Using my finger/ point of my pen as a guide Lip reading Annotating Looking at the questions before hand Labeling the passages easiest to hardest
Advice: I found the test taking tips extremely helpful, for instance the time managing task which is an already difficult task depending on your reading pace, felt a bit less pressured once you advised us on how to divide up the time. Another was process of elimination which requires us to narrow our choices to two answers and then chose the BEST one. Increasing our Vocabulary was one of the most valuable advises given, since the passages will be archaic and most likely contain many complex sentences. So I allowed New York Time articles to email me daily articles to practice my reading skills, that way I can read one everyday on the train while heading to school.
Things I need to work on: I need to work on time managing, because honesty time is essential in this exam and it has the power to determine whether you pass or fail. Being wise enough to track time and knowing how to strategize, can only help you get through these questions quicker. I also need to work on vocabulary as well because in order to answer questions you must know how to comprehend complex passages, and not knowing majority of the vocabulary will decrease the amount of multiple choice answer you’ll get correct.
Strategies which I have learned that have helped me tackle the Multiple choice have been while reading the passage mouth the words because that way your comprehension of the text is wider and it helps focus more not letting you think of other things but only what you are reading. Another is tracking each word in the passage with a pen this way it allows me to not forget my place and stay focused I what I am doing not letting the jerk in my head think of my next meal instead. Finally I read the multiple choice questions first then read by doing this I gain in advantage by knowing exactly what to look for in the text. Advice which I have found helpful was to choose the passage which I feel more confertable with first and leave the hardest last. This allows me to finish as much as I can before my time is up. Something which I struggle with is time management because I focus too much on the text and re read it various times but then when it's time to move on I'm still caught up on the text not giving me enough time but I am learning to see the amount of passages I have and divide that by the time to give each an equal amount of time so that I can attempt to do them all.
STRATEGIES: Annotating, checking what the question is asking for from the passage (Ex: The tone of the final paragraph is...), numbering the paragraphs, circling important or difficult text / words, skipping the difficult question in order to safe time, timing the reading passage and answering, lip reading, and process-of-elimination.
ADVICE: The most advice I found helpful is the lip reading, process-of-elimination, reading the questions before reading the passage, and timing the start of a new passage. But overall, it has to be the lip reading because it helps to understand what one paragraph can be about. It's like reading yourself a book or your the teacher and you're teaching yourself what this vocabulary mean and why it makes a huge impact in that same paragraph. It useful to understand how a difficult paragraph can be unwrap, revealing the hidden truth of what that paragraph actually means.
CHALLENGES: At first, it's the time management. But it's most likely the vocabulary because most of the questions that's asking is difficult to understand if it's a positive or a negative word. Clearly, pronouncing it may show a minor portion of what that one word means, but as Lori mentioned, if not understanding or knowing the majority of most of the vocabulary words, there are chances where you, including myself, would not score a correct multiple choice answer. Overall, it's vocabulary, which I highly need to improve on.
The first thing I do is number the paragraphs and then read the questions. From these questions I write next to the passage what I need to look out for like tone and purpose. As I'm reading I like to circle any words that stand out to me. These words may have a connection to the tone or fall under one of the rhetorical devices. When there's parts of the passage that is difficult for me to understand, i'll mouth the words to try to make sense of it or track the words so that I don't have to reread the same paragraph over and over again. What I find challenging are the rhetoric mode questions because i have problems with choosing the "best" answer. From these practice exams, I've noticed how excelled the vocabulary is and how I need to touch up on that becayse some of the answer choices have these words I've never seen and in order to be sure of what answer to pick, i need to understand what these words mean.
My suggestion is to manage your time accordingly and although your under pressure with the time, relax. I notice that when I start freaking out and start rushing, I either don't read the question correctly or I freeze on the question. I've learned how dividing the time for each part can help a lot.
The strategies have learned are to annotate as you read the passage, whereas I usually would have waited until I have finished the story and then would have gone back and annotated. Another big tip,I learned was numbering the paragraphs saves so much time, for when you start answering the questions. I have also learned to read the questions beforehand to try and get a sense as to what I am looking for when reading the passage. A challenge I have is time management. I need to time myself when answering a question. Sometimes I think hard on a single multiple choice that I waste too much time and rush through the other questions. The hardest thing also is choosing the best answer because most of the answers on the multiple choice look correct, therefore you need to analyze deeper and choose the best one.
The skills that I employed are reading aloud, tracking the words with my finger, reading the questions prior to reading the passage, and lastly, small annotations. I found reading the questions first and not the answers the best advice because it gave me an idea of what I was looking for. It also helped me manage my time better. I realized that the area I have to work on the most is time management and ignoring the "jerk". Naturally, I get distracted by different things and I waste time because of it. I realized that if I want to thoroughly get through each question and answer it the best I can, I have to manage my time better.
Strategies I've Adopted: What I usually do at home is read out loud to myself and the difference in comprehension is amazing. When in school, I mouth the words and try not read too fast because reading in a rush just makes me loose track and have to read the paragraph over again. Tracing/ going over the words with my pen or pencil really helps and keeps me concentrated. I do look back at the questions before reading but it doesn't make a huge difference because I forget half of them and have to go back anyway. I also underline or circle particular phrases or words that stand out to me, like Ana said.
Helpful Advice: The most helpful advice so far has been reading over the passage with a pen to help concentration. Also, process of elimination has become almost like second nature, to help me answer the BEST answer out of the two GOOD answers given. Socratic Seminar has also been helpful through this because it has helped develop my vocabulary and using context clues to find the definition of a word.
Challenges: Im still struggling with time management. I really try to comprehend the entire passage but thats hard to do knowing right in the back of your mind that you have very little time. I try not to rush but I also can't take all the time for one or two passages. In the set one practice multiple choice we did in class, I answered two questions incorrectly because the vocabulary was very unfamiliar. I realize I should maybe download word of the day App on my phone and read older written passages online as practice.
The first thing I do read is the questions to introduce myself to the text before I even read it. Because the questions about specific paragraphs have the line numbers, next to each paragraph I write what is being asked to find or comprehend. When the questions asked about the text in general, I write the main idea on top. After I do that, I label the paragraphs and then start reading. I've noticed the ap exam always asks about specific words in the text so I make sure to circle them before hand so when i read the sentence I can focus on the meaning or purpose of the author using thay specifc word. As I read I annotate any rhetorical devices i catch, mostly syntax structures. That means I need to review any rhetorical devices that deal with tropes. I also struggle with the vocabulary so I need to make myself some flashcards. My advice for this exam is to read the questions first because it helps you create a sense of purpose while you are reading the text, which then helps manage your time. You don't have to read the entire text, that's why I suggest to read the questions first so you know what specific sections you must read.
1. The strategies I use are: Doing the easy passage first, Looking through the questions before reading, I mouth the word Tracking the words with my finger, Underline Process of elimination
2. The advice that is helpful for me is the fact that I should always leading my reading and comprehension skills intertwine. That note has been very helpful since I mentioned that I'm not very good at comprehension. Now, I'm able to better comprehend the text by using this advice and definitely the strategies you taught us.
3. I still need to work on time management. Yesterday was a realization to how rushed the test is and it was difficult to read all of the texts and answer AP questions in a short amount of time. I've always been a slow reader as well, so that makes it even harder.
The statergies that I have employed are : elimination and tracking the words with my finger. The advice that I found helpful is numbering the passages from easiest to hardest. That way I can rack up as many points in the passages I understand instead of wasting my time answering difficult questions from a difficult text. I have also used the advice of looking after or before the line from the quote that is on the question. This is helpful because context clues really help me answer those type of questions. Something that I need to work on is my vocabulary because that's what trips me up whe I can't eliminate an answer choice because I have no idea what the words mean
its true! if you dont know a word than how can you know its the wrong answer! try reading word of the day from NY times learning network or even there is an app for smart phone that has word of the day. and the best tool to increase vocabulary is READING!!
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ReplyDeleteSome Strategies I have adopted:
ReplyDeleteUsing my finger/ point of my pen as a guide
Lip reading
Annotating
Looking at the questions before hand
Labeling the passages easiest to hardest
Advice:
I found the test taking tips extremely helpful, for instance the time managing task which is an already difficult task depending on your reading pace, felt a bit less pressured once you advised us on how to divide up the time. Another was process of elimination which requires us to narrow our choices to two answers and then chose the BEST one. Increasing our Vocabulary was one of the most valuable advises given, since the passages will be archaic and most likely contain many complex sentences. So I allowed New York Time articles to email me daily articles to practice my reading skills, that way I can read one everyday on the train while heading to school.
Things I need to work on:
I need to work on time managing, because honesty time is essential in this exam and it has the power to determine whether you pass or fail. Being wise enough to track time and knowing how to strategize, can only help you get through these questions quicker. I also need to work on vocabulary as well because in order to answer questions you must know how to comprehend complex passages, and not knowing majority of the vocabulary will decrease the amount of multiple choice answer you’ll get correct.
Strategies which I have learned that have helped me tackle the Multiple choice have been while reading the passage mouth the words because that way your comprehension of the text is wider and it helps focus more not letting you think of other things but only what you are reading. Another is tracking each word in the passage with a pen this way it allows me to not forget my place and stay focused I what I am doing not letting the jerk in my head think of my next meal instead. Finally I read the multiple choice questions first then read by doing this I gain in advantage by knowing exactly what to look for in the text. Advice which I have found helpful was to choose the passage which I feel more confertable with first and leave the hardest last. This allows me to finish as much as I can before my time is up. Something which I struggle with is time management because I focus too much on the text and re read it various times but then when it's time to move on I'm still caught up on the text not giving me enough time but I am learning to see the amount of passages I have and divide that by the time to give each an equal amount of time so that I can attempt to do them all.
ReplyDelete- ❤ Catherine Perez
STRATEGIES: Annotating, checking what the question is asking for from the passage (Ex: The tone of the final paragraph is...), numbering the paragraphs, circling important or difficult text / words, skipping the difficult question in order to safe time, timing the reading passage and answering, lip reading, and process-of-elimination.
ReplyDeleteADVICE: The most advice I found helpful is the lip reading, process-of-elimination, reading the questions before reading the passage, and timing the start of a new passage. But overall, it has to be the lip reading because it helps to understand what one paragraph can be about. It's like reading yourself a book or your the teacher and you're teaching yourself what this vocabulary mean and why it makes a huge impact in that same paragraph. It useful to understand how a difficult paragraph can be unwrap, revealing the hidden truth of what that paragraph actually means.
CHALLENGES: At first, it's the time management. But it's most likely the vocabulary because most of the questions that's asking is difficult to understand if it's a positive or a negative word. Clearly, pronouncing it may show a minor portion of what that one word means, but as Lori mentioned, if not understanding or knowing the majority of most of the vocabulary words, there are chances where you, including myself, would not score a correct multiple choice answer. Overall, it's vocabulary, which I highly need to improve on.
time management is the hardest!
DeleteThe first thing I do is number the paragraphs and then read the questions. From these questions I write next to the passage what I need to look out for like tone and purpose. As I'm reading I like to circle any words that stand out to me. These words may have a connection to the tone or fall under one of the rhetorical devices. When there's parts of the passage that is difficult for me to understand, i'll mouth the words to try to make sense of it or track the words so that I don't have to reread the same paragraph over and over again. What I find challenging are the rhetoric mode questions because i have problems with choosing the "best" answer. From these practice exams, I've noticed how excelled the vocabulary is and how I need to touch up on that becayse some of the answer choices have these words I've never seen and in order to be sure of what answer to pick, i need to understand what these words mean.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion is to manage your time accordingly and although your under pressure with the time, relax. I notice that when I start freaking out and start rushing, I either don't read the question correctly or I freeze on the question. I've learned how dividing the time for each part can help a lot.
The strategies have learned are to annotate as you read the passage, whereas I usually would have waited until I have finished the story and then would have gone back and annotated. Another big tip,I learned was numbering the paragraphs saves so much time, for when you start answering the questions. I have also learned to read the questions beforehand to try and get a sense as to what I am looking for when reading the passage. A challenge I have is time management. I need to time myself when answering a question. Sometimes I think hard on a single multiple choice that I waste too much time and rush through the other questions. The hardest thing also is choosing the best answer because most of the answers on the multiple choice look correct, therefore you need to analyze deeper and choose the best one.
ReplyDeleteThe skills that I employed are reading aloud, tracking the words with my finger, reading the questions prior to reading the passage, and lastly, small annotations. I found reading the questions first and not the answers the best advice because it gave me an idea of what I was looking for. It also helped me manage my time better. I realized that the area I have to work on the most is time management and ignoring the "jerk". Naturally, I get distracted by different things and I waste time because of it. I realized that if I want to thoroughly get through each question and answer it the best I can, I have to manage my time better.
ReplyDeleteStrategies I've Adopted:
ReplyDeleteWhat I usually do at home is read out loud to myself and the difference in comprehension is amazing. When in school, I mouth the words and try not read too fast because reading in a rush just makes me loose track and have to read the paragraph over again. Tracing/ going over the words with my pen or pencil really helps and keeps me concentrated. I do look back at the questions before reading but it doesn't make a huge difference because I forget half of them and have to go back anyway. I also underline or circle particular phrases or words that stand out to me, like Ana said.
Helpful Advice:
The most helpful advice so far has been reading over the passage with a pen to help concentration. Also, process of elimination has become almost like second nature, to help me answer the BEST answer out of the two GOOD answers given. Socratic Seminar has also been helpful through this because it has helped develop my vocabulary and using context clues to find the definition of a word.
Challenges:
Im still struggling with time management. I really try to comprehend the entire passage but thats hard to do knowing right in the back of your mind that you have very little time. I try not to rush but I also can't take all the time for one or two passages. In the set one practice multiple choice we did in class, I answered two questions incorrectly because the vocabulary was very unfamiliar. I realize I should maybe download word of the day App on my phone and read older written passages online as practice.
stressing and rushing is your worst enemy. just time your passages and attack the ones that you feel most comfortable with first.
DeleteThe first thing I do read is the questions to introduce myself to the text before I even read it. Because the questions about specific paragraphs have the line numbers, next to each paragraph I write what is being asked to find or comprehend. When the questions asked about the text in general, I write the main idea on top. After I do that, I label the paragraphs and then start reading. I've noticed the ap exam always asks about specific words in the text so I make sure to circle them before hand so when i read the sentence I can focus on the meaning or purpose of the author using thay specifc word. As I read I annotate any rhetorical devices i catch, mostly syntax structures. That means I need to review any rhetorical devices that deal with tropes. I also struggle with the vocabulary so I need to make myself some flashcards. My advice for this exam is to read the questions first because it helps you create a sense of purpose while you are reading the text, which then helps manage your time. You don't have to read the entire text, that's why I suggest to read the questions first so you know what specific sections you must read.
ReplyDelete1. The strategies I use are:
ReplyDeleteDoing the easy passage first,
Looking through the questions before reading,
I mouth the word
Tracking the words with my finger,
Underline
Process of elimination
2. The advice that is helpful for me is the fact that I should always leading my reading and comprehension skills intertwine. That note has been very helpful since I mentioned that I'm not very good at comprehension. Now, I'm able to better comprehend the text by using this advice and definitely the strategies you taught us.
3. I still need to work on time management. Yesterday was a realization to how rushed the test is and it was difficult to read all of the texts and answer AP questions in a short amount of time. I've always been a slow reader as well, so that makes it even harder.
so focus on the passages you will have most success with. Skip time consuming questions!
DeleteThe statergies that I have employed are : elimination and tracking the words with my finger. The advice that I found helpful is numbering the passages from easiest to hardest. That way I can rack up as many points in the passages I understand instead of wasting my time answering difficult questions from a difficult text. I have also used the advice of looking after or before the line from the quote that is on the question. This is helpful because context clues really help me answer those type of questions. Something that I need to work on is my vocabulary because that's what trips me up whe I can't eliminate an answer choice because I have no idea what the words mean
ReplyDeleteits true! if you dont know a word than how can you know its the wrong answer! try reading word of the day from NY times learning network or even there is an app for smart phone that has word of the day.
Deleteand the best tool to increase vocabulary is READING!!