Standardized Test Prep SSAT ISEE

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SSAT Let''s get to it

How the Scoring Works

SSATIf you answer the question correctly you get 1 pointIf you answer incorrectly you lose -1/4 pointThe schools are looking at your percentile scores

ISEEScores are based on the number of correct answers. If the student can eliminate at least one of the choices, you should make an educated guess from the choices that remain.A wrong answer and an omitted answer count the same. However, it is better to move ahead to the next item and return to the puzzling one later. No student is expected to answer all questions correctly.

What does that make you think about guessing?

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Come up with your own word
Is it positive or negative
Can you think of a sentence you have heard it in?
Are there any roots or parts of the word you recognize?
If you have to guess see if there is an answer choice that has the same prefix or suffix or root as the question word

1. Sequence (nation, resource, bid, farce, order)2. reek (express, qualify, thrill, stink, flavor)3. abolish (end, salute, liberate, manage, baffle)4. nondescript (wise, occasional, dreadful, vague, lazy4b. permissible (edible, crazy, strong, allowable, gentle)5. disparage (resurrect, discredit, deceive, praise, label)

Lesson One Words to Learn

marina
trivial

terrain
apathetic
calamity
devastate
sentient
mariner
grapple
inter

marina, mariner,submarine
What does the root "mar" mean?
What does the root "terr/ter" mean?

In truth there is no set way to prepare for this portion of the exam that will guarantee a perfect score. The words are unpredictable. Have a possitive mindset and expand your vocabulare a little every day.

Vocabulary Lesson 1 continued

lame
joyful
thorough
boiling
cunning

Fervent

Gracious

fruitful
angry
grateful
understood
overheard

Premeditate

sporadic
calculated
interfere
determined
noble

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Subtle negatives

Read every answer choice

Spot the hedgesWatch out for critical hedge words, such as likely, may, can, sometimes, often, almost, mostly, usually, generally, rarely, and sometimes. Question writers insert these hedge phrases to cover every possibility. Often an answer choice will be wrong simply because it leaves no room for exception. Example always.

Long answers--Short answers

True statements and no patterns

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PublicationsMometrix. ISEE Middle Level Secrets Study Guide: ISEE Test Review for the Independent School Entrance Exam (p. 17). Mometrix Media LLC.

Switchback wordsThese are the words and phrases frequently used to alert you to shiftsSome answers are true but irrelevant, overgeneralizing or too specific.

"Not" or "Except" Questions: might choose answers that fit the opposite of what's being asked.Example: "Which of the following is not an effect of the law?"

A Brief Venture into Classic Poetry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaWYjHHbjwc

How To Read Poetry: Reading, Summary, and Analysis of "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins

Secret Key #1Plan Big, Study Small

Studying a small block of content for a short period each day helps you retain information better and avoid stressing over how much you have left to do.

The environment you study in has a big impact on your learning. It’s also important to avoid multitasking. Research has consistently shown that multitasking will make your studying dramatically less effective.

Modality. Visualization, color-coding, creating symbols, audio--find a partner, teach somebody

Flashcards? Quizlet? Membean?

Mnemonic devices (such as creating a short list in which every item starts with the same letter) can also help with retention.

Secret Key #2Make your studying count

Retention, interact with vocabulary 3-4 times or even 10-12 times

Try carrying around flashcards and glance at one or two from time to time or ask a friend who’s also studying for the test to quiz you. To enhance your retention, look for ways to put the information into practice so that you can apply it rather than simply recalling

Modality. Visualization, color-coding, creating symbols, audio--find a partner, teach somebody
Flashcards? Quizlet?
Mnemonic devices (such as creating a short list in which every item starts with the same letter) can also help with retention.

Secret Key # 3Practice the right way

The questions you got wrong
The questions you had to guess on, even if you guessed right
The questions you found difficult or slow to work through
Study the underlying concepts
Don't take a practice test too early

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Take one practice test and don't worry about time.Keep your study guide handy. Take the second practice test timed, but open book.Then take the test timed and as you wouldon testing day.Continue until you've used all the practice tests.

Secret Key #5Pace yourself

When to start the guessing process Try carrying around flashcards and glance at one or two from time to time.To enhance your retention, look for ways to put the information into practice so that you can apply it rather than simply recalling.We'll read p 7-8 Mometrix/Tutorverse book on the guessing process. This is an online version on Kindle.Mometrix. ISEE Middle Level Secrets Study Guide: ISEE Test Review for the Independent School Entrance Exam (p. 10). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.

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i know it's hard. You're doing great

Main ideas and supporting details

Narrative, expository, persuasive

Inferences

Context clues

Cause and effect

Author's purpose versus author's attitude and tone

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1. Alphabet : letterA novel: mysteryB synthesis : opinionC orchestra : instrument D data : quantity 2. Calf : cowA puppy : dogB nest : birdC horse : bullD shell : turtle3. radiant : somberA savory : delightfulB pandemonium : dinC intrepid : obviousD ample : scant 4. esteem : admirable A disapproval : imitated B disdain : repugnantC envy : dismissedD favor : contentious

5. likeness : caricatureA poem : songB photograph : portraitC fiction : nonfiction D drama : parody 6. pseudonym : author A title : nobilityB degree : scholarC alias : lawbreakerD mask : costumer 7. myopia : nearsightednessA vertigo : dizzinessB neurosis : psychosisC epidemic : feverD. apoplexy : anger8. symphony : noteA graph : barB code : languageC novel : short storyD painting : brushstroke

Analogies

marina mariner, marine

Rule out answer choices

after you read the question, read all the choices
rule them out from most wrong to least wrong
Answer questions even when you're not positive

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Look for wrong answers

Don't overanalyze

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Predict the answer before you read the choices
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