Increase Your Score In 3 Minutes A Day: ACT Reading

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Author: Randall McCutcheon

ISBN-10: 0071456678

ISBN-13: 9780071456678

Category: ACT Assessment -> Study guides

Accessible, concise guides for quicker, more effective studying\ These new additions to the Increase Your Score series present key principles and practical strategies for the ACT Writing Test (new for 2005) and the ACT Reading Test, explained in manageable, bite-size sections ideal for the panicked student. Combining humor with academic authority, these succinct guides:\ \ Feature essential strategies for effective essay writing or tackling reading comprehension passages under the pressure of...

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Master Reading for the ACT—FAST!If ACT savvy is what you seek, this book is the resource you need. Learn the secrets, shortcuts, and strategies to succeed—with only minutes of effort a day.Lively and straight to the point, this study aid to the ACT Reading section presents key principles and practical strategies that promote effective reading, practical test strategies that are life-savers when you're under time restraints, and sample passages with insightful commentary on how to select the correct answers. Features essential strategies for tackling reading comprehension passages under the pressure of time Provides sample passages and questions with examiner comments Contains bite-sized sections ideal for students who study in short dosesRandall McCutcheon is a high school educator nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for innovation in curriculum, with experience teaching English, speech, debate, and journalism. Jim Schaffer, a finalist for the Teacher-in-Space program, is chair of the English Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he teaches English and journalism.

Introduction Making This Book Work for You Principles of Reading1. Rev That Engine, Parnelli!2. Know When and What to Skip3. Crystal Bell Grazing4. Writing Between the Lines5. X-Ray Vision6. Something Worth Arguing About7. Summarily Dismissed8. Be Chalant9. The power of Pivot10. Wordlubbers, Beware11. Get a Clue, Holmes12. Coming to Terms13. The Harder It Comes14. Reading Fiction15. Come to Your SensesTest Strategies1. Be the Test Maker2. Ah, the Humanity (etc)3. Mo, Hairy and Curly Context4. The questions are the Answers5. Context Messaging6. The Night Before the Night Before7. Translate Questions into English 8. Understand Overstaments 9. Read as a writer10. Be a Med-Tater Tot Etc.