GENERATION Z THE 8 SECOND GENERATION

THIS GROUP OF JUNIORS HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE TAKS TEST TOOK EOC ENGLISH I ENGLISH II ALGEBRA 1 BIOLOGY 1 WILL TAKE EOC US HISTORY ACT SAT TSI ASFAB SENIORS THAT JUST GRADUATED TOOK ENGLISH 1 ENGLISH II BIOLOGY ALGEBRA WORLD GEOGRAPHY US HISTORY THE TAKS IN EVERY GRADE

CURRENT JUNIORS ACCUSTOMED TO MODELING –SUCH AS EOC SHORT ANSWER/ESSAYS WELL VERSED IN EXPOSITORY AND PERSUASIVE ESSAY UNDERSTAND AND USE EVIDENCE WELL-OER FAMILIAR WITH NON FICTION PROFICIENT IN GOOGLE TOOLS, AND SCHMOOP AND USA TEST PREP HAVE SEEN POSITIVE RESULTS WITH TESTING INTERVENTION

AREAS OF DEFICITS READING ENDURANCE APPLICATION OF GRAMMAR PATIENCE IN EDITING IMAGINATION INFERENCING GRAPHIC AIDS –ELEMENTS THAT PRESENT INFORMATION

SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISONS SAT AND EOC CRITICAL READING SECTION SAT EOC SHORT PASSAGES 100 WORDS POEMS 20 WORDS 5 LONG PASSAGES WORDS 2 PASSAGES 200 WORDS 1 SCIENTIFIC PASSAGE 1 NON-FICTION-ANY DISCIPLINE PASSAGE 1 NARRATIVE EXCERPT 1-2 FULL NARRATIVE PIECES ITALICIZED INTRODUCTION NO INTRODUCTION

CRITICAL READING QUESTIONS SAT EOC 67 QUESTIONS 40 QUESTIONS IN 70 MINUTES IN 60 MINUTES

TYPES OF QUESTIONS SAT EOC 19 SENTENCE COMPLETION NONE (TESTS VOCABULARY AND TESTED WITHIN COMPREHENSION) THE PASSAGE/Q

TYPES OF QUESTIONS CRITICAL READING SAT EOC_ 48 QUESTIONS 30 QUESTIONS ON PROCESSING LITERATURE WORD PASSAGES 200 WORDS

TIME ELEMENT READING SECTION SAT EOC 62 SECONDS PER QUESTION 3 MINUTES 5 ANSWER CHOICES 4 ANSWERS CAN SKIP –NO PENALTY SKIP=WRONG

TEST TAKING APPROACHES SAT EOC NO DICTIONARY DICTIONARY LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY INCREASES VARIED CHOOSE SUBSECTIONS WORK IN ORDER DUO WORD BLANKS NONE CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONS LOGICAL QUESTIONS NONE

KEY CHANGES WORDS IN CONTEXT WORDS AND PHRASES FROM MANY SUBJECTS THE ASSESSMENT WILL FOCUS ON DETERMINING THE MEANING AND IMPLICATION OF THESE WORDS VOCABULARY DERIVED FROM STUDENTS LIVES, WORK AND BEYOND CLOSE READING OF THE TEXT

TEST TAKING STRATEGIES / TIPS THE CORRECT ANSWER CHOICE WILL MAKE PERFECT SENSE WHEN SUBSTITUTED FOR THE REFERENCED WORD KNOW MORE THAN THE COMMON MEANING OF WORDS THE TOPICS OF THE PASSAGES INCLUDE: US AND WORLD HISTORY AND LITERATURE, SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE FAMILIAR WORDS WILL BE USED IN UNFAMILIAR WAYS-TRICK

COMMAND OF EVIDENCE INTERPRET USE SYNTHESIZE FROM MANY SOURCES: GRAPHICS/TABLES/CHARTS/GRAPHS MULTI PARAGRAPH PASSAGES LITERARY NON FICTION, HUMANITIES, SCIENCE,HISTORY, WORK AND CAREERS

TIPS QUESTIONS ASKING WHAT PART OF THE TEXT SUPPORTS THE ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION EXAMINE INTEGRATED GRAPHICS AND WORDS TO FIND THE BEST ANSWER ANALYZE SEQUENCES OF SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS FOR LOGICAL ORGANIZATION

ESSAY Students analyze a provided source text to determine how the author builds an argument to persuade an audience through the use of evidence, reasoning, and/or stylistic and persuasive devices. They're asked to write a cogent and clear analysis supported by critical reasoning and evidence drawn from the source.

ESSAY STUDENTS MAY ANALYZE SUCH ASPECTS OF THE PASSAGE AS THE AUTHOR’S USE OF EVIDENCE, REASONING, AND STYLISTIC AND PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS. THIS TASK MORE CLOSELY MIRRORS COLLEGE WRITING ASSIGNMENTS.

The new Essay is designed to support high school students and teachers as they cultivate close reading, careful analysis, and clear writing. It will promote the practice of reading a wide variety of arguments and analyzing how authors do their work as writers.

ESSAY 50 MINUTES TO WRITE INSTEAD OF 25 OPTIONAL SEPARATE SCORE –ALL 3 TESTS NOT A COMBINED SCORE

ESSAY ESSAYS SHOULD MAKE PURPOSEFUL, SELECTIVE, SUBSTANTIVE USE OF QUOTATIONS AND PARAPHRASES IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS’ ANALYSIS. STUDENTS’ ESSAYS ARE EVALUATED IN TERMS OF READING, ANALYSIS, AND WRITING:

Reading: Successful essays demonstrate thorough comprehension of the passage, including the interplay of central ideas and important details, and use textual evidence effectively.

PASSAGES ALL PASSAGES ARE SELECTED FROM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED, HIGH-QUALITY SOURCES. PASSAGES WILL VARY EACH TIME THE TEST IS GIVEN, BUT ALL WILL: ADDRESS A BROAD AUDIENCE. CONVEY AN ARGUMENT. EXPRESS NUANCED VIEWS ON COMPLEX SUBJECTS. USE LOGICAL REASONING AND VARIOUS FORMS OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT SUBSTANTIVE CLAIMS. EXAMINE IDEAS, DEBATES, TRENDS, AND THE LIKE IN THE ARTS, THE SCIENCES, AND CIVIC, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL LIFE.

Reading: Successful essays demonstrate thorough comprehension of the passage, including the interplay of central ideas and important details, and use textual evidence effectively.

Analysis: Successful essays demonstrate skill in evaluating the author’s use of evidence, reasoning, style, and other stylistic or persuasive techniques and support and develop claims with well-chosen evidence from the passage.

Writing: Successful essays are focused, organized, and precise, with an appropriate style and tone that varies sentence structure and follows the conventions of standard written English.

Every SAT Essay will be read by two scorers. Each scorer will award 1 to 4 points each in reading, analysis, and writing. The scores will be combined for a total of 2 to 8 points in each of the three categories.

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