Test Taking Tips
Which is better?
Speaking for the entire circle or clicking stop when you think you're done?
What is speaking for the entire circle
What is the first section on Tuesday that you will complete on ACCESS?
What is Listening.
Movies can be divided into several different genres. There are exciting action movies with gun fights and car chases, and horror movies that make us jump in our seats.
What categories are movies divided into?
What are action and horror
What do you need to do BEFORE you start typing your answers?
What is plan out your writing on the white paper
Claim/central idea
Evidence-- examples that prove your claim
Reasoning-- explain how your evidence/examples prove your claim
Can you go back and change your answers on the WIDA test?
What is no
You should do this before you answer questions about a reading that has pictures, charts, and keywords.
What is review and look at all
What is the second on Tuesday that you will complete on ACCESS?
What is Reading
You should do this with the words in bold, italicized words, charts, and graphs
What is read them
What do you need to include in an introductory paragraph in an essay? (3 things)
What are the hook, background information, and thesis statement
Am I allowed electronic devices during the test?
What is no
This tip helps you get more points by using full sentences.
Complete the sentence...
Full sentences ____________________
What is express a complete thought
simple, compound, and complex sentences
DO NOT use comma, comma, comma in your writing. Use a period when you complete a thought.
What is the first section you will complete on ACCESS on Wednesday?
What is Speaking
What is it called when I don't know a word, and I read the other words around it to understand its meaning?
What are context clues
What is a topic sentence in a paragraph?
What is...it tells the reader what the paragraph is about.
Often, the first or second sentence in the paragraph.
Who has to take the WIDA test?
Who are ALL EL students
You can record your speaking response more than once.
What is NO!
Prepare what you are going to say, THEN press record. Try to speak for the entire time-- watch the circle.
What is the second section on Wednesday that you will complete on ACCESS?
What is Writing
The main problem with the current research is that mobile phones have only been popular since the 1990s. As a result, it is impossible to study long-term exposure to mobile phones. This concerns many health professionals who point out that certain cancers can take over twenty years to develop. Another concern about these studies is that many have been funded by the mobile phone industry or those who benefit from it.
What is a major concern about cellphones and health?
What is...
can't study long-term exposure to mobile phones
certain cancers take more than 20 years to develop
studies are funded by the mobile phone industry
What is a thesis statement?
What is...it tells the main idea or what you are arguing about the entire essay
What does the WIDA ACCESS test assess you on?
What is...your progress in English.
This tip helps you feel better when a question is difficult
What is stay calm and try your best
What should you do on your white paper for the Speaking and Writing parts of the test?
What is plan out your writing!!!
Have you seen or heard a honeybee lately? Bees are mysteriously disappearing in many parts of the world. Most people don't know about this problem. It is called "colony collapse disorder" (CCD). Some North American beekeepers lost 80% of their hives between 2006 and 2008. Bees in Italy and Australia are disappearing too.
What is the disappearing honeybee problem called?
What is colony collapse disorder
What is the difference between a topic sentence and a thesis statement?
What is the topic sentence tells the main idea of one paragraph (body paragraphs), and the thesis statement (found in the introduction) tells the main idea of the whole essay.
What TWO things do you need for the ACCESS test?
What are... a fully charged school-issued Chromebook and pen/pencil