Test tips

On Monday night before the state test what should you do

• stay up watching YouTube until 11:00 p.m.

• talk to friends on instagram until midnight

• get into bed by 9:00 pm

• stay up all night and study

If you find that your time is running out on the state test should you leave the last few answers blank?

• yes

• no

• I'm not sure

If the question starts with "Based on the article," or "According to the passage," you know that this is a

• LIT (look in the text) question

• Summary question

• Main Idea

• Text Structure

When the question is asking for main idea they want you to think about...

• the text structure (how it is organized)

• who wrote the text

• the point of view

• what the text is mostly about

To identify the summary of a passage we need to

• Choose insignificant details from the text

• Choose the BIG ideas from the text

• Look at paragraph 1

• Look at the abstract

What information do you normally find out by reading the abstract

• The background information about the text

• The ending of the text

• The author's purpose for writing

• The subheadings

What steps do we follow when searching for point of view in a fictional passage?

• Read beginning, middle, end

• Remove, Insert, Read, Decide

• Read, Cross Out, Highlight, Decide

• Select the problem and solution

Whenever you are given a Part B question to answer, you will be looking for...

• evidence to prove(support your answer)

• text structure

• comparing information

• the ending or conclusion

On questions dealing with character traits, you have been taught to think about what in reference to the character

• Beginning, Middle, End

• Feelings, Actions, Sayings, Thoughts

• Remove, Insert, Read, Decide

• Before, With, After

When comparing passages and you are being asked what information is added by the 2nd passage, what should you think about?

• The summary of both passages

• What information was in the 2nd passage that wasn't in the first

• The point of view of the passages

• The author's purpose