SAT

On the morning of the test, you might want to: 

• Have a healthy breakfast with protein in it 
• Have nothing so that your stomach growls and irritates your neighbor
• Get to school and enjoy a breakfast Mr. Baldermann provided by MR. Baldermann
• See what is at the bottom of your locker

Which of the following is probably NOT a good method to use when you momentarily find yourself daydreaming or losing focus during the test? 

• Take a deep breath and mentally begin to concentrate again.
• Panic, get angry and feel sorry for yourself because SAT is picking on you.
• Sit up straight in your chair and/or change your seating position.
• Take a few seconds to put everything else out of your mind except the test and refocus.

What do you need to bring the day of the test?

• 2 sharpened pencils 
• a photo ID, watch, and a calculator
• protein packed snack and drink for break
• all of these

Is this the official SAT’s policy ?
If your phone makes noise, or you are seen using it at any time, including during breaks, you will be dismissed, your scores cancelled, and the phone confiscated and its contents inspected. 

• TRUE - at all testing sites
• TRUE - in all states BUT ILLINOIS
• TRUE - in all hs except WHS
• False - that is so mean!

Which of the following statements are not true:

• Students who annotate and mark on the test tend to score higher

• Either find the correct answer directly, or use process of elimination to narrow down your choices

• Under no circumstances make any marks because the test you take will be reused in a different country this summer.

• Dress comfortably and get a good night's sleep before the test.

On each test you should

• Figure your inner clock will let you know when the test is over
• Don’t rush, but DO watch the clock so that you pace yourself
• Don’t pay attention to the time, SAT lets you have as much as you want to finish
• Do the hardest questions first because you want to have enough time and you don’t care about the easier questions

When you turn the page for each of the 5 reading passages,
the FIRST thing you should do is

• cry
• start daydreaming
• read the introduction which hopefully give you good background information
• feel sorry for yourself

Reading each passage ACTIVELY includes all of the following EXCEPT

• Getting into the passage by the end of the first paragraph, annotating and/or underlining – otherwise start over!
• Asking yourself why did the author write this word/detail/sentence/paragraph/passage?
• Reminding yourself that you are familiar and have completed a lot of passages and are familiar with common SAT question stems
• Telling yourself you hate reading and can’t get anything right

Which type of reading questions are usually the most difficult? 

• main idea, inference, and synthesis questions
• Vocabulary in context
• Line reference questions
• Questions citing a particular paragraph

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• NO CHANGE
• stage's of its'
• stage's of it's
• stages of its