Test Strategies WE CAN DO IT Test Taking

Test Strategies WE CAN DO IT

Test Taking • Be aware of time so you can pace yourself • Listen closely to directions • Bring all materials • Keep a positive attitude • Read the entire question • Write legibly

Reading Strategies • • Underline or highlight important words Follow along with a pencil as you read Try to sound out words that you do not know Read the questions before and after the passage Read the story twice Take notes Watch the clock!

Applying Reading Strategies • Highlight or underline the most important terms or phrases from the question below. – Earthquakes occur when tension in the Earth’s crust suddenly gives away. Sometimes this tension builds up many kilometers below the Earth’s surface. Which of the following best describes the motion of the waves produced when that tension gives away?

Writing Strategies • • • Indent paragraphs Restate in complete sentences Check and re-check punctuation Introduction and conclusion Check spelling Read your completed essay Never leave an answer blank Be sure you have a sentence for each point Only write inside the box

Multiple Choice Strategies • Use process of elimination • Read the questions before and after the question • Look back in the passage for answers • Underline important words in the passage • Never leave an answer blank

Test Vocabulary • Infer: to make an educated guess • Determine: to make a decision • Identify: to relate, recognize or show • Analyze: to break down • Draw a conclusion: provide an outcome

Test Vocabulary • Compare: to examine likeliness or difference (there must be at least two things) • Support: to back up with reasoning or evidence • Describe: narrate • Summarize: to condense the main ideas

Test Vocabulary • Composition: a piece of writing • Explain: to make understandable: to give reasons • Effect: result • Represent: to symbolize • Express: to communicate, to show

Test Vocabulary • Apply: to make relevant • Interpret: to clarify the meaning by restating or explaining • Compute: calculate • Construct: create • Evaluate: to appraise value