1. Background Music by Steven Page

2. Test Content English75 questions45 minutes Measures standard written English and rhetorical skills. Math60 questions60 minutes Measures mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12. Reading40 questions35 minutesMeasures reading comprehension. Science40 questions35 minutes Measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem- solving skills required in the natural sciences. Optional Writing Test 1 prompt30 minutes Measures writing skills emphasized in high school English classes and in entry- level college composition courses.

3.  Take your time  Although you don’t have a lot of time, don’t rush. Careless errors are costly.  Focus  It’s okay to take quick mental breaks.  Answer every question  There is no penalty for getting a question wrong. Guessing can only help!

4.  Timing  9 minutes / passage  How to prepare?  Re-watch Sentence Pattern Videos  http://www.act.org/qotd/ http://www.act.org/qotd/  “Grammar at a Glance” and “English in a Nutshell”

5.  Read to get the full context.  Eliminate answers that don’t fix the problem.  Check the new answer.  Answer should be concise, clear, and grammatically correct.

6. She lined up the nose of the open cockpit biplane on the runway's center mark, she gave the engine full throttle, and took off into history. A.A. NO CHANGE B. mark, C. mark, Coleman D. mark that B. C. D.

7.  Timing  8:45 / passage  How to prepare?  Ignore your prior knowledge.  Practice reading with focus and speed.  Breathe

8.  Read and take notes.  Notes should be brief  Look at the question, find clues.  “According to the author…”  “In line 23…”  Predict the answer.  Predicting allows you to focus your responses.

9. Read the excerpted passage on your Notes Sheet, and jot down a note or two in the margin. The passage is an adapted excerpt from Bleak House, by Charles Dickens. In this passage, Esther recounts some of her childhood experiences.

10.  Predict the answer to this question.  Be as specific and detailed as you can in your prediction.  It is most likely that Esther thinks of her doll as:

11.  Now, match your prediction with the best answer choice.  It is most likely that Esther thinks of her doll as: A. her only friend and confidante. B. only an amusing plaything. C. like a sister to her. D. a beautiful toy that is too fragile to touch.

12.  Timing  5 minutes to plan and organize your response. ▪ Thesis ▪ Evidence ▪ Outline  22 minutes to write your essay.  3 minutes to proofread. ▪ Use revision strategies.

13.  For the essay prompt on your Notes Sheet, do the planning step for the ACT Writing Test.  Read and fully understand the prompt.  Draft a thesis that is clear and unambiguous  Create a Classic Argument Outline

14. FFill in every bubble CChocolate EEat breakfast BBring a snack SSleep

15. Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years? In your essay, take a position on this question. You may write about either one of the two points of view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

16. I can remember, when I was a very little girl indeed, I used to say to my doll when were alone together, “Now Dolly, I am not clever, you know very well, and you must be patient with me, like a dear!” My dear old doll! I was such a shy little thing that I seldom dared to open my lips, and never dared to open my heart, to anybody else. It almost makes me cry to think what a relief it used to be to me when I came home from school of a day to run upstairs to my room and say, “Oh, you dear faithful Dolly, I knew you would be expecting me!” and then sit down on the floor, leaning on the elbow of her great chair, and tell her all I had noticed since we parted.