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Are you ready for FSA Reading?
You are ready, butwe need to practice a little.
Follow all the instructionscarefully.
If the slide says copy, then copy it innotebook.
your
notebook. Easy!
If the slide says answer the question in your
notebook, then answer the question in your
In your planner, write“FSA READING”on the following dates:
Thursday, April 13Friday, April 14
If you don´t have a planner, write this somewhere you will remember.Bring $3 tomorrow to purchase a school planner in the office
You will need to balance reading and answering questions in two-85 minute sessions. FSA Reading will be conducted on computers.
Answering questionsReading
OpenResponseyou type one or two sentences
Multiselectselect more tan oneanswer
Two PartItemPart A andPart B are connected
DragandDropyou organize info
EditingTaskyou selectfrom a drop-down menu
Types of FSA Questions
Explain why by giving an example.
From slide 7, what type or types of questions are you comfortable answering?
Did you know…
you will have multimediafeatures on FSA
You might find audio clips, slideshows, or animations. You can find them within the passages or in the test items.
Do you have a strategy or strategies that you can share with someone to help on the FSA Reading Exam?Write your strategy or strategies in your notebook.
Credit to: Strategies Created and Developed by Jill Leone
You must copy at least three!
Always
read the questions first.
• This will help you to focus your
attention and direct you to the parts
of the reading passage that are
most important for you to
understand.
Make sure you
understand exactly what
each question is asking.
STOP and take a moment to think
about what you will need to look for
in the reading passage.
*** Sometimes it helps to put the
question in your own words or circle
key words in the passage, such as
not, least, cause, effect, first, last, etc.
Do not leave any answers
blank!
• Choose what you think is the
best answer by eliminating the
choices that do not seem
correct.
Choose the best answer.
•Never choose an answer that is not
supported by something in the
selection, text, passage or your own
background knowledge.
• Evidence from the text!
Choose the best answer
by understanding the
question.
• If the question says: According
to the passage… or Presented in
the passage…, make sure the
answer you choose is based on
information you read in the
passage.
• Evidence in the text!
Choose the best answer
by understanding key
vocabulary.
• Be aware that the answer to a question is
often stated in words that are a little bit
different from the exact words used in the
reading passage.
• Here’s an example: A passage about the Civil
War discusses the casualties of war, but the
answer choice uses the word fatalities. By
choosing the answer choice that contains the
word fatalities, a good test taker is also
demonstrating understanding or reading
comprehension.
Read with INTENTION
A test question asks about the setting
of a story. Once you have read the
passage all the way through, go back
and skip through the sentences that
discuss other ideas or events. Now,
skim the passage until you find the
parts that discuss the time and the
place. Read this part carefully.
Don’t expect to always know
the answers to most questions
after only one reading.
•Good test takers learn how to go
back into the passage again and
again to find specific information.
• This is one of the most important
strategies for a reading test –
knowing what information you
need and re-reading until you find
it. (You can use your skimming skills here.)
For vocabulary questions
• When you have to choose the correct
meaning of a word, it is helpful to read
the following:
– The sentence that the word is in.
– The sentence right before.
– The sentence right after.
• This area of the passage surrounding
the word is called the context.
Quiz(complete the question with the best answer)
1) Should I…
• A. read the questions first?
• B. read the passage first?
2) Should I…
• A. pay attention to possible multimedia, like audio clips?
• B. not listen to audio clips on the exam?
3) Should I…
• A. read and think?
• B. pretend to read on the exam?
4) Should I…
• take the FSA on April 13 and April 14?
• bring headphones or earbuds on Tuesday and Friday?
ANSWERS
Makes sure you complete the quiz first
SeriouslyMake sure you wrote the answers in your notebook.
Quiz Answers
1) Should I…
• A. read the questions first? YES!
• B. read the passage first?
2) Should I…
• A. pay attention to possible multimedia, like audio clips? YES!
3) Should I…
• A. read and think? YES!
4) Should I…
• take the FSA on April 13 and April 14? YES!
• bring headphones or earbuds on Tuesday and Friday? YES!
• B. not listen to audio clips on the exam?
• B. pretend to read on the exam?