Listening
True or false: You can repeat the audio on the listening test.
False. You CANNOT repeat the audio on the Listening Test.
On the reading test, you should ALWAYS read this part first.
What is the question?
Look at this part of the test to know how much you are expected to write.
Look at the question.
What is the lowest and the highest score you can get on the ACCESS Test?
1 is the lowest score. 6 is the highest score.
True or False: If the instructions tell you to write 3 sentences, you are allowed to write more than 3 sentences.
True.
On the listening test, this is what happens after they explain information about the topic and there is a big pause...
They ask the question.
Use this tool on the Reading test to help you clearly see the clue words.
What is the highlighter tool?
Who, what, where, why, when, how.
This is the Overall (composite) score needed to pass the ACCESS Test.
4.5
List the 4 domains of the ACCESS Test.
Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking.
Name a strategy that will help you keep track of the information you hear on the listening test.
Use the visuals/pictures and take notes.
Use this strategy to mentally "cross out" answer choices that you know are not correct on the Reading Test.
What is The Process of Elimination?
A transition word or phrase you can use to start the conclusion (The "S" of R.A.C.E.S.) in your essay.
In conclusion,
In the end,
In summary,
Based on our notes on the writing rubric, what is one thing that a person grading your writing will look for?
Transition words, punctuation, vocabulary, that your ideas make sense.
You will take the ACCESS Test this spring. Name one of the months that you will most likely take the test?
This is what you should do to keep the question in your working memory on the Listening test.
Repeat the question out loud to yourself (in a whisper voice).
The percentage that the Reading test contributes to your Overall (Composite) Score.
35%.
The "C" in R.A.C.E.S. stands for ____?
Cite Evidence.
Which two domains have the biggest impact on your Overall (Composite) Score?
Reading and Writing.
You always take these two domains of the ACCESS Test first.
Listening and Reading.
The percentage that the Listening test contributes to your Overall (Composite) score.
15%
Use this strategy to quickly find the clue words from the question in the reading passage.
What is scan or skim?
Once you have finished writing your essay, this strategy will help you both hear and see if you have made any mistakes.
Read your essay out loud (in a whisper voice).
Name the 3 Tiers for the Writing and Speaking tests. Which one is the easiest? Which one is the hardest?
Pre-Tier A
Tier A
Tier B/C
Name what each part of the R.A.C.E.S. Strategy stands for.
Restate the Question
Answer the Question
Cite Evidence
Explain and Elaborate
Summarize