2/10/15 Do Now: Take out your Understanding the ACT homework and something to write with Homework: None Objective: Students will

Agenda: 1)ACT English pre-assessment Agenda: Look Ahead: Thursday reading pre-assessments.

Agenda: 1)Homework check 2) Share out answers 3)Understanding the ACT 4) ACT/SAT Venn Diagram Agenda:

1) What is the SAT intended to assess? 2) What are two previous names for the SAT? 3) When was the current SAT test introduced and how long is it? 4) What are the three parts of the test and what is their point value breakdown? What is the total possible score? 5) Describe the “function” of the SAT? 6) What are three important things to note about the structure of the SAT? 7) What type of questions do you find in the critical reading portion of the exam? 8) What do sentence completions test? Understanding the SAT:

9) How is the difficulty of the questions (generally) structured? 10) The writing portion of the SAT consists of what two parts? 11) How is the essay scored? 12) What does the last paragraph of the writing section of the article suggest about the essay? 13) What are the two styles of the SAT verbal questions? 14) Explain how is the test scored. 15) What does the SAT recommend about “educated guessing”? Understanding the SAT:

Understanding the ACT: 1)What was the ACT originally an abbreviation for and why was it created? 2)Describe changes made to the ACT test. 3)What milestone did the ACT exam reach in 2011? 4)Where is the ACT exam more widely used? How is this changing? 5)What are the four required portions of the ACT? What is the optional portion? 6)Describe the ACT scoring. 7)How does the scoring of the ACT differ from the scoring of SAT? How does that effect your strategy for taking the test? 8)How do most students do on the ACT when they take the test a second time? 9)How long are the different sections of the verbal portion of the ACT exam?

SAT/ACT Venn Diagram: