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Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 47mins
Before answering questions, I should highlight clues and keywords in the question/answer choices?
Yes, because it will help lead me to the right answer.
No, because you because it's a waste of time.
What should you do if a question is causing you stress and taking too long?
Continue trying your best and use all of your time on it.
Flag the question and come back to it if you have extra time at the end of the test.
Use the strike out tool to narrow it down to the two best answers and continue looking back into the text.
Make the best guess.
What should you do the night before the test?
Stay up late and eat a lot of sugar!
Play FortNite and talk online all night to my friends
Eat a healthy dinner and go to sleep early!
Eat an entire cheesecake by myself and go to sleep by 8 PM
What should you do the morning of the test?
Eat 18 Pop Tarts and wake up super late and race to school.
Get in a fight with your little brother the night before and sleep through your alarm.
Eat a super healthy breakfast and get to school on time so you can calm down and relax
Walk around the school aimlessly with no purpose and get to class late
Is it okay to take short mental breaks when you need it?
True- You need to give your brain a rest sometimes! But, be aware of your time!
False- KEEP GOING!
When the teacher/proctor for the test says, "Begin" you should quickly ______________
read the first passage.
underline key words in all of the questions.
scan the entire section and mark the easiest questions.
put your head down and go to sleep.
What is process of elimination?
Cross out or ignore answers that you know are wrong
Choose an answer that you think is wrong
Choose "C"
Don't read the first two answers
How many questions should you leave blank?
Just the ones you don't know
Just the ones with a lot of reading
All of them
The last one
None
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 my friend to help me.
Reviewing your answers before you turn in your test will help you to
make sure you understand the directions
decrease your chances of making simple errors
answer more questions in the time allotted
David gets stuck on a difficult question. He has no idea what the answer is, so he just stares at the question for about 5 minutes hoping the answer might come to him. Which test taking skill does he need to use?
Plug It In
No Fear
Check It Out
Pace Yourself
Kelly is really tired because she stayed up late playing computer games. Now it is time to take the test and she can barely keep her eyes open. What test taking skill should she have used?
Be Prepared
No Fear
Plug It In
Reframe Your Thinking
To pace yourself means to ________________________.
Take your time
Don't Rush
Don't spend too much time on one question.
All of these
A positive attitude can effect how well you do on your test.
True
False
How many answers should you read before you answer a question?
one if I know that is the right answer
two
three
all of the answers
What type of mindset should you have when testing? Choose two answers
Thinking about absolutely nothing
Having confidence in yourself
Thinking positively
Telling myself I will fail
What do you do to eliminate answers? Choose all that apply
eliminate answers that are obviously wrong
randomly pick an answer
eliminate answers that are partly correct
get rid of answers that are correct but do not answer the question
What is the most important part of taking a test?
being the first person done
Doing your best
Having the best grade in the class
What does the "U" in Ugly Chickens stand for?
Ugly
Unlisted
Underline
Undetermined
How many steps are in the Ugly Chickens Never Do Anything method?
4
3
2
5
Which Strategy has answers that are closely related or almost identical, except for 1 detail.
Opposite Choice Strategy
Similar Choice Strategy
The Umbrella Option Strategy
Complex Question Strategy
What does the "N" in Ugly Chickens Never Do Anything stand for?
(a)
Which educated guessing strategy has an answer choice show up several times throughout the answer choices?
Frequency of Occurrence
Key word
Absolute
Longer Response
Which educated guessing strategy includes words like never, always, sometimes?
Absolute strategy
Grammatically Correct
Frequency of Occurrence
Umbrella Strategy
Use the grammatically correct strategy to determine the answer to the following question: Non-responsive frattling is usually found in an
gringle
janket
kloppie
uckerpod
Use the Absolute Strategy to determine the correct answer: Woolygoggles NEVER eat their own eggs.
True
False
Use the Longer Response Strategy to determine the answer: Woolygoggles, if handled properly, are likely to
run away
adapt easily to humans
be very responsive to their caretakers and able to produce healthy offspring
less dangerous
Another name for putting a box around key words that are important in answering questions is what strategy?
Reframe your thinking
Underline Vocabulary
Jail the Detail
Slash the Trash
It is important to read the directions completely. For example, your direction right now is choose FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
It is important to trust your instinct. This means:
Trust your gut feelings
Act like a wolf
Doubt yourself
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?
You should throw away all of your work as soon as it is checked or graded because it will only clutter up your folders.
True
False
Getting a good night's sleep and eating a healthy breakfast are more beneficial than cramming all night before a test.
True
False
It is important to be the first person done with the test because that means that you aced the test.
True
False
Cramming stores information in your
short term memory
long term memory
Making mind maps, diagrams, or rewriting your notes by hand is more effective than simply looking at your notes to study.
True
False
Which one of these words would signal that the answer could be wrong
all
none
never
everyone
all of the above
Which of these words would signal that an answer is probably correct. Answer all that apply.
probably
always
most
worst
What does summarize mean?
To explain the problem and solution
To tell all of the most important events from the beginning, middle and end of the story
To tell the most important events in your own words; include character(s), setting, and the main idea
What does preview the text mean?
To read the text from beginning to end without stopping
To skim and scan the text in order to locate information that can be used to make predictions and ask questions
To summarize the most important events
When do good readers ask questions about what they're reading?
During reading only
Before, during, and after reading
Before reading only
Which type of questions should you answer first on your test?
The most difficult questions
The easiest questions
Go in order
Start from the back
Which class do you take the PSAT in?
A MOD
FLEX MOD
G MOD
D MOD
Does the PSAT count towards your grade?
yes
no
