ACT Prep

56% of college students finish a 4 year degree in 6 years 32% of college students finish a 2 year degree within 3 years

The National Average ACT 21.1 Bedford County 18.4

Student improvement from the first time to the second time taking the ACT is 1 point. After this course..

Students should take the ACT multiple times

Strategy is the key to raising ACT scores

Language, Math, Reading, Science The math section is ordered by difficulty Science section is interpreting and analyzing graphs, tables, charts

What is a minute?

Don’t get stuck on a “black hole” question

Don’t change answers.. Go with your first instinct

The “no change” choice will often be the choice of answers

When out of time…. Pick a column and bubble straight down to the end of the section

Keep your answer sheet under the test and line it up with the corresponding test page

Don’t worry about other students and their timing. Pace yourself

Format of the ACT English 75 45 min Math 60 60 min. Reading 40 35 min. Science 40 35 min. Total 215 questions 2 h 55 min

score 1-36 on all 4 parts A composite score or the average of the 4 test is your score ACT is scored by taking the number of right answers ACT does not take off points for wrong answers 4 multiple choice answers except Math has 5

Point values English… 2.5 questions per point….. 5 correct will raise your final score 2 points Math… 2.5 questions per point….. 5 correct will raise your final score 2 points Reading… 1.33 questions per point….. 4 correct will raise your final score 3 points science… 1.50 questions per point….. 3 correct will raise your final score 2 points

You should always fill in the/ an answer Wrong answers are treated the same as blanks… so wrong answers do not count against you

English Portion of the Test 5 short passages each with 15 questions Usage and mechanics and rhetorical

Math portion… skill based 60 questions In order by difficulty 5 choices for answers instead of 4 Pre- algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, coordinate geometry, plane geometry and trigonometry Get a calculator to help with time management even though all skills can be done by hand

Reading 4 passages with 10 questions each.. 35 minutes Art literature, social studies and sciences Answers are found in the passage.. But you do not have to understand the passage YOU do not have to answer all the passages…. You can answer 3 more accurately and not do the 4th and make a high score Multiple choice with 4 choices Random order

Reading 8 minutes 45 seconds per passage Accuracy is more important than bulk FOCUS on the reading section is on TIME per passage You don’t have to understand or memorize things Look for main ideas

8:45 then you can do all 4 passages and all questions 10 min target score 29-32 3 passages 30 questions with 5 minutes left to fill in ovals 11-12 min target score 25-28 3 passages 30 questions 13-14 min. Target score 22-24 3 passages quickly… 2 passages more accurate 15 min 19-21 2 passages 20 questions

Reading strategy - do your strongest passage type first Don’t leave anything blank Skip black hole questions

Science 7 passages with 5-7 questions each IN 35 MINUTES 3 types of passages: data representation, research summary, conflicting viewpoints Tables, charts, graphs interpret and analysis

Highlight the tables, charts, figures