Are you ready for FSA Reading?

You are ready, butwe need to practice a little.

Follow all the instructionscarefully.

If the slide says copy, then copy it innotebook.

your

notebook. Easy!

If the slide says answer the question in your

notebook, then answer the question in your

In your planner, write“FSA READING”on the following dates:

Thursday, April 13Friday, April 14

If you don´t have a planner, write this somewhere you will remember.Bring $3 tomorrow to purchase a school planner in the office

You will need to balance reading and answering questions in two-85 minute sessions. FSA Reading will be conducted on computers.

Answering questionsReading

OpenResponseyou type one or two sentences

Multiselectselect more tan oneanswer

Two PartItemPart A andPart B are connected

DragandDropyou organize info

EditingTaskyou selectfrom a drop-down menu

Types of FSA Questions

Explain why by giving an example.

From slide 7, what type or types of questions are you comfortable answering?

Did you know…

you will have multimediafeatures on FSA

You might find audio clips, slideshows, or animations. You can find them within the passages or in the test items.

Do you have a strategy or strategies that you can share with someone to help on the FSA Reading Exam?Write your strategy or strategies in your notebook.

Credit to: Strategies Created and Developed by Jill Leone

You must copy at least three!

Always

read the questions first.

• This will help you to focus your

attention and direct you to the parts

of the reading passage that are

most important for you to

understand.

Make sure you

understand exactly what

each question is asking.

STOP and take a moment to think

about what you will need to look for

in the reading passage.

*** Sometimes it helps to put the

question in your own words or circle

key words in the passage, such as

not, least, cause, effect, first, last, etc.

Do not leave any answers

blank!

• Choose what you think is the

best answer by eliminating the

choices that do not seem

correct.

Choose the best answer.

•Never choose an answer that is not

supported by something in the

selection, text, passage or your own

background knowledge.

• Evidence from the text!

Choose the best answer

by understanding the

question.

• If the question says: According

to the passage… or Presented in

the passage…, make sure the

answer you choose is based on

information you read in the

passage.

• Evidence in the text!

Choose the best answer

by understanding key

vocabulary.

• Be aware that the answer to a question is

often stated in words that are a little bit

different from the exact words used in the

reading passage.

• Here’s an example: A passage about the Civil

War discusses the casualties of war, but the

answer choice uses the word fatalities. By

choosing the answer choice that contains the

word fatalities, a good test taker is also

demonstrating understanding or reading

comprehension.

Read with INTENTION

A test question asks about the setting

of a story. Once you have read the

passage all the way through, go back

and skip through the sentences that

discuss other ideas or events. Now,

skim the passage until you find the

parts that discuss the time and the

place. Read this part carefully.

Don’t expect to always know

the answers to most questions

after only one reading.

•Good test takers learn how to go

back into the passage again and

again to find specific information.

• This is one of the most important

strategies for a reading test –

knowing what information you

need and re-reading until you find

it. (You can use your skimming skills here.)

For vocabulary questions

• When you have to choose the correct

meaning of a word, it is helpful to read

the following:

– The sentence that the word is in.

– The sentence right before.

– The sentence right after.

• This area of the passage surrounding

the word is called the context.

Quiz(complete the question with the best answer)

1) Should I…

• A. read the questions first?

• B. read the passage first?

2) Should I…

• A. pay attention to possible multimedia, like audio clips?

• B. not listen to audio clips on the exam?

3) Should I…

• A. read and think?

• B. pretend to read on the exam?

4) Should I…

• take the FSA on April 13 and April 14?

• bring headphones or earbuds on Tuesday and Friday?

ANSWERS

Makes sure you complete the quiz first

SeriouslyMake sure you wrote the answers in your notebook.

Quiz Answers

1) Should I…

• A. read the questions first? YES!

• B. read the passage first?

2) Should I…

• A. pay attention to possible multimedia, like audio clips? YES!

3) Should I…

• A. read and think? YES!

4) Should I…

• take the FSA on April 13 and April 14? YES!

• bring headphones or earbuds on Tuesday and Friday? YES!

• B. not listen to audio clips on the exam?

• B. pretend to read on the exam?