifically figurative language and how it appears in the texts.

Using TPDASTT on the following poem "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson, how would you paraphrase the second stanza?

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

The shadow doesn't grow at a normal rate - it is constantly changing sizes.

Using TPDASTT on the following poem "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson, where would you say there is an attitude shift?

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

After stanza 3

With TPDASTT, why do we look at the title of the poem first? 

The title can give us hints at the meaning of the text and it helps put us in an analytical mindset.

When previewing the non-fiction text, "Photosynthesis and Metabolism", which of the following were NOT present? 

glossary

If I am dividing and conquering a text, I am most likely going to

separate the text into more manageable chunks for reading and analysis.

Why is it important to have test-taking strategies? 

Test-taking strategies can help lower stress and promote success, even when feeling frazzled.

Why should you breakdown a prompt before trying to write your essay? 

Breaking down a prompt means that you are able to know exactly what you need to write your essay about.

If you are using the Cross-Referencing Strategy, you should do which of the following first? 

read the questions

When planning your essay, how detailed does your plan need to be? 

Not too detailed - just give the basics so you know what you want to write.

I have read through my question and each answer choice. I've started to cross out any answer choices that I know aren't correct. 

Which strategy am I using? 

Process of Elimination

I have been given a prompt and I need to determine what I am writing my essay about and get a plan in order before writing my paper. 

Which strategy should I be using? 

Breakdown-Plan-Write Strategy

I have a cold-read text in front of me and I need to answer various questions about it. 

Which strategy should I use? 

Cross-Referencing Strategy