1. When you're writing an essay for a test, what should you do first?

• Make a brief outline.
• Leave the essay for last.
• Write your thoughts as they come to you.
• Read through it for punctuation and grammar errors.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.5

2. When is the best time to start to study for a test?

• In the bus on the way to school
• Daily, starting a week before the test
• The night before the test
• Skip breakfast and study then.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

3. When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?

• Don't move until you answer it.
• Take a guess and keep going
• Mark it and come back to it.
• Write a list of facts that you do know.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

4. When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, what can you do first?

• Organize your thoughts in a list.
• Take a guess and move on.
• Double check all your answers.
• Cross off the choices you know are wrong.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

5. If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to --->

• Organize your thoughts in a list.
• Read the passages first.
• Read the questions before the passages.
• Highlight the main idea.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

6. Why should you eat breakfast on test day?

• So you will not have to study.
• So you can think clearly.
• So you will know all the answers.
• So you will not be nervous.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

7.  What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

• Ask the teacher to explain them to you.
• Guess at what they mean and get started.
• Re-read them six times.
• Put your head down.

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CCSS.SL.K.2

CCSS.SL.K.3

8. Why do your need to pace yourself during the test?

• So you answer only the questions you know.
• So you finish the whole test.
• So you can finish the test before your classmates.
• So you remember to write your name on the test.

8. Why do your need to pace yourself during the test?

• So you answer only the questions you know.
• So you finish the whole test.
• So you can finish the test before your classmates.
• So you remember to write your name on the test.

9. What does it mean to prioritize?

• Answer the hard questions first.
• Write the essay first.
• Read the passages before the questions.
• Answer the easy questions first.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10