ELPAC Test Strategies

You're stuck on a hard question. What strategy will help?

• RACE

• Napping

• Guessing

• Process of elimination

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

In the "Speech Functions" section, your answer will always be...

• RACE'd

• a question

• bad

• long

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In "Talk About a Scene," the picture you see will always...

• include a chemistry class

• be black and white

• be of a school setting

• include a dog

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

True or False: One time, Mr. Vose's dog got sick because she ate an entire bag of gummy worms.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

In the "Summarize an Academic Presentation" section, you should always...

• zone out

• take notes

• press pause

• RACE your answer

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

For some listening section questions, you will need to skip and come back to certain questions because...

• you have to hear everything to answer the question

• those questions are extra hard

• you can't press pause

• you can't rewind

For the short informational passage reading section, you'll almost always be asked:

• "How old is Ms. Medlock?"

• "Who is this about?"

• "What's the theme?"

• "What's the main idea?"

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

For the literary passage section, you'll almost always be asked:

• "What's the main idea?"

• "What's the theme?"

• "How many fish are in the aquarium?"

• "Who is the main character?"

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does "theme" mean in stories?

• the story's author

• the story's genre

• the story's message or big idea

• the story's topic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which of the following is NOT a listening test strategy?

• press pause often

• take notes if it helps

• read the questions and answers first

• use RACE