Summer Learning Strategies

Before answering questions, I should highlight clues and keywords in the question/answer choices?

• Yes, because it will help lead me to the right answer.

• No, because you because it's a waste of time.

What should you do if a question is causing you stress and taking too long?

• Continue trying your best and use all of your time on it.

• Flag the question and come back to it if you have extra time at the end of the test.

• Use the strike out tool to narrow it down to the two best answers and continue looking back into the text.

• Make the best guess.

What should you do the night before the test?

• Stay up late and eat a lot of sugar!

• Play FortNite and talk online all night to my friends

• Eat a healthy dinner and go to sleep early!

• Eat an entire cheesecake by myself and go to sleep by 8 PM

What should you do the morning of the test?

• Eat 18 Pop Tarts and wake up super late and race to school.

• Get in a fight with your little brother the night before and sleep through your alarm.

• Eat a super healthy breakfast and get to school on time so you can calm down and relax

• Walk around the school aimlessly with no purpose and get to class late

Is it okay to take short mental breaks when you need it?

• True- You need to give your brain a rest sometimes! But, be aware of your time!

• False- KEEP GOING!

When the teacher/proctor for the test says, "Begin" you should quickly ______________

• read the first passage.

• underline key words in all of the questions.

• scan the entire section and mark the easiest questions.

• put your head down and go to sleep.

To make sure you have enough time to answer all of the questions, you should____.

• guess the answers, then go back and check
• rush through the test
• skip hard questions and come back to them later
• unplug the clock

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is process of elimination?

• Cross out or ignore answers that you know are wrong

• Choose an answer that you think is wrong

• Choose "C"

• Don't read the first two answers

How many questions should you leave blank?

• Just the ones you don't know

• Just the ones with a lot of reading

• All of them

• The last one

• None