Questions for "Sleep Specialists" YOU MUST USE THE CORRECT SHORT ANSWER FORMAT IF YOU WANT CREDIT (30 PTS)

DO NOT WRITE ON THIS SHEET. IT IS NOT YOURS TO KEEP. These are the notes from the overhead. Copy them into your notebook.
Notes:
When answering questions, we need to get more specific about where we are getting our information—meaning, “proof” that we are right. You must use specific words from the text in your answer to show where your ideas are coming from. When you use exact words, put them in quotation marks and put the title of the passage in parentheses. Copy example #1 as your answer to #1 on your lined paper.
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1 . What does it mean in paragraph 1 when the author states the students earning their degrees aren’t "dozing in class"? In paragraph 1, when the author states that students earning their degrees aren’t dozing in class, he means that they are usually “wide awake discovering what happens while others are sleeping” (Specialists in Sleep).
2. Why don't scientists understand what is normal or abnormal for sleep?(right there)
3. How are people wrong about their own sleep patterns? (right there)
4. What do students who work in sleep labs do to obtain information about sleep? (right there)
5. What skills must a sleep specialist have? (right there)
6. Do you think sleep specialists are important professionals to have? Why or why not?
7. Would you like to have your sleep studied by one of these individuals? Explain your answer with appropriate examples. (does not need a textual example)
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Malcolm X Questions

1. What lesson can we infer Malcolm X learns by reading the last paragraph of the essay?
2. What details from the text support the conclusion that religion was a motivating factor in the life of Malcolm X (Elijah Muhammad is the head of the nation of Islam)?
3. Who does Malcolm X envy at the Charlestown Prison and why?
4. How did the narrator’s feelings about himself change from the beginning to the end of the passage?

Short Answer Response Strategy

1. Restate part of the question in your answer.
2. State/Provide your answer.
3. Provide evidence from the text supporting your answer.
4. Wrap Up/Conclude answer.

Sample:
What is the weather like outside?
1. Restate: The weather is......
2. State/Provide answer: The weather is cold...
3. Provide evidence: The weather is cold because it is snowing....
4. Conclude: The weather is cold because it is snowing and it only snows when it is cold.

Your turn: Use the 4 part short answer strategy above to answer the question on the sheet of paper provided:

What kind of person was Malcolm X?

How to Annotate for a close read

1. Number the paragraphs.

2. Chunk the text.
*Do this by drawing a horizontal line between paragraphs to divide the page into smaller sections.

3. Underline and circle… with a purpose---Think about what information you want to remember or you think the author wants you to get take from text.
*Underline “claims"(belief statements that the author is making).
*Circle “Key terms” in the text-- words that: 1. Are defined. 2. Are repeated. 3.Are five key terms.
*Circle unknown words
*Underline figurative Language--literary elements and techniques.

4. Left margin: What is the author SAYING?
*Summarize each chunk in 10-words or less. This allows you to look at the text in smaller segments.

5. Right margin: Dig deeper into the text.
*Represent the information with a picture.
*Ask questions about things you didn't understand.

http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html