1. Overview, Structure, & Pacing

2. Four sections! (& one optional) What are they?
Overview
3 hours! (& then breaks!)
65 minutes of testing, 5 minute break, 70 minutes of testing, 5 minute break, 55 minutes of testing
Scoring:
+1 point for every correct question → no penalty!!!!!
Essay: 2 readers will score on scales.
Four sections! (& one optional) What are they?
Breaks after Sections 2, 4, & 6
Points ex. You get 1 correct, 2 incorrect, and 1 blank. Your total points so far is ½.

3. structure What does it look like? “Evidence-base Reading & Writing”
Section 1 | Critical Reading
Section 2 | Writing & Language
Mathematics
Section 3 | Math w/o Calculator
Section 4 | Math w/ Calculator
Essay (Optional)
structure
What does it look like?

4. Critical Reading: 52 questions in 65 minutes
Pacing
Critical Reading: 52 questions in 65 minutes
Writing & Language: 44 questions in 35 minutes
Math without Calculator: 20 question in 25 minutes
Math with Calculator: 38 questions in 55 minutes
Essay: 1 essay in 50 minutes
What do you like? Dislike?

5. critical reading 52 Passage-based Questions
65 minutes, 52 questions
1:15 per question
All information ON THE PAGE!
No previous knowledge necessary!
Some science-based questions.
52 Passage-based Questions
Content: Information ON THE PAGE! No previous knowledge necessary!
critical reading
What do we need to know?

6. “Main purpose” of passage Narrator’s point of view Use of words
Types of Questions
Summary of passage
“Main purpose” of passage
Narrator’s point of view
Use of words
Best evidence?

7. Read questions prior to reading the passage.
Strategies
Read questions prior to reading the passage.
Look for specific lines.
Look for keywords.
Skim, THEN study.
Read carefully.
ONE PASSAGE AT A TIME!

8. writing and language 44 MC Questions Content: Word Choice Grammar
35 minutes, 4 passages, 44 questions
0:47 per question
Content:
Word Choice
Grammar
Sentence Order
No longer includes essay!
44 MC Questions
Content:
Word Choice
Grammar
Sentence Order
writing and language
What do we need to know?

9. Process of Elimination.
Strategies
Read for content.
Process of Elimination.

10. math What do we need to know? 2 Sections!
Without calculator: 25 minutes, 20 questions 1:15 per question
With calculator: 55 minutes, 38 questions 1:25 per question
Types of Questions:
45 Multiple Choice Questions
13 Student Produced Responses
math
What do we need to know?

11. Multiple Choice
In booklet
On answer sheet

12. Student Produced
In booklet
On answer sheet

13. Process of Elimination Know the Language
Strategies
Take notes
Sketch it out
Plug & Chug!
Process of Elimination
Know the Language

14. essay It’s optional! What do we need to know?
50 minutes, 1 passage, 1 essay
essay
What do we need to know?

15. new instructions
As you read the passage below, consider how [the author] uses…
evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.
reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence
stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

16. Combine for a final score | 2 - 8
Scoring
Two graders
Each scores based on…
Reading
Analysis
Writing
Combine for a final score | 2 - 8

17. This should be you!

18. Need more practice? Google: College Board: SAT Question of the Day
Ivy Global: SAT Practice Tests
Khan Academy