Reading Test Tips

A good first step when reading critically for a test is to:

• Circle all of the bolded terms

• Look at the questions you need to answer

• Do a reverse outline of the text

• Read from the last paragraph to the first instead of from first to last

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following contexts requires only surface reading?

• Writing an essay on a novel

• Examining metaphor in a poem

• Outlining the key concepts of an essay

• Looking at the words on a page

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

If you are stuck on a passage, what should you do?

• Write a reflection on it, including what you don't understand about it

• Copy it out slowly, word for word

• Circle it and come back to it later

• Keep reading it until you understand it

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following is a good scanning technique?

• Listing the key terms of an essay

• Reading as fast as possible

• Analyzing the subsection titles of a book

• Reading an essay backwards

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is NOT something you should do after reading a text?

• Take time to make notes or thoughts about the text

• Look up words you don't know

• Forget it and never think about it again

• See how the text connects to the prior paragraph or sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10