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Today’s Agenda9:00 -9:10 = Introductions & Goals
9:05 – 9:50 = Baseline Score & Scale Scoring
9-50 – 9:55 = What did you notice? Strengths? Weaknesses?
9:55 – 10:10 = Questions types and examples
10:10 – 12:10 = Passage deconstructions & Strategies
12:10 -12:40 = Lunch
12:40 – 12:45: Scale Scores
12:45 – 1:15 = Question Match
1:15 – 1:45 = Full Practice Reading Test
1:45 – 1:55 = Scoring & Strength finding
1:55 -2:00 = Survey & Debrief
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On-Line Test Practice
1) Sign-in to www.mel.org , enter password2) Click on Reading test
3) Begin when prompted; you will have 40 minutes4) When finished, record score on your hand-out
If you need to use the
restroom, please feel fre
e to
do so at any time…
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ACT Reading: #4Prose Fiction1. A2. G3. B4. F5. C6. J7. D8. J9. C10.H
Social Science11.B12.F13.A14.F15.C16.G17.D18.J19.A20.J
Humanities21.B22.F23.C24.H25.D26.F27.D28.G29.B30.H
Natural Science31.B32.F33.D34.G35.D36.H37.B38.F39.D40.H
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Scale Scoring1) Add up your correct answers (raw score)for each of the 4 sections of
passage #1
2) Add up your correct answers (raw score) for each of the 4 sections of passage #2
How to determine your scaled score:
_________ x 36= _______ /40 = ____________Raw Scaled ScoreScore
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ACT: ReadingGeneral Information:
•35 minutes to read 4 passages & answer 40 questions• Always in the same order: Prose fiction, Social Science, Humanities, Natural Science
Question Types:
1) Main Idea: of a paragraph or passage (theme)
2) Inference: what is suggested, implied, inferred
3) Detail: facts, people, theories, relationships, etc.
4) Vocabulary: in context w/line reference
National Average: 21
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ACT: ReadingQuick Tips for a better score
Manage your time Average about 8 ½ minutes per section
Only use the info presented in the passages; NOT background knowledge
Could throw you off…all of the answers are in the text
Start with your strongest passage first; save hardest for last
Be sure to bubble in correctly if using this method…know your
strengths!
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ACT Reading:Strategies that work:
ACT Decoding Key
Circle Important names, dates, events…
Underline Key points & arguments
Star Important ideas, unique things that stand out
Remember:
You CAN write on the test!!!
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Strategies that work:• Read the question stem first• Start with your strongest passage, end with
your weakest• Speed/Skim read…if you’re comfortable• Mark up the text• Use the process of elimination• Manage your time• Never leave an answer blank!
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Question Types1) Main Idea
2) Inference
3) Detail
4) Vocabulary
Passage as a whole or individual paragraphs; “theme”
What is “suggests”; author’s intentions; your “guess”
Facts, dates, names, etc.; line references
Words w/context clues & line references
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• Look at the set of questions you were handed
• With a partner, match up the questions to the “answer set” they belong with
• Read through the answer sets you matched to the question and determine/guess the correct answer. Record your guess.
• Read through the passage that the questions go with, annotating as you read.
• Answer the questions.
• Log your thoughts for discussion
Question Analysis
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ACT: ReadingSample Questions
PROSE FICTION: This passage is adapted from the novel The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (©1998 by Gloria Naylor).
Questions regarding:
• Relationship between characters
• Inference
• Mood & tone
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ACT Reading: Prose Fiction
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Prose Fiction1) Read passage #1 (9 minutes)
2) Answer the reading questions & Score
3) Discuss: What do you notice?
4) Read passage #2 (9 minutes)
5) Answer Reading questions & Score
6) Discuss: What do you notice?
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What you noticed…• Topic/theme:• Question Types:• Tone:• Characters:• Difficulty:• Organization:
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What you noticed…• Topic/theme:• Question Types:• Tone:• Characters:• Difficulty:• Organization:
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ACT: ReadingSample Questions
SOCIAL SCIENCE: This passage is adapted from the chapter “Personality Disorders” in Introduction to Psychology, edited by Rita L. Atkinson and Richard C. Atkinson (©1981 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.).
Questions regarding:
• Cause-effect relationships
•Comparisons
•Sequence of events
•Lots of DETAIL questions
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1) Read passage #1 (9 minutes)
2) Answer the reading questions & Score
3) Discuss: What do you notice?
4) Read passage #2 (9 minutes)
5) Answer Reading questions & Score
6) Discuss: What do you notice?
Social Science
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What you noticed…• Question Types:• Topic:• Organization:• Difficulty:• Key elements:
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ACT: ReadingSample Questions
Questions regarding:
• Non-fiction
• Point of View
• Infer relationships between ideas,
events, trends, etc.
HUMANITIES: This passage is adapted from “A Poem of One’s Own,“ an essay by Mary Jo Salter The essay was taken from Audiences and Intentions: A Book of Arguments (©1994 by Macmillan College Publishing Company, Inc.).
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1) Read passage #1 (9 minutes)
2) Answer the reading questions & Score
3) Discuss: What do you notice?
4) Read passage #2 (9 minutes)
5) Answer Reading questions & Score
6) Discuss: What do you notice?
Humanities
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What you noticed…• Topic range:• Specifics:• Question types:• Difficulty level & WHY:• Paragraph breaks:
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ACT: ReadingSample Questions
Questions regarding:
• Significance of topic
• Specialized/technical language
• Cause-effect, comparisons,
sequences…
NATURAL SCIENCE: This passage is adapted from the article “How to Build a Baby’s Brain” by Sharon Begley (©1997 by Newsweek, Inc.).
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1) Read passage #1 (9 minutes)
2) Answer the reading questions & Score
3) Discuss: What do you notice?
4) Read passage #2 (9 minutes)
5) Answer Reading questions & Score
6) Discuss: What do you notice?
Natural Science
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What you noticed…• Question Types:• Tone:• Difficulty Level:• Organization:
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Scale Scoring1) Add up your correct answers (raw score)for each of the 4 sections of
passage #1
2) Add up your correct answers (raw score) for each of the 4 sections of passage #2
How to determine your scaled score:
_________ x 36= _______ /40 = ____________Raw Scaled ScoreScore
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Strategies that work:• Read the question stem first• Start with your strongest passage, end with
your weakest• Speed/Skim read…if you’re comfortable• Mark up the text• Use the process of elimination• Manage your time• Never leave an answer blank!
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On-Line Test Practice
1) Sign-in to www.mel.org , enter password2) Click on Reading test
3) Begin when prompted; you will have 40 minutes4) When finished, record score on your hand-out
If you need to use the
restroom, please feel fre
e to
do so at any time…
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Survey Link
• www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BQ8AK5GYM/
Thank you!