SAT Strategies
The PSAT 9th grade Reading test is 55 minutes long and has 5 passages, how much time should you spend on each passage and to ensure you do not run out of time?
The PSAT 10th grade Reading test is 60 minutes long and has 5 passages, how much time should you spend on each passage and to ensure you do not run out of time?
9th grade=11 mins per passage
10th grade=12 minutes per passage
What type of question is the following:
As used in line 6, "extreme" most nearly means?
Vocabulary in context
What 3 components are needed to make a complete sentence?
subject (noun), predicate (verb) and a complete thought.
Make an educated guess based on prior knowledge.
Connecting Comma Practice. Where does the comma(s) go in the following sentence:
Andrew Mark and Eric all play on the varsity basketball team.
Andrew, Mark and Eric all play on the varsity basketball team.
What is the PSAT strategies in which requires a student to keep in mind how much time they have left? Hint: It starts with the letter 'P'
Pacing
What type of question is the following:
What choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Ann walked all alone. To the store.
What type of "sentence" is "To the store"?
Hint: Starts with an F
fragment
Describe Theme
The universal lesson or message of a story that an author wants to convey to their audience.
Connecting Comma Practice: Where does the comma(s) go in the following sentence?
Alison didn't feel well. However she came to school anyway.
Alison didn't feel well. However, she came to school anyway.
Should you skip questions?
Yes, and come back to them at the end.
What type of question is the following:
The main purpose of the passage is to?
author's purpose
subject/verb agreement:
Besides summer, Spring (is/are) the only other season when we get warm weather.
Is
Explanatory Comma: Where does the comma(s) go in the following sentence?
It was a hot windy day but I still spent the afternoon working in the garden.
It was a hot windy day, but I still spent the afternoon working in the garden.
Is it better to leave an answer blank or fill it in with your best guess?
Fill it in with your best guess
Mandela includes lines 4-6 most likely to convey the idea that?
author's purpose
subject/verb agreement:
25% of people (was/were) vaccinated by January 2022.
were
What does it mean to use context clues when trying to determine the meaning of a word?
To use words that we know surrounding the word that we do not, in order to find the meaning of the unfamiliar vocabulary word.
Explanatory Comma: Where does the comma(s) go in the following sentence?
Although Erica was exhausted after her cross-country meet she never the less got up early the next morning.
Although Erica was exhausted after her cross-country meet, she never the less got up early the next morning.
We know the SAT is tricky and often provides multiple "good" choices as answers. What should we do to make sure we select the "best" and correct choice?
Read all the answer option before selecting one.
Name all 6 of the SAT reading section question types
vocabulary in context
main idea
theme
inferences
author's purpose
text evidence
Parallelism is when all the verbs in a sentence must match and be in the same tense.
Correct the following sentence to make it parallel:
Sam read a book and watches television.
Sam read a book and watched television.
What must we use to help us prove our point and have a solid claim?
Text evidence
Irregular comma: Where does the comma(s) go in the following sentence?
Jason who is the youngest in the family was born August 12 1988.
Jason, who is the youngest in the family, was born August 12, 1988.