Reading Passages
Are you allowed to use a dictionary and thesaurus?
What is YES, absolutely, and I WANT TO SEE YOU USING THEM!
How do I set myself up to write a great essay?
What is DETERMINE THE TYPE OF ESSAY and MAKE A PLAN.
What should you do before answering the questions for each section?
What is Read the ENTIRE passage.
Should you eat a big, greasy burrito for breakfast on the morning of the test?
What is Do what you normally do. Don't change your routine.
How many total boxes should your essay plan have?
What is FOUR!
What types of fiction reading passages might you see?
What information should go in your introduction?
What is Attention Grabber (quote, etc) and Thesis Statement.
What if you don't know what a word means?
Look it up!!
Should you bring a jacket?
What is YES, Ms. Ashmore likes the AC on high.
What should the first box of your essay plan represent?
What is INTRODUCTION.
What types of prose passages will you have?
What is Fiction and Nonfiction.
What is topic sentence (point), Evidence (Example from text), Explain, Link to Thesis
What does revising mean?
What is Revising means reworking sentences and wording.
Where will our cell phones and smart watches be during the test?
What is They will be in a box at the front of the room OR leave them in your car/at home.
What does the second box of your essay plan represent?
What is BODY PARAGRAPH 1.
What kind of tools do you have at your disposal during the reading test?
What is Highlighting Tool, Strikethrough Wrong Responses, Notepad, and many others?
What does the word COMPOSITION mean?
What is ESSAY.
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!
What does the third box of your essay plan represent?
What is BODY PARAGRAPH 2.
If you don't know what a word means, what do you do?
What is USE A DICTIONARY.
What first impressions will the grader make when looking at your paper?
What is: Is the essay too short? Is it organized with four indented paragraphs?
What will you do when you finish your test?
What is You will not have time left over to do much of anything because you are going to spend most of the 5 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.
What should be included in your conclusion?
What is TRANSITION WORD and RESTATED THESIS.