Test Taking Skills
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 THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR BUT COVER OVER THE QUESTIONS?
This is what you should do the morning of the exam?
What is be well rested, eat a good breakfast and arrive to school on time.
This is how you "take apart the prompt" before writing your essay?
What is find synonyms for key terms?
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 fanatic won his first video game royale and celebrated vigorously ?
Where would the commas go?
*After Mr. Burgos and after fanatic
Should you bring a jacket?
What is "layer" so that you can adjust to the temperature in the room?
What is the "best strategy" for the paired passage?
What is read the first passage and go directly to the questions for that passage. Then read the second passage and answer the corresponding questions. Use a t-chart for your answers to compare and contrast information?
How are the stories related on the EOC?
What is They are thematically related.
This is what 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 between the strategy for a reading passage vs the revising and editing passage?
How do you prove inferencing questions?
What is "With textual support"?
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?
What is "answers may vary" but you need to have a time for the essay, revising/editing and 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.