Essay
Test Taking Strategies
Procedures
Reference Materials and Test Sections
Dead Giveaways
100

Write an essay explaining the definition of friendship.

What is a prompt

100

Read the questions and highlight or underline keywords 

What is the previewing the questions

100

Walk into the room and give this to the teacher

What is turning in your cell phone

100

Book used to find a definition

What is the dictionary

100

Throwaway Writing, Repetition, Vagueness, Words in a Weird Order

What are Dead Giveaways

200

For example, Another example, In conclusion

What are transitions

200

Taking notes on the side to paraphrase information

What is stop and jot

200

Look for your name and id number on this paper

What is checking your answer document

200

Book used to translate words from English to Spanish 

What is the bilingual dictionary

200

He was mad, and also he was angry. He was very mad.

What is repetition

300

Introduction, Body Paragraph 1, Body Paragraph 2, Conclusion 

What is an essay

300

Read two or three paragraphs and then make a note on the side 

What is chunking the text

300

The amount of time you have to complete the test

What is five hours

300

Book used to find similar and opposite words

What is a thesarus

300

Hi, my name is…. and this is the part where I am going to tell you about the waiter’s mood.

What is throwaway writing

400

Draw an I, include four truisms, and two examples with relevant details

What is the I Chart

400

Go back into the story to find proof and check your answer

What is textual evidence

400

When walking in, leave everything at the front of the room

What is putting belongings in the front of the room

400

Part of the test where you read an essay and fix the sentences and ideas

What is the revising section

400

There was something wrong with the guy

What is vagueness

500

Draw a heart to brainstorm ideas for possible examples (movies, people you love, celebrities, books, and personal examples)

What is the heart map

500

After answering a question in the booklet, you also do this on your answer document

What is bubble as you go

500

Eat breakfast, get to school, and report to your testing room immediately before 8:20

What is arriving on time

500

Part of the test where you check for spelling, capitalization, use of words, and punctuation

What is the editing section

500

Mad this guy walking in was. My tacos he didn’t remember me.

What is words in a weird order