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Reading Strategies
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Science Strategies
Science Section
All about Your coach
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How do we choose which passages to attempt?
POOD, Choose 3 based on topic, and choose order based on paragraph number and size.
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How many passages are in the reading section?
4
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The science section mainly asks us to find what?
Trends and relationships
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How long is the science section?
35 minutes.
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Chanel's birthday (year and day)
June 3rd 1992
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Why do we read the blurb?
Author, title, topic/subject, and additional info
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How much time do you have for the section?
35 minutes
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What are the basic steps in the science section?
1)work the figure 2)work the questions 3)work the answers
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How many questions are there?
45
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Chanel's hometown
Eugene, OR
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What are the three common traps?
RWWS, RARQ, Not Mentioned
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How many questions are there?
40
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When do we read in the science section?
Never! Unless we the key words aren’t in the reference graph/table/experiment, then we scan for key words in passage to find an answer
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What are the three types of passages?
Charts and graphs, experiments, and fighting scientists.
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Chanel's favorite theoriest (hint: they're the author of the quote tattooed on her arm)
Audre Lorde
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What do we mean when we say the ACT is always respectful? How does this help us find the right answer?
We can typically eliminate answers that are silly, rude, or offensive.
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What are the 4 topics?
fiction, social science, humanities, Natural Science
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What if two answer options are opposites?
opposites attract right answers ;)
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How many charts and graphs passages are there?
3
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Chanel's favorite animal
Fox
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Explain how you would work through a tricky “LATER” reading question. Be as specific as possible
POE, scanning, text window, context, last resort of LOTD
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What raw score would you need to get a scale score of 27?
30
500
Discuss everything you know about NOW passages.
Small tables and graphs, numbers, easy to spot relationships, short answer options (numbers or a couple words)
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How many fighting scientists passages are there?
1
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Chanel's high school
South Eugene High School