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by BlastRoom
Read a passage the way an English class does: mark what matters, ask the right question, and notice how the writer built it.
#english_9_10
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One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
A reader underlines "perhaps," "it may be" and "I think" in one paragraph and writes "how sure is he?" beside them. What is this annotation tracking?
Beside paragraph 3 a student draws an arrow from "she" back to "the woman on the porch" in paragraph 1 and writes "same person?". What is this annotation tracking?
A reader brackets a long paragraph and notes "nothing happens here - all description." What is this annotation tracking?
A student boxes the word "But" that opens the final paragraph and writes "turn" next to it. What is this annotation tracking?
Next to the line "He said he was fine and folded his hands to stop them shaking," a reader writes "says fine / hands say otherwise." What is this annotation tracking?
A reader stars the word "wall" in three separate paragraphs and writes "keeps coming back." What is this annotation tracking?
A student reads: "He locked the door behind him, though there was no one left to keep out." Which margin question opens the line up?
A reader meets this line: "The letter came on Tuesday, and by Friday she had read it eleven times." Which margin question does the most for a close reader?
In the margin beside "The town called it a fire; the paper called it an accident; her mother never called it anything," what should a close reader write?
A student annotates the line "We were promised a garden, and given a square of gravel." Which question is worth writing in the margin?
A reader stops at: "The old man counted the coins twice, then a third time, before he spoke." Which margin question follows the writer's craft?
Two pages in, a reader can no longer tell who "they" refers to. What is the best first move?
A reader meets an unfamiliar word, but the sentence around it still makes sense. What should she do?
A student finishes three pages and realizes she has been thinking about something else the whole time. What should she do first?
A reader gets tangled in a long sentence with several clauses and cannot say what it claims. What is the fix-up move?
A student's summary of chapter 2 does not fit what happens in chapter 3. What should she do?
The line is: "Every window on the street was dark except one." Which margin note does the most work?
The line is: "She wore her mother's coat, though the sleeves ended above her wrists." Which annotation does the most work?
The line is: "The bell rang, and rang, and rang." Which margin note does the most work?
The line is: "He said it was the last time, and he meant it, and it was not." Which annotation does the most work?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Setting and Its Effect on Plot and Theme
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