{"id":446,"date":"2019-12-14T09:24:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationispowerful.net\/?p=446"},"modified":"2021-07-09T18:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T00:07:01","slug":"reading-act-test-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationispowerful.net\/reading-act-test-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 3 Reading ACT Test Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"446\" class=\"elementor elementor-446\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d27e033 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d27e033\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ed3b5e6\" data-id=\"5ed3b5e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508b478e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508b478e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After teaching ACT Prep for the last 14 years in public schools and for private companies, these are my top 3 Reading ACT test tips. Many students don\u2019t finish this section and potentially causing a steep drop in their score. Here are 3 tips that can help you when taking the ACT Reading test.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c4c9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33c4c9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip 1: Take the Official ACT Practice Tests<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2024a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a2024a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first tip for taking the ACT Reading Test is to take the official ACT practice tests in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2sq15ZS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official ACT Prep Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I know, I know \u2013 there are so many other test prep books out there. And I know they are usually cheaper. But they weren\u2019t made by the same company that makes the ACT. I promise the money will be worth it. I buy mine from Amazon in order to save money.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great example of why you should go to the official ACT prep book is that in 2017 the ACT changed the Reading test to include a Humanities passage that now has 2 texts: one is literary in nature, the other is non-fiction and connected to the literary text. These changes did not appear in the other test prep books until the next year. Anyone who bought and used an \u201coff-brand\u201d ACT prep book was surprised by these changes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.act.org\/free-practice-act-test.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to download a free full test from ACT.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACT also provides online practice for students and teachers to use.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.act.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACT Academy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Free online Learning tool and games.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act.org\/content\/act\/en\/students-and-parents\/act-webinars-for-students-and-parents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free Webinars<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act.org\/content\/act\/en\/products-and-services\/the-act\/test-preparation\/reading-practice-test-questions.html?page=0&amp;chapter=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Tests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 5 free Reading passages (click on the menu to access English, Math, Science, and Writing online tests)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc0ffb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc0ffb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip 2: Annotate the ACT Test Text as You Read<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca405f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ca405f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actively reading the passages and annotating them will help you find the correct answers. Yes, you can write in your test book \u2013 and you should!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start by reading the passage \u2013 not the questions. Because you can find most answers to the questions in the passage, it is important that you can go back to the test and quickly find the paragraph or sentences that contain your answer. I promise this will also help save you time in the end because you won\u2019t be hunting for which paragraph the answers are in.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you can use any annotation system that works for you, this is my system that I teach my students. (I can\u2019t show you a picture of this because it is against copyright \u2013 sorry!)<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the margin write down the main idea\/topic for the passage. This should only a single word or maybe 2-3 words. You need to be able to quickly know what the paragraph is about and write it quickly.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circle the key details for each paragraph. Choose 1-3 details to circle. You don\u2019t need to circle the entire sentence, but a word or phrase.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice this in everything you read in the month leading up to the test. Do it in novels, in magazines, for news articles. Practice will make it perfect.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an extra tip, read the citation at the top of the passage. This can help you understand the purpose and may help answer a question or two \u2013 especially in the Humanities passage.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5790a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5790a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip 3: Start with the Text You are Most Comfortable With<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67bf16b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67bf16b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take the practice tests, but do it in sections passage by passage.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 4 passages: literary fiction, natural science, social studies, and Humanities. Time yourself while taking them. You will find that you will be stronger in one passage than another.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then when you take the test, do your best section first. For example, if natural science is my best section, then I am going to go to question 11 on my answer sheet and start with question 11 in the test book. Be very careful that you are filling in the correct answer bubble!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ensures that you have the most time with the passage that you do the best in. Wouldn\u2019t it be terrible if your best passage was Humanities and you ran out of time and then missed questions you could have easily gotten right?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to know all 10 of my Tips for the ACT Reading Test?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbe2711 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-540 elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dbe2711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjUzMSIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to get my Top 10 Tips for the ACT Reading Test<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f6bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5f6bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may be asking, \u201cWhat about the English Test?\u201d Head on over to my blog post about the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/educationispowerful.net\/act-english-test\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">top 3 grammar rules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you need to get ready for the ACT English test. Or maybe you would like to check out my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/ACT-English-Test-Prep-Grammar-Usage-and-Rhetorical-Rules-Review-Sheet-1137871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACT English Prep Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can buy from Teachers Pay Teachers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ac406 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84ac406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/educationispowerful.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-1.png\" data-pin-description=\"My top 3 ACT Reading Test Tips will help you prep and study for the ACT Reading Test. 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