What's with the New SAT?

Name:

Ms. Hoffmann

English 10

Date:

The New SAT Scavenger Hunt

Take a look at https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat  and https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/inside-the-test.   Use them to learn about the SAT and to answer the following questions.

1. The date of the new SAT ___________________________________________________

2. Does it affect you?  (Circle one.)   Yes No

3. You get free college applications if you _______________________________________

4. The new exam lasts for ______________________   or  __________________________

5. One of the three ways the SAT is staying the same is ________________________________________________________________________

6. The best way to study for the test is to _________________________________________

7. The essay on the new exam is _______________________________________________

8. Who won’t the new SAT affect?  ____________________________________________

9. Score scale is ________________________

10. Two of the ways the SAT is changed is ________________________________________

11. The new SAT measures ___________________________________________________

12. Now let’s take a look at some reading passages: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/inside-the-test/reading.  Briefly summarize what the reading section of the test is like.  What is tested?  What sort of passages can you expect to find?
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13. Click into the sample reading questions.  Try the practice questions for Ethan Frome and Richard Florida’s work.  Be sure to read the passages and answer the questions.  After you answer each question, you will be able to check your work beneath the multiple choice bubbles.
1. How did you do on the Ethan Frome questions?  How many did you answer correctly?

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2. How did you do on the Richard Florida questions?  How many did you answer correctly?

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3. What did you notice about how you did?  What skills needed for reading these passages did you excel in using?  Struggle?

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