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'''SAT Reading section''' | '''SAT Reading section techniques and strategies''' | ||
[[Category:SAT Verbal]] | [[Category:SAT Verbal]] | ||
[[Category:SAT Prep]] | [[Category:SAT Prep]] | ||
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** [[Rhetorical analysis]] (t.b.d) | ** [[Rhetorical analysis]] (t.b.d) | ||
** [[SAT Writing]] | ** [[SAT Writing]] | ||
* here for videos [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlrS_2vRYBHtzPwu2WOLSCVQ modeling some of these techniques and correcting student errors on SAT Reading section practice tests (by Michael Bromley)] | |||
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== BIG IDEAS == | == BIG IDEAS == | ||
* the SAT Reading test | * the SAT Reading test questions are designed to trick you | ||
* 3 of the 4 possible answers contain an error | ** 3 of the 4 possible answers contain an error | ||
* the 1 "correct" answer is not the ''best'' answer | ** the 1 "correct" answer is not the ''best'' answer | ||
** it is the ONLY answer that does not contain an error | ** it is the ONLY answer that does not contain an error | ||
* focus on questions! | |||
** identify information in them | |||
** learn about the passage from them | |||
** recognize them in the passage as you read | |||
*** which means previewing them before reading & flipping back and forth between questions and text while you read | |||
* read questions carefully, taking in every word, when you answer them | |||
=== Difficulty level === | === Difficulty level === | ||
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* TRUST your eliminations | * TRUST your eliminations | ||
** even if you don't like the correct answer, if you can't eliminate it and you can eliminate the others, it is likely correct | ** even if you don't like the correct answer, if you can't eliminate it and you can eliminate the others, it is likely correct | ||
* multi-part questions or possible answers: you only need to eliminate one part in order to eliminate the possible answer | |||
=== Error types in wrong answers === | |||
* 3 of 4 possible answers contain one or more errors | |||
* types of errors include: | |||
** textual evidence that is unrelated to the question | |||
** or, an incorrect association with a word in the passage | |||
** | |||
=== Perspective shift === | === Perspective shift === | ||
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== Strategies & approaches for Reading passages == | == Strategies & approaches for Reading passages == | ||
* SAT Reading test "Directions" instruct students, "After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question" | |||
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* Other approaches include: | * Other approaches include: | ||
** read carefully and annotate | ** read carefully and annotate | ||
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=== Elimination === | === Elimination === | ||
* eliminate aggressively: there is a definitive error in three answers, make them justify themselves | * eliminate aggressively: there is a definitive error in three answers, make them justify themselves | ||
** remember that the correct answer may not be the best answer, | ** remember that the correct answer may not be the best answer, it is the one without an error | ||
** when questions contain two qualifiers, or descriptive words, if you can eliminate one then the possible answer is incorrect | ** when questions contain two qualifiers, or descriptive words, if you can eliminate one then the possible answer is incorrect | ||
** ex.: “Thoreau indicates that some unjust aspects of government are:” | ** ex.: “Thoreau indicates that some unjust aspects of government are:” | ||
A) superficial and can be fixed easily | A) superficial and can be fixed easily | ||
** if you can eliminate either “superficial” or “fixed easily” then A is incorrect | ** if you can eliminate either “superficial” or “fixed easily” then A is incorrect | ||
* if the question has two parts: | |||
** if the possible answer does not address both or conflicts with one of the parts of the question it is wrong | |||
* this elimination strategy helps students get around unfamiliar vocabular words | |||
click EXPAND for an example of this elimination technique from CB practice test 1, question 6: | |||
<pre> | |||
In the passage, Akira addresses Chie with | |||
A) affection but not genuine love. | |||
B) objectivity but not complete impartiality. | |||
C) amusement but not mocking disparagement. | |||
D) respect but not utter deference.</pre> | |||
* if you do not know what "disparagement means," but the text does not have evidence for "amusement," then C) is wrong | |||
* if you do not know what "deference" means, but the text shows evidence for "respect" then you cannot eliminate | |||
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=== Skipping === | === Skipping === | ||
* consider skipping “main point” “passage development” questions until completing others first | * consider skipping “main point” “passage development” questions until completing others first | ||