Passage Reading Process Flashcards
This deck presents the best process for handling every type of passage reading on the SAT test. It demonstrates a method for solving each of the common question types. It explains how to identify the kinds of answers designed to distract you while solving the questions. (22 cards)
What’s the BIG picture point of view of this sentence?
All NFL players deserve large salaries no matter what their level of performance is.
Author believes salary should be based on job title rather than individual performance.
Infer/explain the inference of the sentence from card 1.
Hint: why would it be ok for NFL players who perform poorly to get a high salary?
Inference:
NFL would only choose high performing players and would fire those who didn’t perform!
Tone?
“Strong and confident tackling is the key to a successful defense, and no team member can ignore this most important part of football.”
A) ambivalent
B) earnest
B) earnest
Hint: ambivalent means refusing to take a position on a topic
Tone?
“If the goal of war against Iraq is to eliminate the threat of weapons of mass destruction, why aren’t we at war with other countries that have them?”
A) curious
B) challenging
B) challenging
Hint: “If” and “why”? suggest challenge
A) curious is too mild
Tone?
“Public education is the backbone of this country, yet communities are suffering budget cuts that make it almost impossible to maintain their schools.”
A) wistful
B) indignant
B) indignant
Hint: wistful is sad, indignant seeks action for injustice
Tone?
“So great was Aristotle’s prestige that centuries later his authority in philosophical argument was rigidly accepted and, unfortunately, even in questions of natural science.”
A) qualified admiration
B) complete admiration
A) Qualified Admiration
Hint: “rigidly” and “unfortunately” limit admiration from complete
Tone vocab:
sardonic?
apathetic?
sardonic: sarcastic
apathetic: indifferent
Tone vocab:
equivocal?
ironic?
equivocal: uncertain
ironic: highlighting incongruity/unexpected events/facts
Tone vocab:
didactic?
nonchalant?
didactic: instructional
nonchalant: casual
Tone vocab:
unabashed?
nostalgic?
unabashed: unapologetic
nostalgic: yearning for past
Tone vocab:
whimsical?
wistful?
whimsical: funny/fanciful
wistful: longing
Sentence Reading Cards will teach the vocabulary of 200 words through sample sentences that teach sentence decoding. (2 decks of 100 each).
The goal is to improve context recognition and predicting meaning which is the 1st step in the sentence completion process.
Example
The scratches in the door of the car were completely effaced by a compound that when rubbed over the area liquefied the existing paint then smoothed it over the surface.
Root Skill Builder will teach how to breakdown words by their stems and teach all prefixes and suffixes. This deck will also have a number of cards listing words that lead to false roots. (50 cards)
indefatigable
in/de/fatig/able
fatigue (tire out)
to not be able to be tired
tireless, unwearying, inexhaustible
This deck teaches how to properly process sentence completion questions. It will present step by step cards to practice each portion of the process. (30 cards)
Example: What is the best process for confidently decoding all sentence completion questions?
The best process
- Read sentence to identify overall context and keywords that give information about the words that should go in the blanks.
- Predict the missing meaning, (reach up into SAT level language).
- Search for predicted word.
- If you find it, select on answer sheet.
- If not, eliminate words that definately do NOT fit the context. (Do not guess as you eliminate.)
- If you get to 2 answers left, try one in the sentence.
Vocab builder is to be used as a verifier of word knowledge. It simply gives a word and definition. (10 decks of 100 each)
annul
(v.) to make void or invalid
This deck presents direct practice for SAT sentence completion. (8 process reinforcement cards and 52 practice)
This deck identifies the types of reading passages used and the types of questions seen on the test. (50 cards)
Example: What are the six kinds of questions you’ll face on the SAT passage reading?
The questions are
- Main Idea (of whole passage)
- Details
- Vocabulary (in passage context)
- Inference
- Tone
- Structure and Purpose (general questions)
This deck teaches a direct reading strategy with side notetaking called “active reading” as the preferred strategy for our approach to SAT passage reading. (30 cards)
Example: Read the following sentence and underline words that indicate the writer’s tone.
sacrifices, surrenders
This deck show students how to use alternate appraoches to passage based reading based on their study timeline, ability level, knowledge base, preferences for certain types of passages, score goals and previous experience. (30 cards)
Example: Is this passage literary or scientific and which one are you more likely to score highly on? Should I skip this passage until last or tackle it first?
This is a scientific passage. If your strength is in science, go for it first to gain points. If not, pick another passage and leave this until last.
This deck teaches alternate processes, roughly speaking we will be explaining Barrons or another recommended process so that students know the different strategies that can be used to handle passage based reading. (30 cards)
Example: Read each question and identify the vocab ion context and detail questions where the lines are given.
Go directly to the passage and pick out the key lines needed to answer these questions first. Move on to the braoder questions such as primary purpose and inference questions only after tackling the line specific questions.
