Real Life SOL Test-Taking Strategies and Ideas

Question 1

A strategy to help readers who are easily distracted is to...

Accepted Answer

read a question and read what is needed to answer it

Question 2

You are going to pass the reading SOL test this time because...

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you have had three days of intensive remediation, you will use proper strategies, you are going to learn from the mistakes you made before, you will go to bed at a good hour tonight

Question 3

Good test-taking practices include...

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examining pictures, diagrams, and charts, reading the first paragraph of the passage, reading the title of the passage, reading headings, subheadings, captions, sidebars

Question 4

You will find captions...

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near pictures

Question 5

Readers who are easily distracted should read the whole passage no matter what.

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false

Question 6

Passing the reading SOL test means...

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you can feel good about yourself, you should be very proud of your hard work

Question 7

Because every 8th grader in Virginia takes the reading SOL test...

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you can see how you compare to other 8th graders, if you pass, it means you are reading on grade level

Question 8

This is the last reading SOL test you will take until...

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11th grade

Question 9

If the question says "in paragraph 2" but you can't figure out the answer by reading p. 2

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read other paragraphs around it, read whatever other parts of the passage you need to answer

Question 10

When you are taking the reading SOL test, you should...

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take a short break if your mind is wandering, mark questions that stump you and come back to them

Question 11

"Slash the trash" can be risky because...

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the test makers may fool you into thinking an answer is bad, if you don't have evidence, you may cross off a good answer, you still have to find evidence to support the right answer, in the new SOL test, there isn't much "trash"

Question 12

On TEI questions, it is advisable to...

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prove each answer right or wrong, read the directions to see how many answers there are

Question 13

SOL stands for...

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Standards of Learning

Question 14

Taking your time is important because...

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it takes time to think things out properly, there are very subtle differences between answer choices, just one additional correct answer might make you pass

Question 15

"Slash the trash" is a good strategy because by eliminating answers...

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your chances of choosing correctly go up, you can focus on the most likely answers

Question 16

If you don't read the directions...

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you might not know how many answers there are, you may miss information that helps you

Question 17

The title can tell you...

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the main idea of the passage, what the passage is about

Question 18

Headings can tell you...

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what a section of the passage is about, the main idea of a paragraph

Question 19

Multiple choice questions are easier to answer than TEI questions because...

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there is only one answer, a TEI question is really multiple questions disguised as 1, you've been answering them since 3rd grade

Question 20

If you don't know a word...

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eliminate words you do know that don't work, use context if available, use your BID (Break It Down) knowledge

Real Life SOL Test-Taking Strategies and Ideas

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Real Life SOL Test-Taking Strategies and Ideas

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