Reading and Speaking
ACCESS test
Listening
Writing
Random
100

What is the main idea in a text?

The topic or focus of the reading.

100
How many tests are in the ACCESS test?
4
100
It is important to ________ during the listening test.
Focus / Pay attention
100
What is evidence?
Information to support your claim, facts.
100

What 2 words should NOT start a sentence?

and, because, or

200

What does TTQA stand for?

Turn the question around.

200

How many times a year do you take the ACCESS test?

Once a year!

200

If you don't know what the listening test asked you, you should make your best _________.

Guess

200
What should your persuasive essay start with?
An introduction
200

What animal has the most deadly venom?

jellyfish or snail

300

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

300

What score do you need overall and in literacy to become a Former English Learner?  FEL?

4.2 overall

3.9 literacy

300

Do not ________ the question during the speaking test before listening to the whole question.

Answer

300

What is a claim?

A statement or opinion.

300

What two domains make the Literacy score on the ACCESS test?

Reading and Writing

400
What is the climax of a story?
The turning point, or big event in a story.
400

What is the best score you can get on one of the ACCESS domains ?

6

400

Use the _________ in the question to help you figure out the answers.

Pictures

400

Name three parts of a persuasive essay?  

Introduction, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, Conclusion

400

Name a holiday in January.

Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New Year's Day

500
When reading a story, what should you do first?
Read the questions first OR number the paragraphs.
500
List some of the languages that EL students speak at Jacob Hiatt?  List at least 2 

Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Arabic, Twi, Urdu, 

500

True or False?  You can pause the test.  

True

500

What should you do when you finish writing a paragraph?

Check for spelling, grammar, complete sentences, and punctuation errors OR edit the paper.

500

List two examples of puncutation.

period, question mark, comma, quotation marks, exclamation mark