Think and Search

“THINK AND SEARCH”  questions require several pieces of information from the text to complete a correct answer.   They require students to “think” about how the information or ideas in the text relate to one another, and to “search” through the entire passage to find the information that applies.  The answers are found in different places in several different sentences.

"Think and Search" questions have answers that are found in the book.  You need to point to several different places in the book; you CANNOT use one finger to point to one specific part of one sentence and find the entire answer; instead, the entire answer requires you to find information in several different places in the book.

Example:

How many entries did Anne Frank write about burglars?

Think and Search questions may begin with words like:

Remember: The answer is in several places in the text.

§         skim or reread

§         look for important information

§         summarize

You will see "Think and Search" questions on the NJASK; they are multiple choice, short-answer, or open-ended.