Test Taking Strategies Test Taking Strategies

Copyright © 2012, Brooke Beverly Conway

Copyright © 2012, Brooke Beverly Conway

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What is ANSWER Key?What is ANSWER Key?

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 HereYour Main Point Here

• Add Your Text Here• Add Your Text HereSo, when you have to answer an open response question, use the ANSWER

Key strategy!

So, when you have to 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.

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.

Your Main Point HereYour Main Point Here

• Add Your Text Here• Add Your Text Here

Let’s practice on a real state test example!

I believe in you, and know you will become

experts at all these reading strategies.

Let’s practice on a real state test example!

I believe in you, and know you will become

experts at all these reading strategies.