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ACT Overall Breakdown Test Number of Questions Time Limit Content English 75 questions 45 minutes Measures standard written English and rhetorical skills. Math 60 questions 60 minutes Measures mathematical skills students have typically acquired in courses taken up to the beginning of grade 12. Reading 40 questions 35 minutes Measures reading comprehension. Science Measures the interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences. ACT Overall Breakdown

Benchmark Requirement Test Benchmark Requirement English 18 Mathematics 19 Reading 20 Overall ACT Overall Breakdown

ACT English Section Rhetorical Skills Usage/Mechanics strategy The English section consists of 75 questions with a 45 minute time limit. - This gives you approximately 36 seconds per question - It is the first section you take on the ACT Skills covered on the English Section are: Usage/Mechanics punctuation grammar and usage sentence structure Rhetorical Skills strategy organization style ACT English Section

Required score to reach Benchmark = 18 - Spelling, vocabulary, and rote recall of rules of grammar aren't tested. - The test consists of FIVE prose passages, each one accompanied by multiple-choice test questions. Different passage types are included to provide variety. - Some questions refer to underlined portions of the passage and offer several alternatives to the underlined portion. You must decide which choice is most appropriate in the context of the passage. - Some questions ask about an underlined portion, a section of the passage, or the passage as a whole. You must decide which choice best answers the question posed. - Many questions include "NO CHANGE" to the underlined portion or the passage as one of the choices. The questions are numbered consecutively. Each question number corresponds to an underlined portion in the passage or to a box located in the passage Required score to reach Benchmark = 18 ACT English Section

Rhetorical Skills ACT English Section Usage/Mechanics Six elements of effective writing are included in the English Test: Punctuation grammar and usage sentence structure Strategy Organization style. Usage/Mechanics Rhetorical Skills ACT English Section

ACT English Section A sample question looks like: Notice how the underlined portion that the question is asking about and the question line up. This ONLY happens in the English section of the ACT ACT English Section

Sometimes there is technically no question at all and you are required to look at the text, context clues and the answer options to determine the correct answer. Two examples of this are below. Again notice how the underlined portions lines up with the questions. ACT English Section

Reading Test Description The Reading Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures your reading comprehension. You're asked to read four passages and answer questions that show your understanding of: what is directly stated statements with implied meanings Specifically, questions will ask you to use referring and reasoning skills to: determine main ideas locate and interpret significant details understand sequences of events make comparisons comprehend cause-effect relationships determine the meaning of context-dependent words, phrases, and statements draw generalizations analyze the author's or narrator's voice and method Reading Test Description

Reading Test Description The test comprises four prose passages that are representative of the level and kind of reading required in first-year college courses; passages on topics in social studies, natural sciences, prose fiction, and the humanities are included. Each passage is accompanied by a set of multiple-choice test questions. These questions do not test the rote recall of facts from outside the passage, isolated vocabulary items, or rules of formal logic. Instead, the test focuses on the complementary and supportive skills that readers must use in studying written materials across a range of subject areas. Reading Test Description

Prose Fiction (25%). Questions in this category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels. Humanities (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages from memoirs and personal essays and in the content areas of architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, and theater. ACT Reading Section

Social Studies (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anthropology, archaeology, biography, business, economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. Natural Sciences (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history, physiology, physics, technology, and zoology. ACT Reading Section

ACT Reading Section Passage page: includes one of the four passages with ten multiple choice questions following it.

ACT Reading Section Questions page: includes ten questions over the passage on the previous page

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ACT Reading Section The required score to hit benchmark on the Reading Section is a 20.

Benchmark Requirement Test Benchmark Requirement English 18 Mathematics 19 Reading 20 Overall Incentive to hit Benchmark Scores: You get to go out to lunch (like the seniors) EVERY Friday for the last six Friday’s of the school year (the seniors can only do the first and third Fridays) You do NOT have to take a remedial or College and Career Readiness class (CCR). Which means not having TWO English or TWO Math classes….or BOTH You have proven to colleges that you are ready and can apply to more colleges earlier You can apply for scholarships earlier ACT Overall Breakdown

You were just given a basic overall of the ACT and the sections connected with this class. What questions do you have now? ACT Mock Test in on Saturday, December 1st, you are to arrive at 8:45 am. The test will run from 9 am – 1 pm ACT Review Questions