Your personal ACT/SAT tutor! ePrep Intro Your personal ACT/SAT tutor!

What is ePrep? Practice ACT/SAT tests Online tutorial videos based on what you missed

Why we use ePrep: To even the “playing field” for you! Provides a “baseline” of your strengths & weaknesses on these exams To study in order to improve when you take the real ACT and SAT

How it works: Take the practice exam Enter your answers Get personalized tutorial videos Take notes on the videos as you watch

Overall expectations: FOCUS! Assigned seats Headphones in All other distractions away Thorough notes Honest ratings

TEST TAKING SKILLS -General Strategies -ACT/SAT Specific Strategies

Get ready before testing Get plenty of rest the night before each testing day You need 8-10 hours of sleep! Get ready before testing Eat a good nutritious breakfast the morning of each testing day -Protein, fruit, water; not Hot Cheetos and candy ;-) Avoid the morning rush. Set out everything you’ll need the night before. Get to the testing site EARLY!

Use your time wisely! 1. Don’t spend too much time on any one question. 2. It is important to answer every question even if you are not sure of the answer. 3. Answer the easiest questions first, but be sure to go back to those questions you skipped. 4. Save time at the end to review your test and make sure you haven't left out any answers. 5. Use all your time! There are no extra points for finishing early.

Elimination If you can’t figure out which answer is correct, try to eliminate (get rid of) the answers that you know are wrong. Eliminate obviously wrong answer choices Eliminate choices that are partly correct Eliminate items that are correct, but don’t answer the question

Focus on those before the other answer choices Opposites! If there are two possible answers that are opposites, then one of them is likely the correct answer! The opposite of the correct answer is easiest for the test creator to come up with Focus on those before the other answer choices

Educated Guess Educated guessing means using everything you know to attempt to answer the question. A random guess gives you a 25% chance of getting the right answer. An educated guess gives you a much higher chance of answering correctly

ABSOLUTE WORDS ALL ALWAYS MUST NONE NEVER EVERY ANSWERS WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE USUALLY WRONG/FALSE. ABSOLUTE WORDS ALL ALWAYS MUST NONE NEVER EVERY ENTIRELY BEST WORST ONLY EVERYONE

ANSWERS WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE USUALLY CORRECT/TRUE GENERAL WORDS SOME SOMETIMES GENERALLY USUALLY FREQUENTLY PROBABLY MOST FEW MANY OFTEN SELDOM

LOOK FOR CLUES The context of a word includes all the words and sentences that surround it and the situation in which the word is used. WHEN THE ANSWER IS NOT CLEAR, LOOK FOR CLUES ( CONTEXT, TENSE, WORD TYPE, GRAMMAR) IN THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER CHOICES

Questions with graphs, charts, and tables… 1. Read all the titles, labels, and other given information Check the units of measurement Look for a pattern, trend, or comparison in the graph or table

When Reading a Passage Remember To: Reading a story When Reading a Passage Remember To: READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST to determine what you are looking for as you read the selection.

Don’t misbubble or leave any blank! If you reach a hard question and can’t make your educated guess, answer anyway!!! Write a light question mark next to the question you are planning to go back to and move on to the next question. Return to this question at the end if you have time!

To sum it all up… Remember the strategies! They will help you to feel confident. Think positively about doing your best! Take a deep breath to relax. Answer EVERY question. Make intelligent educated guesses. Think about one item at a time. DO YOUR BEST!

What's on the SAT: Reading 52 multiple–choice questions 65 minutes Passages or pairs of passages (literature, historical documents, social sciences, and natural sciences Writing & Language 44 multiple–choice questions 35 minutes Grammar, vocabulary in context, and editing skills Math 58 multiple–choice questions a. 20-question No-Calculator section (25 min) b. 38-question Calculator-allowed section (55 min) Algebra I and II, geometry, and some trigonometry

What’s on the ACT: English 75 multiple–choice questions 45 minutes Tests grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and rhetorical skills Math 60 multiple–choice questions 60 minutes Algebra I and II, geometry, and some trigonometry Reading 40 multiple–choice questions 35 minutes Four passages (prose fiction, social studies, humanities, and natural sciences) with 10 questions per passage Science Questions on science-based passages presented with graphs, charts, tables and research summaries