Test Taking Strategies Copyright 2012 Brooke Beverly Conway

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What is ANSWER Key?

What is ANSWER Key? A way to help you, continued… • Create an organized note plan • Organize information from the notes into a clear, detailed and complete response. • Apply good sentence and paragraph writing skills

ANSWER Key – A: Analyze the Question – N: Note plan – S: Skim, read and select – W: Write the Response – ER: End by Reviewing

Restate the "big” idea Main Idea 1 Detail 1 Main Idea 2 Detail 2 Main Idea 3 Detail 3

Your Main Point Here So, when you have to • Add Your Text Here answer an open response question, use the ANSWER Key strategy!

Always use the Q-TIP pre-reading strategy. Q- Questions (read them before reading the selection) T-Title/Subtitles (make a prediction about what the selection is all about) I- Introduction (read this), italics and bold print (these emphasize key words) P- Pictures and captions

Always be a READING DETECTIVE while you are reading, and when you are answering the questions. To be a reading detective, you need to find the proof in the text to solve the case of the missing answer. When you find the proof, but a magnifying glass (a circle with a stick 1 ) with the question number.

Let’s practice on a real Your Main Point Here state test example! • Add Your Text Here I believe in you, and know you will become experts at all these reading strategies.