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WorksheetsTest Taking Tips
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Standardized tests are...
Something every student has to take.
An opportunity to check your progress.
Required for college, the military & some jobs.
All of these.
Choose TWO: Before testing, it is important to...
Get a good night's sleep.
Eat something to fuel your brain.
Confront your friend about lying.
Ask your crush if they like you.
If you feel anxious, which of the following is NOT a helpful strategy?
Take deep breaths.
Tell yourself, "This sucks" or "I'm so dumb."
Take a minute to stretch.
Tell yourself, "I'm doing my best."
Three's a charm means...
Make 3 guesses before quitting.
You can skip 3 questions.
Go over the test questions 3 times.
Three answers are always wrong.
Using the process of elimination strategy, if you can eliminate one wrong answer (out of four), what are your chances of guessing correctly?
25%
33%
50%
75%
On those long reading passages, what do the BEST, most successful readers do?
Skim the passage quickly to save time.
Skip around the text just to find answers.
Randomly guess on questions they don't know.
Go back and reread to find or confirm answers.
If you don't know the meaning of a word, you should...
Just skip it and keep going.
Grab a dictionary off the shelf.
Ask your teacher what it means.
Use context clues to figure it out.
What are "qualifier" words used in questions?
Words that make a question tricky.
Words like ALWAYS and NEVER.
Words that require more thought and careful thinking.
All of these.
Choose TWO answers. What is the Rocking Chair Test?
Checking to make sure a chair is stable.
It helps us put the test into perspective.
A way to help yourself be less anxious.
It's used by Amish furniture makers.
To COMPARE means...
To look for similarities between two or more things.
To look at the details and understand why.
To look for differences between two or more things.
To provide evidence and reasoning.
To DESCRIBE means...
To give evidence and reasoning.
To tell the similarities between two or more things.
To judge the worth of something.
To give the details about something.
To SUMMARIZE means...
To retell the main details in your own words.
To copy the text over again, word for word.
To prove your opinion with facts and details.
To argue a point using logic and facts.
To CONTRAST means...
To look for similarities between two or more things.
To look at the details and understand why.
To look for differences between two or more things.
To provide evidence and reasoning.
To ANALYZE means...
To look closely at the parts of something.
To provide details that prove a point.
To think from someone else's point of view.
To make judgements about value or truth.
If a questions asks you to choose the BEST answer, that means...
There aren't any good answer choices...it's a trick!
There may be more than one answer that seems correct.
You can't get the question wrong sinice it's an opinion.
These questions don't exist on standardized tests.
What is the "THEME" of a reading passage?
Theme is the main topic from the first paragraph.
Theme is usually mentioned in the conclusion.
Theme is a lesson or important idea we take away from a text.
The theme is always stated clearly in the text.
If a questions asks you to SUPPORT a claim, you are looking for...
Facts or details that show the claim is false.
Key words and phrases from the claim.
Facts or details that show the claim is true.
Words or phrases that show the meaning.
