Fast Test Taking Strategies

How many questions should you leave blank?

• All

• Just the ones I don't know

• None

• The last one

If you do not know the answer to a question, you should____.

• make a random guess

• eliminate bad choices, then guess from remaining choices

• not answer it

• ask the teacher to tell you the answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The Plug It In, Plug It In strategy refers to...

• Plugging your ears

• Plugging in your phone charger

• Once you have chosen your answer, plug it in and make sure that it makes sense! (this works really well with vocabulary questions).

• Glade PlugIns Scented Oils

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

For multiple choice questions, I should...

• choose the first answer that sounds right to me.

• read all the answer choices before picking one.

• say, "eeny meeny miney moe" to pick an answer.

• ask a friend to help me.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

When I see a long reading passage on my test, I might try...

• reading the questions before reading the passage.

• skipping it and not answering the questions because they're too hard.

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

How much time should you spend on a test?

• As little as possible

• All the time allowed

• Take a long time and hope it is extended

• None

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

What questions should you eliminate?

• Obviously wrong answers

• Choices that are partly wrong

• Answers that are correct but don't answer the question

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following is a good strategy for managing time during a test?

• A) Spend equal time on all questions

• B) Focus on the hardest questions first

• C) Allocate more time to questions with higher points

• D) Skip all questions and come back later

When encountering a difficult vocabulary word in a passage, you should:

• A) Skip the word and continue reading

• B) Guess its meaning based on context

• C) Look it up in a dictionary immediately

• D) Ignore it completely

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the best approach to answering multiple-choice questions?

• A) Choose the first answer that seems correct

• B) Eliminate obviously wrong answers first

• C) Pick an answer randomly

• D) Ask for help from a classmate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10