Reading and Speaking
What is the main idea in a text?
The topic or focus of the reading.
What 2 words should NOT start a sentence?
and, because, or
What does TTQA stand for?
Turn the question around.
How many times a year do you take the ACCESS test?
Once a year!
If you don't know what the listening test asked you, you should make your best _________.
Guess
What animal has the most deadly venom?
jellyfish or snail
When doing the Speaking test on ACCESS what should you use when answering the question?
details, complete sentences, vocabulary from the question, F,N,T,L, TTQA
What score do you need overall and in literacy to become a Former English Learner? FEL?
4.2 overall
3.9 literacy
Do not ________ the question during the speaking test before listening to the whole question.
Answer
What is a claim?
A statement or opinion.
What two domains make the Literacy score on the ACCESS test?
Reading and Writing
What is the best score you can get on one of the ACCESS domains ?
6
Use the _________ in the question to help you figure out the answers.
Pictures
Name three parts of a persuasive essay?
Introduction, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, Conclusion
Name a holiday in January.
Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New Year's Day
Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Arabic, Twi, Urdu,
True or False? You can pause the test.
True
What should you do when you finish writing a paragraph?
Check for spelling, grammar, complete sentences, and punctuation errors OR edit the paper.
List two examples of puncutation.
period, question mark, comma, quotation marks, exclamation mark