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

When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what is the best strategy below?

• Don't move on until you answer it.

• Take a random guess and keep moving.

• 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.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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.

• Cry.

• Cross off the choices you know are wrong.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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

• Stare at the page long enough to convince Ms. Woodall you've read it and then move on.

• Read the passage first.

• Read the questions before reading the passage.

• Highlight the main idea.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Why should you eat breakfast on test day?

• So you can think clearly.

• So you will know all the answers.

• So you have food in your belly to throw up on the test.

• So you will not have to study.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Why do you need to pace yourself during a test?

• So you answer only the questions you know.

• So you finish the whole test.

• So you can finish your test before your classmates.

• So you can accidentally take too long on the first 5 questions and then rush to answer 20 questions all at the end.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

• Answer the hard questions first.

• Write the essay first.

• Read the passages before the questions.

• Answer the questions you know first.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

In a true/false question, every part of the statement must be true for the answer to be true.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1