Plowing through ACTSpring Blitz 2016

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•PRACTICE ACT ENGLISHGet your pencils ready….

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•How did you work the passage?•Did you read the passage, then answer the questions?

•Did you look at the questions, then the passage?

• Sentence – question, sentence – question?

•Other?

•Purpose•Become familiar with the test format

•Share strategies to work smart•save time.

• Time: 45 minutes• 75 questions • 38 questions correct = 16• 47 questions correct = 20

•English

63% of the Questions

Suggested Timing: about 8 minutes per passage + 5 min warningorTime to skim each passage – 1.5 min = 7.5 minTime per question – 30 sec = 37.5 min

•Suggestions to improve time

• Stay focused, keep your head down and don’t look up – until the 5 minute warning.• Because of the way the test is numbered, you could SKIM a “chunk” or paragraph, then answer those 1-4 questions and move on. • Easy questions first, if a question is taking too much time – move on….

•So what is ACT testing?

• Look at questions in Passage I. • What are they testing?• 1 Commas• 2 Adverb use• 3 Verb use• 4 Correction to wording• 5• 6

• 7• 8• 9• 10• 11• 12• 13• 14 New Sentence• 15 Writer’s Purpose

•Usage/Mechanics – 40 questions• Punctuation - 10q• (commas, colons, semicolons, parentheses,

apostrophes, period, question marks, exclamation points, hyphens and dashes)

• Grammar and Usage - 12q• (nouns, use of appropriate pronouns, verb formation,

verb tense, tense shift, subject-verb agreement, parallel form, adjectives and adverbs, comparatives and superlatives, idioms)

• Sentence Structure - 18q• (run-on sentences, coma splices, sentence fragments,

misplaced modifiers, shifts in construction)

•Rhetorical Skills – 35 questions• Strategy -12q Test your choice• Which expression are appropriate to the audience &

purpose; what is the effect of adding, revising, or deleting supporting material; is the statement relevant?

• Organization - 11q• (placing a new sentence in a paragraph/passage , reorder

sentences, or choosing the best transitions & closing sentences)

• Style - 12q Keep it Simple• (Have you made corrections to make wording more

precise; avoided wordiness, and redundancy)

•PRACTICEGet your pencils ready….

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QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO ????

English practice for ACTDay two:Know the directionsReminders about timing and test taking strategies

Know the Directions

•Suggestions to improve time

• Stay focused, keep your head down and don’t look up – until the 5 minute warning.• Because of the way the test is numbered, you could SKIM a “chunk” or paragraph, then answer those 1-4 questions and move on. • Easy questions first, if a question is taking too much time – move on….

•Tips when answering the questions…

•Match questions to number in passage [1] or underlined area.• Keep it simple, precise (example)• Read one line above, one line below to consider context. •Questions about author’s purpose and reordering sentences are usually last.

•PRACTICEGet your pencils ready….

Passage IIPage 14 & 15Complete # 16 – 308 mins

•Practice•Using ACT Sample Questions Online• http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/english/eng_02.html

•How many questions do you need?

QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO ????