Testing Strategies

Tomorrow is the in school SAT exam. How are you feeling about it?

• Feeling Great! Ready to crush it :)

• Feeling pretty good. Ready to at least take it and get it over with

• I am a little nervous, there are a few things I would like to review

• I am totally not ready. I wish it wasn't tomorrow :(

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What should you do if you come to a question you do not understand?

• Think really hard on it

• Mark it and come back to it

• Guess

• Sleep during the test

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How should you use Part A/Part B questions?

• They are separate questions

• Do not worry about Part B

• Sleep through the test

• Use Part B to back up Part A

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How long should you spend on a question?

• 1 minute or less

• 3 minutes

• 30 secs

• I sleep during the test

How should you NOT mark your text?

• Underline important details

• Write Gist Statements

• Drooling (sleeping during the test)

• Mark certain characters

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What is a good practice for answering questions?

• Read all of the options

• Pick a random one

• Christmas Tree

• I sleep during the test

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What is a good tactic at narrowing down your answer choices?

• I sleep during the test

• Pick the first one that looks good

• Read only some of the answer choices

• Process of Elimination

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What should you do when faced with a passage?

• Sleep during the test

• Read in detail and take 20 minutes

• Skim for the main purpose and claims

• Read the beginning sentence in each paragraph

• Read the first and last paragraphs

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When answering a question, I should trust my...

• the answer with the least amount of evidence

• I do not trust anything

• First gut instinct

• I sleep during the test

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All answers MUST have...

• personal perceptions

• I sleep during the test

• arguments that the author does not think of

• Evidence to back it up

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