Test Taking Skills

The most important thing to do at the beginning of a test is

• PANIC

• Take a deep breath and trust yourself

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

It is important to read the directions completely. For example, your direction right now is choose FALSE

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RI.7.10

It is important to trust your instinct. This means:

• Trust your gut feelings

• Act like a wolf

• Doubt yourself

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The most important question to ask yourself on a test is:

• Does this answer make sense?

• What's for lunch today?

• Is my teacher mad at me?

• Where does that highway go to?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which questions should you answer first?

• The longest ones

• The shortest ones

• The ones you're super sure you know the answer to

• The ones that have the fewest multiple-choice options

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

How should you first approach a multiple-choice question?

• Read the choices out loud

• Eliminate the longest and shortest choices

• Try to answer it without looking at the choices

• Try to answer it without looking at the question

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.7.10

A multiple choice test has four choices. You know that two of them are definitely wrong. Therefore, you have a ___ chance of getting the question right,

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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CCSS.7.SP.C.7A

Which term best describes a good essay?

• Written quickly

• Brief

• Orderly

• Long

When you are answering questions, you should write in what types of sentences?

• Compound

• Complete

• Run-on

• Fragment

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

What does writing to a prompt mean?

• I can write about anything I want.
• I can choose from a list of ideas to write about.
• I can flip a coin to decide between two topics.
• I have to write about the topic they give me.