ACT Prep: Fall 2019 Lesson Plans & Resources
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Lesson Plans for ACT Prep
Fall 2019 Calendar December 13 ACT Week Activity including pp.663-669 Complete ACT Week (Abbreviated) Activity Where is your ticket? 18 ACT Tips & Tricks Revisit your Full-Length Test Reflection in Google Docs that you did on November 1. Write your most important "tips to self" on notecard 1. : 24 Hours To Test Time! 2. View: Best Test-Taking Strategies 3. View: Tips for the Day Before the Test 5. View: How to Cram for the ACT 6. skip View: 10 Tricks to raise your score 7. View: What to Pack for the ACT 8. skip : View: What to Eat for Brain Food Before the Test Read: Brain Foods for the ACT November & December=Math & Science Week of October 28-Nov 1 Monday 10/28 Reading Practice Test Tuesday 10/29 Reading Practice Test Reflection Prep for tomorrow's full-length test 1. : 24 Hours To Test Time! 2. View: Best Test-Taking Strategies 3. View: Tips for the Day Before the Test 6. View: 10 Tricks to raise your score 7 Read: Brain Foods for the ACT Wednesday 10/30 ACT Practice Test: 8:30 to noon in auditorium Bring pencils, calculator and snack for 1/2 way through Correct ACT tests Answers here: 1163E and 1165D Thursday 10/31 Correct ACT Tests Friday 11/1 Full-length ACT Reflection In a Google Doc that you share with Karin Renner and Janel Merkwan, write a ONE-PAGE double-spaced reflection that addresses these seven questions. Please put your name in the Document Title box in upper left and then number each question. We would suggest one short paragraph for each question. Do NOT answer Yes or No anywhere in your paragraphs. Write complete sentences! Paragraphs are never less than 3 sentences; shoot for 4-6 sentences for each response. Growth occurs though REFLECTION!! 1. List and label your 4 subtest scaled scores and your composite score. English=(need 18 to avoid remedial) Math=(need 20 to avoid remedial) Reading= Science= Composite= 2. Did you finish all of the sections in the allotted time? If not which ones did you not finish and how many questions did you have left? On questions that you weren't able to get to because you ran out of time, did you fill in an answer choice anyway? 3. How did the test meet your expectations? Was it easier than you thought? Which section was easiest for you? Which was most difficult? In other words, were you prepared? 4. Now that you have taken the test, what would you do differently if you were to take the test again? Address both before the test and during the test. AND, what will you do to keep up your skills in English and Reading as you shift to Math and Science? 5. What strategy did you utilize for reading? Did you take the test in order? 6. How did you feel physically taking the whole test? Did you get tired? Hungry? What would you do differently or what advice would you provide others who will be taking the test about preparing physically? 7. This is for Mrs. Merkwan. Reflect on your performance in MATH. What kinds of questions were you most confident about? What concepts do you need to practice? What were the questions you had no idea how to answer. 8. Tell us your plans for the Saturday, December 14th test. Are you paying to take the real test? If yes, have you COMPLETED your registration? Have you added your photo? or Are you planning to take another practice test with us that day? or Do you have a school activity that day that will prevent you from taking a full-length real or practice test that day? Week of October 21-25 Monday 10/21 Finish last Reading video The Best 3-Step Strategy for the ACT Reading Test(5:07) Reading Practice Set #1 Take the Reading Practice Test on pg. 368 ONE PASSAGE AT A TIME, recording the time it takes you to read and answer all questions for each. Finish TWO passages today. Check your answers on pg. 756 OR 625 then get EXPLANATIONS on pg. 447. Record times and scores on THIS SHEET Remember, our goal is 8 to 8 1/2 minutes per passage, but you might START at 10 or 11 minutes! Time-saving READING TIP: Circle answers in book, then transfer all 10 to bubble sheet The more we PRACTICE, the faster you'll get and the more you'll figure out what the BEST order to do the passages is for YOU. Use Online Stopwatch. START with Natural Science Do Soc Science or Prose 2nd SAVE Humanities for last **Remember to read the short INTRO to each passage! If you don't finish 2 in class, get the 2nd done BEFORE tomorrow! Tuesday 10/22 Today you'll review Reading Improvement Strategies for the #1 problem students identify on the Reading subtest: NOT ENOUGH TIME! See Introduction to the Reading Subtest (slide 19-24) View: As you watch, complete this listening guide How to Speed Read Your Way to ACT Success Watch and TRY Using Your Fingers to Read Faster! ACT Speedreading Tip of the Day How to Speed Read 1. Speedreading Activity 2. Another Speedreading Activity Go HERE for the Speedreading Exercises Speedreading Practice #3 Speedreading Practice #5 Skimming Exercise Scanning Exercise 1. Speedreading short sentences then answering questions 2. Speedreading longer sentences with questions 3. Speedreading even LONGER passages with questions Wednesday 10/23 Finish the two reading passages you didn't read on Monday. Check your answers on pg. 756 OR 625 then get EXPLANATIONS on pg. 447. In addition to the score and time, decide and RECORD which STRATEGY you will use/used from the 8 videos and 2 keynotes about reading strategies that you have reviewed. **SILENCE until everyone is done!!! At real ACT, you can't talk or move until time is called! **Even though you probably did not finish in 35 minutes, figure out what your SCALED score would be using chart on pg. 758 or 627. Use the READING Column! Total up your time. How long did whole Reading test take you. Record that time! Thursday 10/24 Practice Reading Test Decide what order you'll read passages in . Mrs. Renner will set 8:45 timer. At 8:45 we'll stop for a few seconds. If you finish a passage before 8:45 is up, go on to the next! Time, score, Record results on little sheet Before you start, WRITE DOWN the strategy you will use on that passage on your score sheet: 1. Following line with finger 2. Reading blurb, first parag, last parag then topic sentences 3. Reading blurb then all topic sentences 4. Pre-reading the questions Use 8:45 timer. Friday 10/25 Figure out your Reading Scale Score for test yesterday: My Raw score X 36=__________ /40=________ + 2 (correction factor) Instructions: Put your name on little sheet. Staple 2 little sheets together.
Now turn in your 2 little score sheets. Return the answer explanations. Spend time reviewing Strategies for Improving Reading in Big Red book pp. 257 to 277. Week of October 15-18, 2019 Tuesday 10/15 Correct: Accuplacer Sentence Skills Practice Part 1 and Part 2 Correct: Grab Bag: 23 ACT English questions Correct: Drill 8: 33 Practice Questions Assignment: Go to Method Test Prep at SDMyLife Complete Lesson 6 (English Evaluation) Complete Lesson 18 (Punctuation) Complete Lesson 22 (More English Practice--Choose ONE of the 3 passages in this lesson to complete) in Method Test Prep. Remember to check every box and complete full lesson so you end up with a GREEN check mark next to lesson. Also remember that we are preparing for the December 8th ACT. You do NOT have to pay to take the REAL ACT that day, but if you don't take the REAL ACT that Saturday, you STILL come that day to take a full-length MOCK test in my room or Mrs. Merkwan's room. That full-length test is a requirement for the course. You need to let us know NOW if you can't be there that day. So far the only excused absences we have ever allowed that day were for gymnasts competing that Saturday. We'll send a note to all of your parents to let them know that as well. Wednesday 10/16 (8 gone for PSAT) Register for the December or April ACT Thursday 10/17 Take English Post-Test 45 minutes to answer 75 questions Remember that there are 5 passages on this test. DON'T spend more than 30 seconds per question. The most you should spend on each passage is 8:30 Friday 10/18 Intro to Reading Subtest The reading test is divided into four parts and is the third test on test day. Students get tired and start slowing down. We need to learn strategies to combat that test fatigue! You have 35 minutes to answer 40 questions on 4 passages. That means approximately 8:30 to 8:45 per passage. The number ONE reason students do not perform as well on the ACT Reading subtest is that they do not finish the test. The test is designed so that most students only read three of the four passages. We want to read all four and get a higher score! The ACT test must be consistent from test date to test date. The stories change but the wording of the questions does not. We can study those patterns which help students to get through the test faster and get more answers correct. As you read or watch, fill in this LISTENING GUIDE 1. Introduction to the Reading Subtest (first 21 slides) 2.Download: Reading Test Strategies (just slides 1-9) 3. View: Three Ways to Increase Your Reading Score (6:28) 4 Key Things to Know about ACT Reading Test (3:07) #1 Secret Tip from Supertutor (2:12) The Best 3-Step Strategy for the ACT Reading Test(5:07) Take the Reading Subtest Week of October 7-10, 2019 Monday 10/7 Finish Method Test Prep Rhetorical Skills Lessons Complete Stapled Packet on Rhetorical Skills (Topics 19, 21, 23-27) Tuesday 10/8 Check Rhetorical Skills Packet Correct Exercises in ACT English Prep Packet Wednesday 10/0 Check the Rhetorical Skills Packet Take and correct a 9 minute timed English passage: Fun with Karaoke Thursday 10/10 Assessment Day: 1. Put phone in caddy! 2. ON YOUR OWN with NO TALKING to simulate test setting, complete everything in the folder you receive from sub: 3. Accuplacer Sentence Skills Practice Part 1 and Part 2 4. Grab Bag: 23 ACT English questions 5.. Drill 8: 33 Practice Questions Week of September 30-October 4 Monday 9/30 and Tuesday 10/1 Intro to Commas on the ACT ✅=did on Monday 🔺=do on Tuesday ✅View: ACT Bootcamp: Commas ✅View: ACT: 4 Major Comma Tips 🔺View When to Use Commas on the ACT Comma Handouts Correct comma usage packet 🔺Killing Me with Commas Activity. ✅1. 14 Comma Rules-read through together 🔺2. Now practice: Comma Quiz 🔺3. Comma Usage Quiz: Click Start ✅4. Comma Exercises (3 pages stapled) Wednesday 10/2 Another comma error tested on the ACT is Comma Splices. What is a comma splice? A comma splice occurs when a writer uses a comma between two sentences where there should be something stronger, like a period or semicolon. Comma splices can also be corrected by using a FANBOYS construction or by subordinating one of the two independent clauses. Comma Splice: It's important to study for the ACT, it's the only way to do well. Corrected with semicolon: It's important to study for the ACT; it's the only way to do well. Corrected with period: It's important to study for the ACT. It's the only way to do well. Corrected with subordination: Because it's the only way to do well, it's important to study for the ACT. View to Review: ACT English Test Comma Usage Comma Splice View to Review: How to Fix Comma Splices Now Practice with Comma Splices 1. The Comma Splice 2. Comma Splice Quiz 3. Multiple Choice Quiz: Comma Splices (screenshot it!) 8-pack commas if time allows (did not do) 4. Take ACT Comma Usage quiz at Quia Thursday 10/3 Intro to Rhetorical Skills Section of English Test Take notes on: Video #1 Video #2 Video #3: View Rhetorical Skills Questions Video #4 The Four Principle Video #5 1. Transitions on the ACT **Transitions are the MOST COMMONLY TESTED rhetorical skill on ACT. Review this info! 2. Diction--Choosing the Right Word 3. Wordiness & Redundancy Friday 10/3 Worksheet packet on Rhetorical Skills AND these MTP lessons: Week 4: Lesson 4-Redundancy Week 8: Lesson 31-Transitional Phrases Week 7: Lesson 27-Creating Concise Sentences ============================================== Week of September 23-26 Monday 9/23 Go back and review 9 minute practice passage answers 3. ACT English Prep Packet below Assignment: **If you are absent, here is THE PACKET to print for today's assignment Complete the following ACT practice questions in this packet: A. S-V Agreement pp 8-9 B. Tense Consistency pp 9-10 C. Pronoun-Antecendent Agreement pp 10-11 D. Adverbs & Adjectives pp 11-12 E. Comparatives & Superlatives pp 12-13 ============================================== Tuesday 9/24 NO LAPTOP TODAY! Other Errors we Need to Address Briefly: View: Double Negatives Read about Double Negatives Practice Recognizing Double Negatives View: ACT Idioms Prepositions on the ACT All the ACT Idioms You will Need to Know View: Cliche on the ACT Assignment: 1. Do packet (Avoiding cliches & slang, Double Negatives, Faulty Idioms) 2. Using ACT Prep English practice packet from yesterday, do pp. 13-15 on Prepositions and Idioms on the ACT ============================================== Wednesday 9/25 Other Errors we Need to Address Briefly: Parallel structure and Misplaced and dangling modifiers View : Parallel Structure Do Packet activities on paralleism View: Misplaced & Dangling Mods on the ACT Do Packet activities on misplaced & dangling Assignment: Using ACT Prep English practice packet from yesterday, do bottom of pp 3-5 on Modifiers and Parallel Structure ============================================== Thursday 9/26 (Last day of MAP testing-Assembly Schedule) In your folder, find the Reasonprep packet called ACT English Study Guide 2.0 Check off #20, 22, 12, 6 and 7. Follow along, fill in the lessons for #6 and #7 View: Fragments on the ACT View: Run-ons and Comma Splices on the ACT View: Conjunctions on the ACT Now in your ACT English Prep Packet, complete #1. Fragments #2 Run-ons #5 Conjunctions Then, log in to SDMyLife, go to Method Test Prep Complete ALL ACTIVITIES for Week 17, Lesson #70 called Dangling Modifiers. It is not complete until you have a ✅ next to Lesson 70 on your dashboard. Friday 9/27: No School (Inservice) ============================================== Week of September 16-20: Homecoming! Monday 9/16 Right after S-V agreement, comes Pronoun Reference & Agreement! Take Pronoun Unit Pretest Work through Pronoun Packet (Subject and Object Pronouns) 1 and 2 Practice Nominative and Objective Case (solo quiz) Tuesday 9/17 Finish packet--Pronoun Reference View: Vague Pronoun Reference View: Two Pronoun Errors You Need to Avoid on ACT Together Practice: Faulty Pronouns Exercise 1 1. Practice: SV Agreement & Pronoun Antecedent Agreement(Screenshot results) 2. Practice: A Second Quiz on Pronoun Forms(Screenshot results) 3. Do the 3 Pronoun Practice Activities at Khan Academy. Use the menu on left. Practice: Read each pair of sentences here: Avoiding Vague Prounoun Reference--AFTER you type in the answers, look at screen for answers. =============================================== Wednesday 9/18 (Assembly Schedule) Let's return to Method Test Prep to review the concepts we have already studied. DON'T skip the videos or transcript! Do your best! Please complete these lessons that get submitted to Instructor Portal: 1. Week 10, Lesson 40: Homophones and Words that Go together 2. Week 18, Lesson 75: Comparatives & Superlatives. 3. Week 14, Lesson 57: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement 4. Week 16: Lesson 66: Unclear Pronouns =============================================== Thursday 9/19 (Assembly Schedule) MAP Testing 1. Take 9-minute ACT English Practice Passage Test 2. Score 9-minute test. See this Do the Math information! =============================================== Friday 9/20 (Very Short Classes==19 min) Correct packet =============================================== Week of September 9-13 Monday 9/9 1. Take S-V Agreement Pre-test **The most tested grammatical rule on the ACT is Subject-Verb Agreement Example: The owner of the bicycles ARE going to sell them. (IS is the correct verb) 2. View: ACT English Bootcamp: S-V Agreement (3:42) and page #24 in Reasonprep packet 3. Verb Tense Consistency Reminder from Friday: View: Vector ACT S-V Agreement 4. S-V Agreement Packet with review of 10 rules =============================================== Tuesday 9/10 Go to SDMyLife. Log in to Method Test Prep. For some reason, I can't add your names to our class this year. The only name I see is Kenadee's because she logged in last week, so let's try that! More Subject-Verb Agreement View: Meet Michael!! -Verb Agreement Rules and Tricky Scenarios Review: S-V Agreement Rules Read: Subject-Verb Agreement for ACT English: Tips & Practice Go to 6th page in S-V Agreement packet Assignment: Do the 6 S-V Agreement Practice tests in back of packet =============================================== Wednesday9/11 Correct the 6 S-V Agreement Practice tests in packet Complete these activities and email screenshot results for all 3. See screenshot to the right & include all that you see. Practice #1 here Practice #2 here Practice #3 here Thursday 9/12 (If you are absent, pick up these items) Who/Whom pretest Who/Whom Highlighted Rule Sheet Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever 2 sided quiz =============================================== Friday 9/13 View MethodTestPrep Intro Now log in to SDMyLife 1. Open Method Test Prep 2. Scroll down to Week 12, Lesson 49 3. Click I understand box if it pops up 4. Do the S-V Agreement/Who vs. Whom ACT passage lesson DON'T skip the video or transcript! Spend time to understand your errors! Also Complete Activity #1: ACT English Warm Up-Week 1 #1 =============================================== Week of September 3-6 Intro to ACT Prep Bootcamp--Currently the best on the market! Only the English prep is free and just became free this summer! Enroll in course for free. Create username and password. We will watch these videos IN CLASS, but if you are ever absent, you'll need to come back to this site to view what you missed! We will NOT do them in order! We will NOT watch all of them! Tuesday 9/3 View: #2 Section Analysis and complete listening guide (3:54) View: #3 Pacing and Time and complete listening guide (3:47) View #4 Core strategies and complete listening guide (4:38) View #21 Adjectives & Adverbs (3:08) & see listening guide =============================================== Wednesday 9/4 Now Practice in Adjectives vs. Adverbs Packet We do: 1. Together Read: Adjectives and Adverbs, then see the ACT sample questions HERE 2. In stapled packet, turn to Adj/Adv worksheet (16 questions, answers on the back) You do: Email me 3 screenshots in ONE email! 3. Practice Adjectives and Adverbs (Email a screenshot of score--see sample in column to the right) 4. Read and complete: Good vs. Well (Click Check My Score, then Send screenshot of score--see sample in column to the right.) 5. Practice Bad vs. Badly (After clicking Submit, screenshot your score at the top of the next page. See sample to the right. 6. On your own, complete 2-sided Adjectives/Adverbs worksheet in packet labeled Sadlier-Oxford Practice Worksheets Topic 22: Adjectives vs. Adverbs AND Topic 4: Adjectives vs. Adverbs =============================================== Thursday 9/5 We might get this far... If you are absent, these links DO work! View #25 here Comparatives and Superlatives (1:28) (more and most, or -er and -est) Use page 27 in Reasonprep packet. Go to back of 9th page of packet to Exercise #4 Comparatives vs. Superlatives View: #26 Diction or Word Choice (4:32) Use page 28 in Reasonprep packet. Go to back of 10th page of packet to Exercise 5, 6 and 7 on making comparisons. Read Coordinating Pairs on the ACT Read Fewer and Less Assignment: Practice, SCREENSHOT & EMAIL RESULTS of these Most Commonly Tested Homophones on ACT: There/Their/They're, It's vs. Its Fewer vs. Less Who or Whom: (We'll cover who/whom more when we study pronouns!) Then Complete the last 6 pages in the packet. =============================================== Friday 9/6 View #23 Verb Tense(2:00) pg. 26 in packet Irregular Verbs on ACT Verb Tenses on ACT 1. Read THIS ARTICLE about verbs on the ACT! 4. 1-Minute review of Comparative vs. Superlative 5. Assignment: marked pages in packet ============================================== Monday 8/26 Turn in Scavenger Hunt to folder View: Getting to Know the Accuplacer Test Read Chapter 2 pp. 25-32. View tutorials on the ACT English Test & Answer 3 built-in review questions for each. On the back of Scavenger Hunt, jot down anything that you want to remember as you view: A. What to Expect on the ACT English Test (3:36) B. Managing Your Time on the ACT English Test (2:47) C. Test Taking Strategies on the ACT English Test (3:45) D. Punctuation & Grammar on the ACT English Test (5:26) IMPORTANT ACT ENGLISH TIPS: Remember the ACT is a STANDARDIZED PREDICTABLE Test! 1. There will be 5 passages on this test. DON'T spend more than 1 1/2 minutes skimming each passage and no more than 30 seconds on each question! 2. 40 Questions (53%) are Usage & Mechanics 10 Punctuation Questions (13%) 12 Grammar/Usage Questions (16%) 18 Sentence Structure Questions (24%) 3. 35 Questions (47%) are Rhetorical Skills (strategy, organization and style) 12 Strategy Questions (16%)--Does the writing do what the author intended 11 Organization Questions (15%)-- 12 Style Questions (16%) =========================================================== Tuesday 8/27 Take English practice test The test is 45 minutes with 75 Questions Wednesday 8/28 Advice from last semester's students Score English practice test You will get an anonymous test to score. Turn to pg. 101 in book and read together. Turn to pg. 106 & 107 in book and read together. Pg. 102=answers. Put a 1 next to each correct answer on the scoring worksheet I provide. Determine the raw score at the bottom of the scoring worksheet. Record score for English Practice Test on the Scoring Table in your folder. Thursday 8/29 NOW the work begins!! Read pg. 113. CAREFULLY Go through answer explanations for every question you missed. 1. This process should take AT LEAST half as long as taking the test did. 2. This process should be done in FOCUSED SILENCE! 3. The only way we improve is by NOT making the same mistakes again! Assignment: On 2 sticky notes, record 1. Your name and then 5 (five) numbers that you STILL don't understand even after reading the correct and incorrect answer explanations. Also include THE CONCEPT BEING TESTED. So for example, #5=Commas 2. your Name and then Record 3 simple, stupid mistakes you made that made you go "I should have known that!" List the # and the concept. So for example, #74 Parallel structure =========================================================== Last Week Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 23 Get Classroom Folder: Review Course Expectations and Syllabus Discuss calendar Cell phones in cell motel. You may not leave the room for any reason if cell phone is not checked in. See Score Recording Sheet to use all semester Getting to know the ACT Pre-test: What Do You Know About the ACT Kahoot Fill out Course Survey Peruse the Official ACT Prep Guide Read about ACT Scoring Explore at ACT.org site and complete the Scavenger Hunt Create an ACT Web Account. Get ACT Prep Book. Put your name on it! Turn to inside of back cover. Scratch off to reveal PIN.. Go to the Wiley Site, click on the first book, log in, and register your PIN access code. Assignment: Finish Scavenger hunt. Read Chapter 2 through pg. 32 for Day 2. We'll take our first English Practice Test on Day 2. Semester Overview January 14-Feb 1 =ACT Intro and Reading Practice February 4-20=Science February 25-March 14=English March 18-April 5=Math April 8-12=ACT Test Week April 13=ACT Test Day Thursday 5/16 English Subtest Friday 5/17 Science Subtest Monday 5/20 Math Subtest Semester Final: Tuesday 5/21 Reading Subtest, Scoring, and Reflection Documenting & Analyzing your Growth: Growth occurs though REFLECTION!! Answer these questions in a Google Doc Reflection Call it Name ACT Reflection and share with Mrs. Renner AND Mrs. Merkwan Answer ALL of these questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. English--Math--Reading--Science #1. What was your highest subject area score? My highest... or Math was my... #2. What was your lowest subject area score? See scores in Infinite Campus Comments for next 2: #3 . What was your composite score today? What was your composite score in September? (It's in 1st Q Infinite Campus) #4. In which subject area did you improve the MOST since September? #5. In which subject are did you improve the LEAST since September? #6 What section(s) did you feel you were the most prepared for? Least prepared for? WHY? #7 . What will you do between now and June 8? Weeks of May 13-21 Monday 5/13 Rhetorical Skills Practice Packet Assign: pp. 149-152 passages & questions Tuesday 5/14 Rhetorical Skills Practice Packet Wenesday 5/15-Friday 5/17 ACT Week Activity including pp.663-669 Complete ACT Week (Abbreviated) Activity Where is your ticket? 1. : 24 Hours To Test Time! 2. View: Best Test-Taking Strategies 3. View: Tips for the Day Before the Test 5. View: How to Cram for the ACT 6. skip View: 10 Tricks to raise your score 7. View: What to Pack for the ACT 8. skip : View: What to Eat for Brain Food Before the Test Read: Brain Foods for the ACT Monday 5/20--English Sub Test Tuesday 5/21--Reading, Science, Math Sub Tests (eat 3rd lunch) Week of May 6-10 Monday 5/6 Topic 24 Coherence and Transitions, Topic 23 Unity in Paragraphs, Topic 25 Varying the Structure of your paragraphs, Revising Sentences in Paragraphs, Combining Sentences in Paragraphs). Rhetorical Skills packet ACT Academy--Sign up Week of April 29-May 2 Monday 4/29 and Tuesday /30 Focus on Rhetorical Skills Questions: View: 1. Transitions on the ACT **Transitions are the MOST COMMONLY TESTED rhetorical skill on ACT. Review this info! 2. Diction--Choosing the Right Word 3. Wordiness & Redundancy 4. View Rhetorical Skills Questions Then complete packet with these practice Activities for Rhetorical Skills practice: (Topic 21: Avoiding Wordy Sentences, Topic 19 Choosing the Right Word, Topic 24 Coherence and Transitions, Topic 23 Unity in Paragraphs, Topic 25 Varying the Structure of your paragraphs, Revising Sentences in Paragraphs, Combining Sentences in Paragraphs). Wednesday-Friday ACT Registration Reading practice Week of March 18-22 Monday 3/18 Pronouns: **Record all of the scores on these activities on the half sheet I provide Tuesday 3/19 Complete Pronoun Packet (Pro Ref & Shift, Pro Ant Agreement, Who/Whom) Take time to Read: Pronoun Agreement on the ACT Take time to Read: Pronoun Case on the ACT Wednesday 3/20 Thursday 3/21 Friday 3/22 Week of March 11-14 Monday 3/11 S-V Agreement packet View: Subject-Verb Agreement Rules and Tricky Scenarios Review: S-V Agreement Rules Review: S-V Agreement Rules Read: Subject-Verb Agreement for ACT English: Tips & Practice Tuesday 3/12 S-V agreement packet Correct SV Agree last 2 pages front and back Go to ACT English Practice Packet pp. 58-73 Wednesday 3/13 Right after S-V agreement, comes Pronoun Reference & Agreement! View: Vague Pronoun Reference View: Two Pronoun Errors You Need to Avoid on ACT 1 and 2 Practice Nominative and Objective Case 3. Practice: SV Agreement & Pronoun Antecedent Agreement 4. Practice: Faulty Pronouns Exercise 1 5. Practice: Ignore the info at the top of this page. It's obviously the wrong info! Do this Who or Whom: 6.Practice: Broad Pronoun Reference 7. Practice: Read each pair of sentences here: Avoiding Vague Prounoun Reference--After you type in the answers,get my attention and I'll bring over a key to check your responses! 8.Practice: Vague Pronoun Reference **Record all of the scores on these activities on the half sheet I provide. Thursday 3/14 and Friday 3/15=No School Week of March 4-8 Monday 3/4 (2 hour late start) and Tuesday 3/5 Today's Focus: Adjectives & Adverbs, Homophones, Verb Tense Adjectives and Adverbs ACT Tips on Adjectives and Adverbs Good vs. Well Most Commonly Tested Homophones on ACT: There/Their/They're, It's vs. Its Irregular Verbs on ACT Verb Tenses on ACT Assignment: Worksheet packet--all the homophone and adj/adv pages Wednesday 3/6 VERBS on the ACT 1. See packet pp. 97-102 2. View: Verb Form Errors 3. View: Verb Tense 4. 1-Minute review of Comparative vs. Superlative 5. Assignment: marked pages in packet--it should all be complete by end of class. Thursday 3/7 Collect all of the verb tense, adj/adv practice activities Introduce Subject-Verb Agreement **The most tested grammatical rule on the ACT is Subject-Verb Agreement Example: The owner of the bicycles ARE going to sell them. (IS is the correct verb) S-V Agreement Packet with review of 10 rules ========================================== View: Subject-Verb Agreement Rules and Tricky Scenarios Review: S-V Agreement Rules Review: S-V Agreement Rules Read: Subject-Verb Agreement for ACT English: Tips & Practice ====================================== Week of February 25-March 1 Monday 2/25 (2-Hour Late Start)=30 minute classes and View tutorials on the ACT English Test A. What to Expect on the ACT English Test (3:36) B. Managing Your Time on the ACT English Test (2:47) C. Test Taking Strategies on the ACT English Test (3:45) D. Punctuation & Grammar on the ACT English Test (5:26) IMPORTANT ACT ENGLISH TIPS: Remember the ACT is a STANDARDIZED PREDICTABLE Test! 1. There will be 5 passages on this test, so mathematically you have 9 minutes per passage. DON'T spend more than 1 1/2 minutes reading each passage and no more than 30 seconds on each question! 2. 40 Questions (53%) are Usage & Mechanics 10 Punctuation Questions (13%) 12 Grammar/Usage Questions (16%) 18 Sentence Structure Questions (24%) 3. 35 Questions (47%) are Rhetorical Skills (strategy, organization and style) 12 Strategy Questions (16%)-- Does the writing do what the author intended 11 Organization Questions (15%)-- 12 Style Questions (16%) Tuesday 2/26 (9:00 Start and Assembly)=40 minute classes Chapter 3: ACT English Test Practice Packet. Read pp. 31 & 35 Together take English Pretest pp. 32-34 and discuss answer explanations on pg. 34 Wednesday 2/27 Take English practice test The test is 45 minutes with 75 Questions Thursday 2/28 Review ACT practice English scores. Go through answer explanations. Record scores for English Practice Test. Put score sheet in folder. On a sticky, record 5 (five) numbers that you still don't understand after reading the explanations. I'll tally those and we'll go over the questions most identified as causing problems. Complete ACT English packet pp. 47-57 Friday 3/1 ACT English packet pp. 47-57 Grammar: Quiz Yourself packet (Comma, Colons, Semicolons) pp. 227-232) Week of January 28-Feb 1 Monday 1/28--10:30 start Practice Reading Test. Finish other 2 of the 4 passage types. Before you start, WRITE DOWN the strategy you will use on that passage on your score sheet: 1. Following line with finger 2. Reading blurb, first parag, last parag then topic sentences 3. Reading blurb then all topic sentences 4. Pre-reading the questions Use 8:45 timer. Time, score, go over correct answers, then figure out scaled score for full test Record results on back of half sheet. Tuesday 1/29--1:30 dismiss Accuplacer Wednesday 1/30--No School Thursday 1/31 Reading Post-test Friday 2/1 Final Reading Assignment: Post Reading Reflection Report to Mrs. M. for Science on Monday! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Week of January 22-25 Tuesday 1/22 Reading Practice Set #1 Take the Reading Practice Test on pg. 368 ONE PASSAGE AT A TIME, recording the time it takes you to read and answer all questions for each. Finish TWO passages today. Check your answers on pg. 447. Record times and scores on THIS SHEET Remember, our goal is 8 to 8 1/2 minutes per passage, but you might START at 10 or 11 minutes! The more we PRACTICE, the faster you'll get and the more you'll figure out what the BEST order to do the passages is for YOU. Use Online Stopwatch. START with Natural Science Do Soc Science or Prose 2nd SAVE Humanities for last **Remember to read the short INTRO to each passage! **Figure out what your SCALED score would be using chart on pg. 758 Wednesday 1/23 Today you'll review Reading Improvement Strategies for the #1 problem students identify on the Reading subtest: NOT ENOUGH TIME! View: As you watch, complete this listening guide How to Speed Read Your Way to ACT Success Watch and TRY Using Your Fingers to Read Faster! ACT Speedreading Tip of the Day How to Speed Read 1. Speedreading Activity 2. Another Speedreading Activity Speedreading Practice #3 Speedreading Practice #5 Skimming Exercise Scanning Exercise 1. Speedreading short sentences then answering questions 2. Speedreading longer sentences with questions 3. Speedreading even LONGER passages with questions Thursday 1/24 Finish the two reading passages you didn't read on Tuesday. In addition to the score and time, decide and RECORD which STRATEGY you will use/used from the 8 videos and 2 keynotes about reading strategies that you have reviewed. Friday 1/25 Practice Reading Test. Choose 2 of the 4 passage types. Use 8:45 timer. Time, score, go over correct answers Record results on back of half sheet. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Week of January 14-18 Monday 1/21 No School: WC Winter Symposium Friday 1/18 Score ACT Reading Practice Test Record score on table in folder Thursday 1/17--Day 2 Reading Practice Do a quick review of some KEY strategies or tips from ACT reading videos yesterday. Feel free to use some, all or none of the strategies we discussed on this first pre-test: 1. Always read the introductory blurb right below the Passage Number. 2.Circle all of the answers for each passage IN THE BOOK before transferring to bubble sheet. 3. Read the first sentence of each paragraph and skim the questions BEFORE reading the passage. 4. Once you figure out which passage is your best (Prose, Social Science, Humanities, Natural Science), START with that passage. 5. If you finish with time remaining today, write down how MUCH time remained. 6. The proctor will give you a 5-minute warning use this ONLINE STOPWATCH on the projection system. Click the red down arrow and set for 35:00. EAT 3rd LUNCH today because of Reading practice test. Take Timed ACT Reading Practice Test Write name on test. Wednesday 1/16: Day 1 Reading Practice: The reading test is divided into four parts and is the third test on test day. Students get tired and start slowing down. We need to learn strategies to combat that test fatigue! You have 35 minutes to answer 40 questions on 4 passages. That means approximately 8:30 to 8:45 per passage. The number ONE reason students do not perform as well on the ACT Reading subtest is that they do not finish the test. The test is designed so that most students only read three of the four passages. We want to read all four and get a higher score! The ACT test must be consistent from test date to test date. The stories change but the wording of the questions does not. We can study those patterns which help students to get through the test faster and get more answers correct. As you read or watch, fill in this LISTENING GUIDE 1. Introduction to the Reading Subtest (first 21 slides) 2.Download: Reading Test Strategies (just slides 1-9) 3. View: Three Ways to Increase Your Reading Score (6:28) 4 Key Things to Know about ACT Reading Test (3:07) #1 Secret Tip from Supertutor (2:12) The Best 3-Step Strategy for the ACT Reading Test(5:07) Monday 1/14 and Tuesdsay 1/15 If you are not prepared to PRACTICE and take & score tests to improve EVERY single day, this isn't the class for you! Discuss Calendar (subject to change but we will notify you well in advance!) Get Classroom Folder: Review Course Syllabus & Expectations Cell phones in cell motel. You may not leave the room for any reason if cell phone is not checked in. See Score Recording Sheet to use all semester. Record your September 2018 scores. Sign up for Remind Text Messages Add class in Schoology to access resources in case of absence View: Getting to know the ACT (if absent, watch in Schoology) Pre-test: What Do You Know About the ACT Kahoot View: Getting to Know the Accuplacer Test (if absent, watch in Schoology) Fill out Course Survey Read about ACT Scoring Explore at ACT.org site and complete the Scavenger Hunt Create an ACT Web Account. Get ACT Prep Book. Put your name on it! Turn to inside of front cover. Scratch off to reveal PIN.. Go to the Wiley Site, click on the first book, log in, and register your PIN access code. Peruse the Official ACT Prep Guide. Read selected pages. Assignment: Finish Scavenger hunt. Read Chapter 2 pp. 25-32. May Days: Work in SD MyLife on Career Activities. Work in TCA Test Prep Wednesday 5/3 Read or work on I-Search Paper Tuesday 4/25 Complete the SDMyLife Adventure is Calling Activity Wednesday 4/19 Return to your Google Doc Reflection from last week. ---If you did NOT write the required 4-6 sentences for each question last week, finish that. ---Now that you have your scores back, complete this checklist: 1. Print a screen shot of your scores or print enough so that your name and your 4 subject area and composite scores show. 2. Documenting & Analyzing your Growth: Answer these questions in your Google Doc Reflection The numbers below pick up where you left off in your Google Doc: #6.. Using your ACT folder, create a 3-column by 6 row table in your Google Doc that shows earliest subtest and composite scores for the 1st ACT you took back in September or October. Put the dates across the top of column 2 and 3. Put the Name of the Subtest and the word Composite in rows 2-6. (See image above!) Answer ALL of these questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. #7. What was your highest subject area score? My highest... or Math was my... #8. What was your lowest subject area score? #9. In which subject area did you improve the MOST? #10. In which subject are did you improve the LEAST? #11. Was there any subtest where you did worse than the first time? #12. In the English test, which sub-score was higher, Usage & Mechanics or Rhetorical Skills? #13. In the Math test, which type of questions did you do the WORST on? algebra, geometry, and trigonometry #14. Of the 4 scores (English, Math, Reading, Science), which was the score that most surprised you? Why? #15. Of the 4 scores (English, Math, Reading, Science), which was the score that most disappointed you? Why? #16. Will you plan to take the test again? If YES, why and what will be your goal score? If NO, why--what does your current score mean for you? 3. Print your Google Doc Reflection. 4. Staple your scores to your Google Doc Reflection. 5. Give both to me. Easter Break Thursday 4/13 Assignment: Complete Post-High Research Activity School comparison Tuesday 4/11 ACT Reflection. In a Google Doc, write a ONE-PAGE double-spaced reflection that addresses these five questions. Type just your name and then number each question. We would suggest one short paragraph for each question. Do NOT answer Yes or No anywhere in your paragraphs. Write complete sentences! Paragraphs are never less than 3 sentences; shoot for 4-6 sentences for each response. Growth occurs though REFLECTION!! English--Math--Reading--Science 1. Did you finish all of the sections in the allotted time? If not which ones did you not finish and how many questions did you have left? On questions that you weren't able to get to because you ran out of time, did you fill in an answer choice anyway? 2. How did the test meet your expectations — Was it easier than you thought? Which section was easiest for you? Which was more difficult? Longer? Shorter? In other words, were you prepared? 3. Now that you have taken the test, what would you do differently if you were to take the test again? Address both before and during the test. 4. What section(s) did you feel you were the most prepared for? Least prepared for? WHY? 5. How did you feel physically taking the test? Did you get tired? Hungry? What would you do differently or what advice would you provide others who will be taking the test about preparing physically? 4/3: 5 days until the ACT ACT Week Activity including pp.663-669 Where is your ticket? View: 24 Hours To Test Time! View: Best Test-Taking Strategies View: Tips for the Day Before the Test View: The New ACT: Changes You Should Know About View: How to Cram for the ACT View: 10 Tricks to raise your score View: What to Pack for the ACT Previous Days' Lessons: Friday 3/24 This is it! Last official reading practices! Next week you'll move on to Science. We'll do the last four separate tests today--on bubble sheets Before you leave, turn in the sheet where you have been tallying times and scores. Wednesday 3/22 3. Read: How to Stop Running Out of Time on ACT Reading Ten Tips to Quickly Improve ACT Reading Score from Magoosh 4. Today you'll practice Reading Improvement Strategies for the #1 problem students identify on the Reading subtest: NOT ENOUGH TIME! View: ACT Speedreading Tip of the Day How to Speed Read 1. Speedreading Activity 2. Another Speedreading Activity Speedreading Practice #3 Speedreading Practice #5 Skimming Exercise Scanning Exercise After Lunch: 1. Speedreading short sentences then answering questions 2. Speedreading longer sentences with questions 3. Speedreading even LONGER passages with questions Do Timed Humanities & Science Passages & Questions Monday 3/20--19 Days until the ACT! Reading! PRACTICE. PRACTICE. PRACTICE 1. Look at your 2 previous reading scores (last fall and March 8) How much better does it need to be to reach your goal score for the ACT? 2. Did you try the strategy of saving the first passage (PROSE) for last? 3. Did you try the strategy of not bubbling every answer until the end of each passage or the end of the test? 4. Now that you have taken a practice reading test, review this video we watched BEFORE the test Three Ways to Increase Your Reading Score 4. Watch and TRY Using Your Fingers to Read Faster! As we work our way through these activities today, keep adding to THIS QUICKTOPIC POST 1. Fill out time chart for 4 passages. Use your fingers! 2. Complete a Prose and a Natural Sciences passage. 3. Assignment: pp. 358-365. Choose TWO of the reading passages to time and score! Wednesday 3/8 After Lunch: Take and score ACT Reading Practice Test for baseline (Test #3 from McGraw Hill) 1. Introduction to the Reading Subtest 2. Reading Test Strategies 3. View: Three Ways to Increase Your Reading Score 4 Key Things to Know about ACT Reading Test #1 Secret Tip from Supertutor The Best 3-Step Strategy for the ACT Reading Test Assignment: Take the Reading Practice Test ONE PASSAGE AT A TIME, recording the time it takes you to read and answer all questions for each. Record your time on each page of your book. Wednesday 2/15 Register for the ACT Go to ACT Registration Page You can complete everything UP TO paying for it if you don't have credit card info today. You can do that part at home with a parent. You will not be able to print your admission ticket until you pay. Your admission ticket is a grade requirement for this class due by next week! You will eventually be prompted to upload a photo. Use your infinite campus school photo. Monday 2/13 Before lunch: Timed Practice: Remember the English test has 5 passages to complete in 45 minutes=9 minutes each passage. Let's practice: You'll have 18 minutes to do Passage 1 and 2 from 2005-2006 ACT Exam. For the ones you got wrong, view to understand why! Correct Passage 1 (15 min) Correct Passage 2 (14 min) After lunch take final English practice test--45 minutes. I will correct them. If your English scores are good but you want to make them even better read THESE TIPS Report and record practice test score(s) on worksheet in folder-- Wednesday 2/15 Go over practice1 test Register for ACT Thursday 2/9 New packet (parallel structure, misplaced and dangling modifiers) look at pp. 197-204 Read pp.204-207 Assign: pp. 207 bottom (Strategies) through p. 221 Rhetorical Skills Focus on Rhetorical Skills Questions: View: 1. Transitions on the ACT **Transitions are the MOST COMMONLY TESTED rhetorical skill on ACT. Review this info! 2. Diction--Choosing the Right Word 3. Wordiness & Redundancy 4. View Rhetorical Skills Questions Then complete packet with these practice Activities for Rhetorical Skills practice: (Topic 21: Avoiding Wordy Sentences, Topic 19 Choosing the Right Word, Topic 24 Coherence and Transitions, Topic 23 Unity in Paragraphs, Topic 25 Varying the Structure of your paragraphs, Revising Sentences in Paragraphs, Combining Sentences in Paragraphs). Assign: Practice Test #2 pg. 328. Record on answer sheet. Time yourself and score the test! Tuesday 2/7 Record practice test score Collect the pronoun packets! Take the 8 comma quizzes ( no names) Score comma quizzes Other Errors we Need to Address Quickly: Read about Double Negatives Practice Recognizing Double Negatives View: ACT Idioms All the ACT Idioms You will Need to Know View: Cliche on the ACT Do packet (Avoiding cliches & slang, Double Negatives, Faulty Idioms) Go to SDMyLife, Method Test Prep, Lesson 38 (Homophones) and 58 (It's, Its) Friday 2/3 Collect Pronoun Packet (Pro Ref & Shift, Pro Ant Agreement, Who/Whom) ACT English Strategy handout Intro to Commas on the ACT--Yay! Most of you just studied commas in English class! View: ACT Bootcamp: Commas View: ACT: 4 Major Comma Tips View When to Use Commas on the ACT View to Review: How to Correct Punctuation Errors Comma Handouts Killing Me with Commas Activity. 1. 14 Comma Rules-read through together 2. Now practice: Comma Quiz 3. Comma Usage Quiz: Click Start 4. Comma Exercises (3 pages stapled) Correct comma usage packet Timed Punctuation Quizzes with a focus on commas and comma splices The Real ACT is 75 questions in 45 minutes. If you do the math, that means that you can spend very close to 6 minutes on every 10 questions. Let's practice today within that time limit using an ACT passage of 10 question. 4. Take ACT Comma Usage quiz at Quia 5. Another comma error tested on the ACT is Comma Splices. What is a comma splice? A comma splice occurs when a writer uses a comma between two sentences where there should be something stronger, like a period or semicolon. Comma splices can also be corrected by using a FANBOYS construction or by subordinating one of the two independent clauses. Comma Splice: It's important to study for the ACT, it's the only way to do well. Corrected with semicolon: It's important to study for the ACT; it's the only way to do well. Corrected with period: It's important to study for the ACT. It's the only way to do well. Corrected with subordination: Because it's the only way to do well, it's important to study for the ACT. View to Review: ACT English Test Comma Usage Comma Splice View to Review: How to Fix Comma Splices Now Practice with Comma Splices 1. The Comma Splice 2. Comma Splice Quiz 3. Multiple Choice Quiz: Comma Splices Assignment: Do English practice test on pg. 42! Time yourself! Score your test! Collect the pronoun packets on Tuesday! Take the 8 comma quizzes on Tuesday! Wednesday 2/1 Collect S-V Agreement and Who/Whom worksheets (3 total pages) Right after S-V agreement, comes Pronoun Reference & Agreement! View: Vague Pronoun Reference View: Two Pronoun Errors You Need to Avoid on ACT Practice: Pronoun Case: Nominative Case Practice: Pronoun Case: Objective Case Practice: SV Agreement & Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Practice: Faulty Pronouns Exercise 1 Practice: Ignore the info at the top of this page. It's obviously the wrong info! Do this Who or Whom: Practice: Broad Pronoun Reference Practice: Read each pair of sentences here: Avoiding Vague Prounoun Reference--After you type in the answers,get my attention and I'll bring over a key to check your responses! Practice: Vague Pronoun Reference **Record all of the scores on these activities on the half sheet I provide. For more practice log in to SDMyLife, Method Test Prep, Week 14, Lesson 54 on Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Assignments outside of class: Complete Pronoun Packet (Pro Ref & Shift, Pro Ant Agreement, Who/Whom) Take time to Read: Pronoun Agreement on the ACT Take time to Read: Pronoun Case on the ACT Monday 1/30--Skill and Drill More Subject-Verb Agreement View: ACT English Bootcamp: S-V Agreement View: Vector ACT S-V Agreement Go over the 5 practice exercises in S-V Agreement packet Practice with the 6 S-V Agreement Practice tests in packet Practice with pp 15-20 of Grammar & Writing for the ACT on S-V Agreement Practice here Who/Whom pretest Who/Whom Highlighted Rule Sheet Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever 2 sided quiz Now log in to SDMyLife with your login card. 1. Click Go to ACT Test Prep 2. Scroll down to Week 12, Lesson 46 3. Click I understand box 4. Do the S-V Agreement/Who vs. Whom quiz Take home Assignment: S-V Agreement (do both sides) and Who/Who Previous Days' Lessons Thursday 1/26 Collect all of the verb tense, adj/adv practice activities Introduce Subject-Verb Agreement **The most tested grammatical rule on the ACT is Subject-Verb Agreement Example: The owner of the bicycles ARE going to sell them. (IS is the correct verb) View: Subject-Verb Agreement Rules and Tricky Scenarios Review: S-V Agreement Rules Review: S-V Agreement Rules Read: Subject-Verb Agreement for ACT English: Tips & Practice Now Practice: Handouts in class. Assignment: 1. In the Practice Packet, go to the Let's Practice set of 20 questions on the 8th piece of paper in the packet (St. Dominic HS). In addition to choosing correct verb form, also record the Rule number! 2. Keep reading in the packet. Do Practice 1, 2, 3 & 4 on pp. 40-42. Tuesday 1/24 Grammar Lab Turn in grammar review (homophones, adjective/adverbs, verbs) packet. Did you write the sentences on the last page? In class today, complete the assignments on --Homophones (words that sound alike) --Adjectives/Adverbs --Comparatives (more and most, or -er and -est) --Verb tense Friday 1/20 Review ACT practice English scores. Go through answer explanations. Record scores for English Practice Test. Put score sheet in folder. On a sticky, record 5 (five) numbers that you still don't understand after reading the explanations. I'll tally those and we'll go over the questions most identified as causing problems. Today's Focus: Adjectives & Adverbs, Homophones, Verb Tense Adjectives and Adverbs ACT Tips on Adjectives and Adverbs Adjective or Adverb? Good vs. Well Most Commonly Tested Homophones on ACT: There/Their/They're, It's vs. Its Irregular Verbs on ACT Verb Tenses on ACT Assignment: Worksheet packet For later: Find 45 minutes this weekend to do the practice ACT English test in book on pg. 42-53. Try to simulate test conditions if possible! 1. Your grade for this assignment will be to show me completed and scored test. 2. No one sees your score but me. Our only goal is to work to improve, so be honest as you are correcting so we can get a clear understanding of where you are at now and what you need to work on. AFTER YOU FINISH TAKING THE ENGLISH PRACTICE TEST... 3. Turn to and read pg. 96 in prep book: "Scoring Your Practice Test." 4. Use the English Scoring Key on pg. 97 to score your practice test. Follow the instructions to complete Step 1 and Step 2 on pp. 97 and 98, recording your RAW score. 5. Then turn to pg. 100 and read Step 4. Use the English column on the Conversion Table to determine what your scaled ACT score would be. 6. Go back to the Bubble Sheet where you recorded your answers and write your SCALED ENGLISH score in the Score box on the GREEN side of the Bubble Sheet. DON'T get stressed if your score isn't where you thought it should be. That's why you're here!! :-) 7. Finally, turn to pg. 108 and read the paragraph on Reviewing Explanatory Answers. All of the ANSWERS to the test you just took are on page 109-137. Go back to EACH of the questions you missed and read the explanations of the right and wrong answers. Remember: Practice makes PROGRESS NOT perfect! You CAN improve your score with practice, practice, practice! Wednesday 1/18 Turn in Scavenger Hunt to folder View tutorials on the ACT English Test & Answer 3 built-in review questions for each A. What to Expect on the ACT English Test (3:36) B. Managing Your Time on the ACT English Test (2:47) C. Test Taking Strategies on the ACT English Test (3:45) D. Punctuation & Grammar on the ACT English Test (5:26) IMPORTANT ACT ENGLISH TIPS: Remember the ACT is a STANDARDIZED PREDICTABLE Test! 1. There will be 5 passages on this test. DON'T spend more than 1 1/2 minutes on each passage and no more than 30 seconds on each question! 2. 40 Questions (53%) are Usage & Mechanics 10 Punctuation Questions (13%) 12 Grammar/Usage Questions (16%) 18 Sentence Structure Questions (24%) 3. 35 Questions (47%) are Rhetorical Skills (strategy, organization and style) 12 Strategy Questions (16%)--Does the writing do what the author intended 11 Organization Questions (15%)-- 12 Style Questions (16%) Take English practice test The test is 45 minutes with 75 Questions Lesson Plans for ACT Prep |
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