1 / 10

Model of P.I.R.A.T.E.S.

Model of P.I.R.A.T.E.S. A.P. U.S. Mrs. Civitella. Step 1: Prepare to Succeed. P ut your name and PIRATES on the test. A llot time and order sections. S ay affirmations. S tart within 2 minutes. Step 2: Inspect the instructions. Multiple Choice:

cachet
Download Presentation

Model of P.I.R.A.T.E.S.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Model of P.I.R.A.T.E.S. A.P. U.S. Mrs. Civitella

  2. Step 1: Prepare to Succeed Put your name and PIRATES on the test. Allot time and order sections. Say affirmations. Start within 2 minutes.

  3. Step 2: Inspect the instructions Multiple Choice: Select the best answer and write the proper letter in the space provided. Read instructions carefully. Underline what to do and where to respond. Notice special requirements.

  4. Step 3: Read, Remember, Reduce • In addition to Cuba, American forces successfully seized the Spanish-owned Caribbean colony of • Puerto Rico • The Virgin Island • The Dominican Republic • Trinidad Read the whole question. Remember what you studied. Reduce the choices.

  5. Step 4: Answer or Abandon Among prominent Americans who opposed annexation of the Philippines were • Leonard Wood and Walter Reed • William Randolph Hearst and Theodore Roosevelt • Mark Twain and William James • Mark Hanna and “Czar” Thomas Reed Answer the question. or Abandon the question for the moment.

  6. Step 5: Turn Back • Turn Back to the questions that you abandoned and answer them.

  7. Step 6: Estimate Avoid absolutes. Choose the longest or most detailed choice. Eliminate similar choices.

  8. The Test-Taking Strategy - Cue Card #7 Absolute Words All No Always None Every Never Only Non-absolute Words Few Most Some Many Seldom Often Sometimes Usually

  9. Step 6: Estimate- example • The Platt Amendment provided that • The people of Puerto Rico were citizens of the United States • The United States would eventually grant independence to the Philippines and Puerto Rico • No European power could establish new bases or colonies in the Pacific • The United States had the right to intervene with troops and maintain military bases in Cuba

  10. The Test-Taking Strategy - Cue Card #9 Step 7: Survey Survey to ensure all questions are answered. Switch an answer only if you’re sure.

More Related