Last year, I started getting serious about my test prep. You can read all about that in my blog post about daily ACT-style review questions here. Spoiler: I lament that this is something the kids have to worry about but accept the stupid reality that standardized tests aren’t going anywhere for a while.

Since then, I’ve continued to utilize standardized-test-style review questions as a daily pre-reading review in my classes. Weirdly, the kids seem to LIKE doing it. I think it makes them feel smart. This year, I’ve been hitting it hard with my juniors. I’ve had them collaborate within their table groups to answer each question, then called on groups at random to talk through their thought processes. A bunch of them took the practice ACT a few weeks ago and were delighted to report that they felt pretty good about the English section because “the questions are pretty similar, so I knew what to do.” That part felt pretty great for me as a teacher.

I finally finished questions for Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried TODAY. I had a goal to get it listed before Thanksgiving break, and I squeaked it in just under the wire. Check out all my standardized test prep slideshows on TpT:

E2E Night Standardized Test-Style Review Questions

E2E Of Mice and Men Standardized Test-Style Review Questions

E2E Animal Farm Standardized Test-Style Daily Review Questions Slideshow

E2E Great Gatsby Standardized Test-Style Review Questions

E2E The Things They Carried Standardized Test-Style Daily Review Qs Slideshow

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