Exam / Class: ACT Reading
Instructional Goals:
-To help student improve their score on the Reading section of the ACT
-Develop strategies which provide success on time management of the ACT Reading Exam
-Provide students with knowledge of common types of questions on the ACT Reading
Each Area at a Glance:
1. Introduction to Reading
2. Format
3. Reading the Passages: Main Ideas
4. Answering the Questions
5. Question Types
6. Reading Passage Flow Chart
7. Reading Practice Drills
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Content Instruction:
Include concept(s) (listed above), page number and resource
Timing
Reading the Passages: Main Ideas
Skim the Details
Skip Hard Sentences
Check the First and Last Sentence
Underline Key Words and Phrases
Look for Transitional Language
Answering the Questions
Go Back to the Passage
Anticipate
Eliminate Nonsense
Question Types
Explicit Questions
Inferential Questions
Main Idea Questions
Generalization Questions
Meaning Questions
Strategy Questions
Reading Passage Flow Chart
Reading Practice Drills
Prose Reading Passages
Social Studies Passages
Humanities Passages
Natural Science Passages
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Test Strategies: Introduction to ACT Reading Format
Time Yourself
Do Your Strongest Passage Type First
Skip “Black Hole Questions
The Right Answer Might be Camouflaged
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Classroom Examples:
Use the blue print in the textbook as a bank for classroom examples and descriptions of examples. Some examples will specify the printable handouts for students provided through the resource bank.
Introduction to Reading I. Format
A. Sample Basic Reading Passage and Question II. Timing
A. Target Passages Chart – READ 1 Handout
B. The Right Answer Might Be Camouflaged
III. What’s It About?
A. Skim the Details
B. Look for Transitional Language
C. Should I Underline or Not?
D. Should I read the Questions or Not?
E. Main Idea Drill – READ – 2 Handout
F. Word Search Drill – READ-3 Handout
G. Anticipate
H. Use the Main Ideas
I. Eliminate
J. Distractors
K. Explicit Questions
L. Inferential Questions
O. Main Idea Questions
P. Generalization Questions
1. Tone Exercise
Q. Meaning Questions
R. Strategy Questions
IV. Reading Practice Drills
A. Prose Fiction Passages With Analysis
1. READ – 5 Handout
2. READ – 6 Handout
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Classroom Examples: (con’t)
Use the blue print in the textbook as a bank for classroom examples and descriptions of examples. Some examples will specify the printable handouts for students provided through the resource bank.
B. Social Studies Passages With Analysis
1. READ – 7 Handout
2. READ – 8 Handout
3. READ – 9 Handout
C. Humanities Passages With Analysis
1. READ – 10 Handout
2. READ – 11 Handout
3. READ – 12 Handout
D. Natural Science Passages
1. READ – 13 Handout
2. READ – 14 Handout
3. READ – 15 Handout
Key Resources: - The Ultimate Capstone Guide to the ACT Reading – Capstone E-Textbook
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Assessment:
Use links to Guide students to Practice Drills, Practice Tests and Benchmark Tests
- Baseline Test – ACT CPRE
- Prose Fiction Drill I
- Prose Fiction Drill II
- Prose Fiction Drill III
- Social Studies Drill I
- Social Studies Drill II
- Social Studies Drill III
- Humanities Drill I
- Humanities Drill II
- Humanities Drill III
- Natural Science Drill I
- Natural Science Drill II
- Natural Science Drill III
Special Activities, Notes, etc.
Teacher Notes are scattered through the e-textbook (in blue and marked) and are provided to assist teacher with additional information which may be relevant in helping students understand the concepts more clearly.
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