SQ3R & RIP RAP SAT Reading

​SQ3R & RIP RAP

SAT Reading Strategies​

But first, an SAT English Warm Up in 3...2...1...​

Multiple Choice

True or false; FAU is the most accessible public university in Florida.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

As the Mississippi dusk settled on Dockery Farms on Saturday evenings' in the early 1900s, hundreds would cross a one-way bridge to hear the blues.

• NO CHANGE

• evening's in the early 1900s, hundred's

• evenings in the early 1900s, hundreds

• evenings' in the early 1900s, hundreds'

Multiple Choice

Once a week, the furniture was placed outdoors to make room for the burgeoning crowd, and wall-sized mirrors reflected coal oil lanterns, setting the house aglow and irradiating the way for stragglers.

• NO CHANGE

• illuminating

• illustrating

• elucidating

Multiple Choice

So began the Delta Blues, an influential style of music that originated among the African-American farmhands of the Delta region of northwest Mississippi...

• NO CHANGE

• an on-point

• an awesome

• a top-notch

Multiple Choice

Which choice most clearly conveys a central idea of the passage?

Dockery Farms, a forty-square-mile farming community with about 3,000 residents in its heyday, fell into decline after the introduction of the mechanical cotton-picker in 1944.

• NO CHANGE

• was the epicenter of this music.

• originally included post offices, picnic grounds, and elementary schools.

• was bought by William Dockery with a gift from his grandmother.

Multiple Choice

Select the best way to address the underlined portion.

At Dockery, Patton met Harry Sloan, about whom little is known except that he taught Patton to play guitar, while that changed both Patton's life and American music.

• NO CHANGE

• so that it ended up changing

• which would change

• until a change came to

Start @ the beginning of the sentence, review the verbs & their tenses​

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​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​#5: Verb Tense

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​At Dockery, Patton met Harry Sloan, about whom little is known except that he taught Patton to play guitar, while that changed both Patton's life and American music. ​

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this school & where is it located?

• Florida Gulf Christian University in Fort Myers

• Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers

• Florida Gulf Christian University in Pensacola

• Florida Gulf Coast University in Pensacola

Multiple Choice

All of the following are sections of the SAT EXCEPT:

• Reading

• Math

• Science

• English

Reorder

Reorder the following types of SAT question based on frequency on the test.

• Big Picture

• Text Evidence

• Vocab in Context

• Analogy

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Reorder

Reorder the following 5 critical steps to SAT Reading Success based on the order you should complete them.

• Start with your strength

• Survey the blurb

• Survey the question

• Actively read

• Answer every questions

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Multiple Choice

During the Survey step of SQ3R, what should you skim through quickly?

• The passage & questions

• The blurb & passage

• The blurb & questions

• The blurb & questions & passage.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Question step in SQ3R?

• To memorize the questions you're going to answer.

• To develop questions about the passage.

• To answer as many of the questions as possible.

• To question why any of this matters in the first place.

Multiple Select

Select all of the following that you should circle while actively reading.

• Claims

• Key Words

• Contrast words

• Continuation words

Multiple Select

What does the Recite step entail?

• Restating the main idea after each paragraph

• Restating the main idea after each paragraph

• Restating the main idea after each paragraph

Multiple Choice

All of the following are steps in the RIP RAP strategy EXCEPT

• Cover the answers

• Rephrase the question

• Read around any line or paragraph references & predict your answer

• Select the answer with the most words

Reorder

Reorder the following Florida public universities from hardest to easiest to gain admission.

• The University of Florida

• Florida State University

• University of Central Florida

• Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

• Florida Atlantic University

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