Test Taking Strategies
Before you read any of the reading passages, what should you complete first?
What is annotate the prompt?
Are you allowed to use a dictionary on this section?
What is Yes, absolutely, and I WANT TO SEE it!!
How do I make sure I have enough to write about?
What is Make a plan and write a rough draft, or I will give you the evil eye. :-)
What should you do before reading the entire passage?
What is read the questions so you know what to look for, but cover up the answer choices.
This is what you should do the morning of the test.
What is eat a good breakfast, make sure you are well rested, and arrive to school on time.
This is how you take apart a prompt.
What is find synonyms for key terms in the prompt?
What types of passages might you have?
What is Poems, short stories, non fiction, drama
What information should go in your introduction?
What is a hook and thesis.
Mr. Burgos an avid video game fantatic won his first battle royal and celebrated vigorously.
Where would the commas go?
Mr. Burgos, an avid video game fantatic, won his first battle royal and celebrated vigorously.
Should you bring a jacket?
Yes so you can be comfortable if the room is cold. Layer so you can adjust to the temperature in the room.
What is the best strategy for the paired reading passage?
What is find it, read the first passage and then go directly to the questions for that passage. Then read the second passage and answer the rest of the questions. Use a t-chart for your answers to compare and contrast the information.
How are the stories related on the EOC?
What is They are thematically related.
This is how a writer uses sensory language to elaborate.
What is Use your senses: hear, smell, taste, see, feel
What does revising mean?
What is Revising means reworking sentences and wording.
Where will our cell phones be during the test?
What is They will be in a box at the front of the room OR leave them in the car or somewhere else.
This is the difference in strategy for a reading passage vs a revising and editing passage.
What is you need to annotate the reading passage in detail (passages and questions and answers), but only annotate the questions for revising and editing.
How do you prove inference questions.
What is with textual evidence. QUOTE the TEXT!
How can you avoid using the same words over and over?
What is USE A DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS
What does EDITING mean?
What is Editing means looking for misspelled words, capitalization, and punctuation errors.
What should you do if you are a contact-lens or glasses wearer?
What is Wear them on test day!
This is how much time you should spend on each section of the exam.
answers may vary but they need to have a time for the essay, revising and editing and the reading passages.
If you don't know what a word means, what should you do?
What is USE A DICTIONARY.
What first impressions will the grader make when looking at your paper?
What is -Is paper 26 lines long? Is it written legibly? Is it organized with paragraphs?
What will you do when you finish your test?
What is You are not going to have any time left over because you are going to spend most of the 4 hours on your test. Do not rush!!!!!
What should you do the night before the test?
What is Go to bed and get a good night's sleep. 8 hours minimum.