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Multiple-Choice Questions To choose the one best answer to a multiple-choice question: Read the question CAREFULLY! Pay special attention to any words being emphasized with a different typeface. LOOK BACK at the written work to find words from the question.
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Multiple-Choice Questions • To choose the one best answer to a multiple-choice question: • Read the question CAREFULLY! Pay special attention to any words being emphasized with a different typeface. • LOOK BACK at the written work to find words from the question. • If you’re not sure of the answer, use the PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. Eliminate, or drop, any answers you know are wrong. Think about each answer choice that is left. Choose the one that seems best. • See whether all but one of the answer choices have something in common. Choose the ONE THAT’S DIFFERENT. • Tests are timed. PLAN YOUR TIME. Don’t get stuck on a question you’re not sure of. Skip it and come back to it later.
Example: Which of these is NOT a characteristic of fiction? A narrator tells what happens. Things happen that could never happen in real life. The author’s main purpose is to give information. There is no dialogue.
Open-Ended Questions You will be asked to think about characters, events, and ideas in the readings. There will be charts to fill out. There will be questions requiring full written answers. Open-ended questions have no one correct answer. But your answer must be accurate, clear, and logical. Your response must be based on the text.
To write a top-scoring answer to an open-ended question: • Tests are timed. PLAN YOUR TIME. Make sure you have enough time to write a full response. • Read the question CAREFULLY! Pay special attention to any words being emphasized with a different typeface. • LOOK BACK at the written work to find words from the question. • JOT DOWN NOTES to organize your thinking before you write. • Make sure you have given a COMPLETE ANSWER to the question. The question may have more than one part. • Make sure you have used PLENTY OF RELEVANT AND ACCURATE EXAMPLES from the written work to support your ideas. • PROOFREAD your writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, and spelling.
Writing on a Topic • You will be asked to do independent writing on a particular topic. To write a top-scoring composition: • Read the question CAREFULLY! • JOT DOWN NOTES to organize your thinking before your write. • Make sure you have written a COMPLETE ANSWER. • Reread, taking the viewpoint of a reader rather than the writer. Revise to make sure the writing has a FOCUS and CLEARLY CONNECTED IDEAS. Make your writing INTERESTING TO READ by using concrete nouns, vivid verbs and varied sentences. • PROOFREAD your writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, and spelling. • Tests are timed. PLAN YOUR TIME. Make sure you have allotted enough time for each step: planning, writing, revising, and proofreading.
Think About Reading • This is a list of some of the things you will be asked to do as you reflect on what you have read or listened to. You will do some of these things when you answer multiple-choice questions, and some when you answer open-ended questions. • Identify author’s purpose • Analyze a character • Draw conclusions • Think about cause-and-effect connections • Use context to figure out word meanings • Paraphrase groups of words or sentences (put them into your own words) • Summarize • Identify main ideas • Compare and contrast
Test Dates: April 17, 18, 19 This is a three day test!!
Final Test-Taking Advice Be prepared! Study ahead of time and review in advance to avoid last-minute cramming. Keep your mind open as you read test items. A question or answer can trigger your knowledge about another test item. Eat breakfast the day of the test. Get a good night’s sleep the night before the test. Be confident to do your best.
