Test Taking Tips ELA

What should you do before a big test?

• Eat tons of junk food!
• Get a full nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast.
• Have a party.
• Pull an all nighter.

What part of the passages should you read closely?

• Just the paragraph the question asks about.
• None of it.
• All of it.
• Just skim it.

How many of the answer choices should you read on each question?

• All of them
• Skim until you see a correct one
• the first and last one
• Just guess

When marking a question for review, you should eliminate 1-2 answer choices.

• True

• False

What answers should you eliminate?

• Obviously wrong answers

• Choices that are partly wrong

• Answers that are correct but don't answer the question

• All of the above

Where can you usually find the main idea of the reading passage?

• At the end
• In the first two paragraphs
• In the last paragraph
• In the first sentence

During the test, I should: 

• try hard to copy answers off of my friend.
• tell my teacher that I don't really feel like taking a test today.
• make lots of noise.
• stay calm and give my best effort.

If you do not know the answer to a question, you should____.

• make a random guess
• eliminate bad choices, then guess from remaining choices
• not answer it
• ask the teacher to tell you the answer

True or False
I don't need to read the whole passage.  I can go directly to the questions and skim the passage to save time.

• False
• True

Continually ___________ the text will help you stay alert and interested in what you are reading. 

• Summarizing
• Questioning
• Clarifying
• Evaluating