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Getting Ready
for the SAT
UNF SOAR Cohort 8
Spring 2007
SAT Reasoning Test
Measures YOUR critical thinking skills to help
predict how well you will do in college.
This is a standardized test, so colleges can
rank you against other students who take
the test.
The test measures your Math,
Critical Reading
and Writing skills
Scoring
The MAXIMUM score on the
SAT Reasoning test is 2400
(it used to be 1600)
You can score
up to 800
for each of the three subtests.
Test Taking Strategies
• Read and think carefully
• Keep track of time during the test, work at
a steady even pace, but KEEP MOVING
• Answer the easy questions first
• Don’t panic if you can’t answer every
question, skip questions you can’t answer
without spending a lot of time on
• Mark each question you don’t answer so
that you can easily go back to it later
Test Taking Strategies
• Use your test book for scratch work and mark questions
to go back to
• Check your answer sheet regularly to make sure you are
in the right place
• Keep in mind that most questions in a section will range
from easy to hard, except for passage-based reading
questions and improving paragraphs
• Read ALL the answers to a critical reading or writing
question before choosing your answer
• Make drawings to help you figure out math word
problems
Test Day
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Eat a good breakfast
Bring a picture ID
Bring your SAT Admissions Ticket
Bring two #2 pencils
Bring an appropriate calculator
Be on time
NO CELL PHONES
How long is the test ?
3 hours and 45 minutes
One 25 minute Essay (1st section)
Six 25 minutes sections
Two 20 minute sections
One 10 minute multiple choice writing
section (comes last)
Scoring
• GET 1 point for every correct answer
• Don’t earn or lose points for questions you
omit
• LOSE ¼ point for each wrong answer on a
multiple choice question
• NO POINT DEDUCTION if you miss a
math grid-in question
What should you do??
Activity 1
Guessing
• Make an educated guess when you can eliminate at
least one choice.
• The more incorrect choices you can eliminate, the better
your chance of making an educated guess and getting it
right.
• Cross out the answers you know are wrong so you can
clearly see which choices remain.
Pacing
• Keep moving
• Questions are ordered by difficulty level (except
Critical Reading)
• Spend time on the questions that you have the
best chance of getting right
• Keep track of time, set up a schedule
• Know which questions are best for you
• All questions are worth the same
• Go back and try the questions that you skipped
• Check your answers
Critical Reading
fill in the blank – 2 strategies
• Try coming up with
your own answers
before you read the
test answers
• Look for Key Words
such as introductory
and transitional words
that will help you
figure out if you are
looking for words that
are:
– similar
– opposites
– cause and effect
Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank
indicates that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five
words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or sets of
words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole.
• Hoping to ----- the dispute, negotiators
proposed a compromise that they felt
would be ----- to both labor and
management.
What words would fit in the blanks?
Hoping to ----- the dispute, negotiators
proposed a compromise that they felt
would be ----- to both labor and
management.
(A) enforce… useful
(B) end… divisive
(C) overcome… unattractive
(D) extend… satisfactory
(E) resolve… acceptable
Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicates that
something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words
labeled A through E. Choose the word or sets of words that, when inserted in the
sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole
• Although a few contemporaries------ the
book, most either ignored or mocked it.
HINT: Look at Although and most. They are
Key Words that can help get the right
answer.
Although a few contemporaries
------ the book, most either
ignored or mocked it.
(A) degraded
(B) disregarded
(C) ridiculed
(D) slighted
(E) appreciated
Using Key Words to
Fill in the Blanks
Activity 2
Work with a partner to identify
Key Words
and to fill in the blanks with words
that you think make sense.
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1.If your garden plot is small, it will
not pay to grow crops that require a
large amount of ----- in order to
develop.
2. At a recent press conference, the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
sun
rain
fertilizer
space
care
usually reserved biochemist was
unexpectedly ----- in addressing
the ethical questions posed by her
work.
correct
forthright
inarticulate
retentive
cautious
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3. Despite her---- nature, DeMott was
capable of tactful negotiation and
even won praise for her efforts toward
---- when a local squabble developed.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
diplomatic….amity
congenial…concord
altruistic…dissension
rebellious…insurrection
tempestuous…reconciliation
Hint: look at the second blank first!
4. Many famous scientific inventions
have been -----, the by-products of
research whose goals were quite
unrelated.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
fortuitous
neglected
inoperable
lucrative
unfeasible
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5. The excitement does not ----- but
----- his senses, giving him a keener
perception of a thousand details.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
slow….diverts
blur….sharpen
overrule….constricts
heighten….aggravates
forewarn….quickens
Hint: “but’ indicates the answers will
be opposites
6. In many Latin American countries,
work performed by women is often
conducted outside the commercial
sector and is, therefore, unfortunately
---------- by economists compiling
national statistics.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
monopolized
approved
overlooked
subdued
analyzed
Passages
• The passages are about 100-850 words
long.
• Some selections are from single sources
and others are pairs of related passages
on a related issue or theme.
• Subjects cover humanities, social studies,
science, and fiction.
• Passages may be narrative, persuasive,
and/or expository.
Approaches to Reading the
Passages
• Mark the passages to make short notes
• Use your knowledge and experience
carefully
• Read actively
• If you are having a hard time reading the
passage, READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST.
Answering the Questions
• Remember…..the answers are IN the
passage
• Read the questions and answers
CAREFULLY
• Try eliminating choices before selecting an
answer
• Don’t jump from passage to passage
Writing – 2 Parts
Essay
You will have
25 minutes
to write a First DRAFT
of an essay.
It’s the first test!
Multiple-choice
Questions
• Identify sentence
errors
• Improve sentences
• Improve paragraphs
10 minutes- it’s the last
test!
Sample Question
Directions: The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and
usage errors. Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No
sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and
lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlines part that must be
changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct. Select choice E. In
choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
The other delegates and him immediately accepted the resolution
A
B
C
drafted by the neutral states. No error.
D
E
Remember…
• Read each sentence quickly but carefully.
• Examine the underlined choices (A) to (D). Consider
which kind of correction may be needed for each one.
• Look for the most common mistake people make in
grammar: subject/verb agreement, pronoun agreement,
and adjective/verb confusion.
• Remember that some sentences have no errors.
• Move quickly through the questions.
• Mark questions that you have skipped in your test
booklet.
How can you improve these
sentences?
“I read that the air quality index reached
unhealthy levels in our daily newspaper.”
Here is a a better way“I read in our daily newspaper that the air
quality index reached unhealthy levels.”
“When looking for bargains, the small shops off the
main street usually offer good sales prices”
Here is a better way…..
“The small shops off the main street usually
offer good sales prices to shoppers looking
for bargains.”
Pop Quiz
Name a test taking
strategy for the
SAT…..
Math
44 multiple choice questions
10 grid ins
Numbers, Operations,
Algebra, Geometry,
Measurement, Data Analysis,
Statistics, Probability
Hints
• Know the directions ahead of time
• Don’t spend too much time on any
question
• Work out the problems in your test booklet
• Try and eliminate answers. Cross them out
in your test booklet.
• Don’t guess unless you can eliminate at
least one answer.
Math Reference Information
• Check your PSAT book for the reference
information they will GIVE you, such as
formulas and the number of degrees in a
circle.
• Usually figures are drawn to scale. Pay
close attention when it says “Not drawn to
scale”.
Calculator Use
• Bring a calculator you are familiar with
• The problems can all be solved without a
calculator, but using one can save time.
• Using a calculator can help avoid
answering a wrong problem because of a
calculation error.
Math Quick Test
Activity 3
Pair up with a partner and see how
many you can answer correctly.
5 minutes
Math Multiple Choice
• What is the question asking? What do I
know?
• Work the problems in your test book.
• Substitute numbers when they give you
variables (letters) in a problem.
• Try substituting in the answer choices
(working it backwards).
Student Produced Response
• Remember that only the answers that are
entered on the grid will be scored. (If you don’t
bubble you don’t get credit!)
• Some questions have more than one correct
answer, you can grid any of them and get full
credit
• Mixed numbers like 3 ½ have to be gridded as
3.5 OR 7/2.
• You can start your answers from the left or the
right _201 OR 201_
Evaluation time !
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