MP Reading - Reading Pacing

18.1 Entrance Ticket

Mini-Tests

►What are your goals for the ACT® Reading test?

►How do you plan to achieve them?

►What could stand in your way?

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

Student Workbook p. 314

18.2 Learning Targets

Mini-Tests

❑Set a personalized pacing goal for the reading test
based on ACT scoring tables

❑Follow a personalized pacing plan for the reading test

Self-Assessment

Complete the "Before Lesson" self assessment on the following slide.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

Student Workbook p. 315

18.2 Quick Check

Mini-Tests

►How many minutes are you given on the ACT reading
test?

► 35 minutes

►How many questions?

► 40 questions

►How many passages?

► 4 passages

►Where are the easy and difficult questions?

► They are mixed throughout the test in no particular

order.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

18.2 Quick Check

Mini-Tests

►What is a scale score?

► The score you receive on the actual ACT test

► Your scale score is determined by the total

number of raw points you earn on a test.

►What is a raw point?

► The point you receive when you answer one

question correctly

► Each question is worth one raw point. Your total

raw points are used to determine your scale
score.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

Mini-Tests

18.3.1 Setting a Pacing Plan

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

Student Workbook p. 316

Raw score

Each question is worth one raw point. Your raw score is the total number of points recieved for answering questions correctly.

Scale score

The score you actually recieve on ACT test is your scale score. This score is determined by your raw score.

In order to score a 22 (Scale score) on your Reading ACT, you must answer 27 (Raw score) questions correctly.

Mini-Tests

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

18.3.1 Setting a Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

Goal Scale Score:____________

Overall Goal Raw Score:_____________

Target Raw Score (1–10):_____________

Actual Raw Score (1–10):_____________

Target Raw Score (11–20):_____________

Actual Raw Score (11–20):_____________

Target Raw Score (21–30):_____________

Actual Raw Score (21–30):_____________

Target Raw Score (31–40):_____________

Actual Raw Score (31–40):_____________

Student Workbook p. 317

​There are 4 passages on the Reading ACT. If your goal Scale Score is 22, then you must answer 27 questions correctly. That means you need to answer around 7 questions correctly per passage. (27/4)

​22

​27

​7

​14

21

28

​Since there are 4 passages on the test, you should spend about 8 minutes on each passage. This means you should spend around 3 minutes reading and around 5 minutes answering questions.

18.4 Reading Mini-Tests

Mini-Test 1

Read the passage on page 318 in your workbook then answer the questions on the following slides. (A link to the passages is included on the next slide.)

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Mini-Tests

Exit Ticket

Keep in mind the number of correct answers needed for each mini-test in order to reach your goal Scale Score. Be sure to mark your actual number of correct answers (Actual Raw Score) on page 317 in your book to see if you make your gaol.

18.4 Reading Mini-Tests

Mini-Test 2

Read the passage on page 320 in your workbook then answer the questions on the following slides.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Mini-Tests

Exit Ticket

Keep in mind the number of correct answers needed for each mini-test in order to reach your goal Scale Score. Be sure to mark your actual number of correct answers (Actual Raw Score) on page 317 in your book to see if you make your gaol.

18.4 Reading Mini-Tests

Mini-Test 3

Read the passage on page 322 in your workbook then answer the questions on the following slides.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Mini-Tests

Exit Ticket

Keep in mind the number of correct answers needed for each mini-test in order to reach your goal Scale Score. Be sure to mark your actual number of correct answers (Actual Raw Score) on page 317 in your book to see if you make your gaol.

18.4 Reading Mini-Tests

Mini-Test 4

Read the passage on page 326 in your workbook then answer the questions on the following slides.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Mini-Tests

Exit Ticket

Keep in mind the number of correct answers needed for each mini-test in order to reach your goal Scale Score. Be sure to mark your actual number of correct answers (Actual Raw Score) on page 317 in your book to see if you make your gaol.

Sum It Up

Mini-Tests

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

Self-Assessment

Now that you've finished the lesson, complete after lesson self-assessment on the following slide.

18.5 Exit Ticket

Mini-Tests

Complete one incomplete Reading Exit Ticket.
No Lesson 18 Exit Ticket.

Quick Check

Entrance Ticket

Learning Targets

Pacing Plan

Exit Ticket

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