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Test prep plan for the ACCUPLACER^® - Reading

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200–220
221–230
231–240
241–250
251–260
261–270
271–300

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Score: 200–220
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		Analyze texts 1. Read historical fiction 2. Read about famous places Inference 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Draw inferences from a text
Reading closely
Analyze texts 1. Read historical fiction 2. Read about famous places Inference 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Draw inferences from a text

Summarizing		1. Summarize a story
Summarizing
1. Summarize a story
Rhetoric
Analyzing arguments		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Analyzing arguments
1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context
Vocabulary in context
1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context

Score: 221–230
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		Analyze texts 1. Analyze short stories 2. Read about business and technology Inference 3. Draw inferences from literary texts • Coming soon: Draw inferences from informational texts
Reading closely
Analyze texts 1. Analyze short stories 2. Read about business and technology Inference 3. Draw inferences from literary texts • Coming soon: Draw inferences from informational texts

Summarizing		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Summarizing
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Rhetoric
Analyzing arguments		1. Trace an argument 2. Choose evidence to support a claim
Analyzing arguments
1. Trace an argument 2. Choose evidence to support a claim
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary in context
1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Score: 231–240
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		Analyze informational texts 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Analyze literary texts 3. Analyze short stories 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
Reading closely
Analyze informational texts 1. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2 Analyze literary texts 3. Analyze short stories 4. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2

Summarizing		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Summarizing
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Understanding relationships		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions
Understanding relationships
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions
Rhetoric
Analyzing text structure		1. Identify text structures
Analyzing text structure
1. Identify text structures

Analyzing purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose
Analyzing purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose

Analyzing arguments		1. Identify counterclaims 2. Trace an argument
Analyzing arguments
1. Identify counterclaims 2. Trace an argument
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary in context
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Score: 241–250
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 1
Reading closely
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Analyze short stories: set 1

Summarizing		1. Read and understand informational passages
Summarizing
1. Read and understand informational passages

Understanding relationships		1. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1
Understanding relationships
1. Analyze passages from Night: Part 1
Rhetoric
Analyzing text structure		1. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2
Analyzing text structure
1. Analyze passages from Night: Part 2

Analyzing point of view		1. Determine the author's point of view 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2
Analyzing point of view
1. Determine the author's point of view 2. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from To Kill a Mockingbird: Part 2

Analyzing purpose		1. Identify audience and purpose
Analyzing purpose
1. Identify audience and purpose

Analyzing arguments		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Analyzing arguments
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Synthesis
Analyzing multiple texts		1. Compare information from two texts
Analyzing multiple texts
1. Compare information from two texts
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Vocabulary in context
1. Use academic vocabulary in context: literary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Score: 251–260
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Reading closely
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Determining central ideas and themes		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Determining central ideas and themes
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Summarizing		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Summarizing
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Understanding relationships		1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1
Understanding relationships
1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1
Rhetoric
Analyzing word choice rhetorically		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Analyzing word choice rhetorically
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Analyzing text structure		1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2
Analyzing text structure
1. Analyze passages from Into Thin Air: Part 2

Analyzing point of view		1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2
Analyzing point of view
1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2

Analyzing purpose		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Analyzing purpose
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Analyzing arguments		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Analyzing arguments
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Synthesis
Analyzing multiple texts		1. Compare information from two texts
Analyzing multiple texts
1. Compare information from two texts
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary in context
1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Score: 261–270
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Reading closely
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Determining central ideas and themes		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Determining central ideas and themes
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Determine the themes of short stories

Summarizing		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Summarizing
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Understanding relationships		1. Analyze passages from The Prince: Part 1
Understanding relationships
1. Analyze passages from The Prince: Part 1
Rhetoric
Analyzing word choice rhetorically		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Analyzing word choice rhetorically
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Analyzing text structure		• Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Prince: Part 2
Analyzing text structure
• Coming soon: Analyze passages from The Prince: Part 2

Analyzing point of view		1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2
Analyzing point of view
1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2

Analyzing purpose		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Analyzing purpose
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Analyzing arguments		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Classify logical fallacies
Analyzing arguments
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Classify logical fallacies
Synthesis
Analyzing multiple texts		1. Compare information from two texts
Analyzing multiple texts
1. Compare information from two texts
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Vocabulary in context
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Score: 271–300
Information and Ideas
Reading closely		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Reading closely
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Determining central ideas and themes		1. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 1
Determining central ideas and themes
1. Analyze passages from Walden: Part 1

Summarizing		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Summarizing
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Understanding relationships		• Coming soon: Analyze passages from Walden: Part 2
Understanding relationships
• Coming soon: Analyze passages from Walden: Part 2
Rhetoric
Analyzing word choice rhetorically Analyzing purpose		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Analyzing word choice rhetorically Analyzing purpose
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Analyzing text structure		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Analyzing text structure
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Analyzing point of view		1. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 2
Analyzing point of view
1. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 1 2. Analyze passages from Frankenstein: Part 2

Analyzing arguments		1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Analyzing arguments
1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Synthesis
Analyzing multiple texts		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Analyzing multiple texts
1. Compare two texts with different genres
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context		1. Use the correct foreign expression 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Explore words with new or contested usages
Vocabulary in context
1. Use the correct foreign expression 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Explore words with new or contested usages

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