Test taking strategies

Which type of punctuation should you use when quoting directly from a passage?

• exclamation point !
• parentheses (  )
• colon :
• quotation marks "  "

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What words can you use to provide proof for your answer?

• Ms. Yakelis told me...

• Based on personal experience...

• In paragraph #3, the author states that "...."

• I am not sure where I found this answer.

Before or during a test, I should be sure to __________.

• get a good night sleep

• eat a good breakfast

• Take my time and think through each question

• All of the above

Positive self-talk might sound like this.

• "You study hard and you're prepared."

• "You got this."

• "Try your best and check your work."

• All of the above.

Three things I should do if I'm faced with an essay question are:

• Determine what key points will be further developed in the body paragraphs

• Immediately start typing my essay

• make an outline

• begin essay with introduction that includes a thesis statement

For multiple choice questions, I should _________________________. 

• Choose the first answer that sounds right to me. 
• Read all the answer choices before picking one. 
• Say "eeny  meeny miney moe" to pick an answer.
• Ask my friend to help me.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

When asked a question over a vocabulary term, you should use context clues. Context clues are ___________.

• The title of the document

• The words that sound like the word that you know

• Words/sentences around the word that help you to determine the meaning of the unknown word

• Made up words that have no meaning and are useless

When given reading passages on a test, it's sometimes a good idea to _______.

• Organize your thoughts in a list.

• Read the questions before the passages.

• Read the passages first.

• Ignore it and move to the next question

If the question asks you to define a word, __________________ the original word with each of the answer choices (to see which makes the most sense in the context of the sentence).

• create

• hide

• close

• replace

Read ALL of the answers and __________ the choices that don't make sense.

• sneeze
• list
• cake
• cross out

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5