RADAR science reading strategy

• Read

• Annotate

• Decode

• Answer

• Review

READ

• Start by skimming the passage

• Read the questions and directions

– AVID strategy: number the paragraphs

ANNOTATE

• While reading, annotate the passage

– BOX the command terms in the questions

– Circle the key vocabulary

– Underline the claims and evidence in the passage

Command Terms

• These are the terms in the question that describe what you should do– 95% of all AP Biology command terms include:

• Justify• Predict• Explain• Discuss• Identify• Calculate• evaluate

– Science questions will always ask you to use EVIDENCE in the reading passage

Vocabulary

• Circle vocabulary terms that are essential for answering the question, or key to your content

• Key terms are include terms that are repeated, defined, or used in class

• Words that you should also pay attention to should be starred/squiggled– EXCEPT for

– Including

– NONE

– Any numbers

Underlining Claims and Evidence

• Claims– The cause is….

– The results of the experiment are…

– The data indicates….

– Explanation

• Evidence– Quantitative data (numbers)

– Qualitative data

– Trends on graphs

– Support for the claim

Decode

• Make sense of your annotations

– Define terms you don’t know

– Identify variables and controls

– Chart the claims with a “C” in the left column

– Chart the evidence with an “E” in the right column

Answer

• Re-read the question

• Use your annotation and decoding to help you answer the question!

Read about type O,

paragraph 5

FIRST is important here, inference

means I have to put two pieces of

evidence together

Read about type O,

paragraph 5

FIRST is important here, inference

means I have to put two pieces of

evidence together

Review

• Re-read the question

• Review your answer

– Is it reasonable? (if a calculation)

– Did you answer the question that was asked using the command term?

– Can you find the evidence in the passage to support your answer? Draw a line if you can make a connection!

Yes, this makes

sense! It is directly

from paragraph

5

The first paragraph mentions the turn of the century, and the

4th paragraph mentions the failure of transfusions. This

gives us the idea that blood transfusions

were being performed before

1900!

RADAR science reading strategy

• Read

• Annotate

• Decode

• Answer

• Review

Raptor-riffic!