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The breakdown of the SAT Test and how to use the 1-2-3 strategy
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What is the first step in our 1-2-3 strategy?
Answer the questions
Read the passage
Read the questions and prep the text
2
What is the second step in our 1-2-3 strategy?
Read the passage
Read the questions and prep the text
Answer the questions
3
How would you prep your text for this type of question? "The main purpose of the first paragraph is to..."
Read it and answer the question
Bracket or underline the 1st paragraph
Bracket the 1st paragraph and write M.P. next to it
Box the first paragraph
4
When you come to a vocab word that is boxed, what should you NOT write next to it?
Prefixes/Suffixes meanings
The dictionary definition
The definition as in the context
2 or 3 synonyms
5
If a question doesn't give you a line or paragraph, how do you prep the text?
Nothing
Read the passage and flip back and forth
Put 1 or 2 words from question (M.I.) somewhere on the page
Read the passage
6
How many minutes per passage do you have?
13
12
10
9
7
What is the last step in our 1-2-3 strategy?
Read the questions and prep the text
Read the passage
Answer the questions
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Every correct answer will always be connected to the ____ ____
author's purpose
main idea
passage's title
subject genre
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If you already eliminated B, what's the next answer choice you'd choose if you are guessing?
D
A
B
C
10
If you are unsure of the answer, what choice do you choose?
Always D
Always B
Always A
Always C
11
When answering the questions, how do you eliminate answers?
Both A & B
put a check on words that do match the main idea
put an x on words that don't match the main idea
always just choose B no matter what
12
If you get stuck on a question, what do you do? (Select all that apply.)
Filter it through the main idea to eliminate answers
Go back and reread the passage
Circle B (or A if B is eliminated) and move on
Stay on it until you figure it out
13
When you see the word "author" in a question, you know this is a what type of question?
An evidence question to support your answer
An inference question to combine prior knowledge with text
A main idea question asking what
An author's purpose asking why
14
At the end of every passage, what should you always write down before answering the questions?
The main idea
The author's purpose
The prior knowledge you used while reading
The developmental pattern
15
When reading, what should you do when you come to an area you have prepped?
Stop and notate the area with your thoughts
Stop and answer the question connected to it
Keep on reading
