What is the VERY FIRST thing you do when you see the reading passages?
Look at the TITLE and think about what YOU know about the topic.
What does it mean to SCAN the story?
Read parts of it, like the first few sentences of each paragraph.
What's a good reason for scanning a long story?
To get the main idea of the story and some of the details b4 answering questions
What does the word MAINLY mean in a question?
The answer that fits the BEST or is the MOST correct
What's the FIRST thing to do when you see a multiple choice question?
Cross out the OBVIOUS wrong answers
What's an EASY way to get a right answer?
NEVER leave anything BLANK
How do you start the ESSAY?
Get out your GRAPHIC ORGANIZER and start BRAINSTORMING
