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How to Write Responses to Open-Ended Questions
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To Answer Well, You Must Use SLAMS
• SLAMS is a simple way of following the guidelines
to writing good responses.
• They will be used as a guide in all your classes this
year!
• SLAMS will ensure success on the NJASK!
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What are SLAMS?
• Sentences!
• Line Length = Answer Length
• Answer the Question
• Mechanics Are Important
• Support Your Answer with Details
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Sentences
• Answers to open-ended questions should
always be written in complete sentences.
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Line Length=Answer Length
• The number of blank lines on the test answer sheet is a rough guide to how long your answer should be.
• If you are given a whole page for an answer, use about a page for your response.
• If you are given three lines, your answer should be about that long.
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Answer the Question!• Answer the question the test asks.• A good way to make sure you do this is by
restating the question in your answer.• For example, if you were asked, “How is
eighth grade different than seventh grade?”• To answer, start by writing, “Eighth grade is
different than seventh grade…”
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Mechanics Are Important
• Grammar• Spelling• Punctuation• Capitalization• Word Choice• Sentence Structure (fragments, run-ons)
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Support Your Answer With Details
• Support your answers with details from the material you are given.
• You must include information from the reading or material to support your answer.
• Without support, you don’t have an answer, just an opinion.
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•Sentences!
•Line Length = Answer Length
•Answer the Question
•Mechanics Are Important
•Support Your Answer with Details
A Good Answer SLAMS the Question!