Performance on complex texts is the
clearest differentiator in reading between students who are
likely to be ready for college and those who are not.
And this is true for both genders, all racial/ethnic
groups, and all annual family income levels.
- ACT Reading
Between the Lines
Getting Students
Ready for the Big Game
ACT Toolbox -
Great Resources to
support all areas of the ACT/MME!
Just like playing a sport or an instrument,
students need practice before game day.
Therefore, teachers need a game plan!
Think about . . .
If you just keep giving students multiple choice tests, and
you don’t change your instructional methods, how can you
expect different results?
Scaffolding Student Instruction
- Have students decide on a reading technique – read
questions first; then read the passage.
- Model and guide students through the process.
- Gradually releasing the structure of support.
Guided Highlighted Reading
Close and Critical Reading
Tools
Close and Critical Reading
Bookmarks
ACT Reading Passages
Bookmarks
ACT Question Stem
Bookmark
ACT Reading
Review and Practice
ACT Guided Highlighted Suggested
Directions
A Seven Step Guide to ACT Critical
Reading
ACT Close and Critical Reading Power
Point
ACT Practice
Materials
ACT
Practice Tests - The History of Jazz
The History of Jazz - Practice
Test
The History of Jazz -
Key
ACT Guided Highlighted
Reading (Social Science) - America's Homeless in America
America's Homeless in America - Practice
Test
America's Homeless in America -
Key
America's Homeless in America - Guided
Highlighted Reading
ACT Guided Highlighted Reading (Natural Science) - The
Health Effects of Caffeine
The Health Effects of
Caffeine - Practice Test
The Health Effects of Caffeine -
Key
The Health Effects of Caffeine - Guided
Highlighted Reading
ACT Scaffolding Materials Aligned to the Common Core State
Standards -
NEW!
ACT Science Lesson - (The Health Effects
of Caffeine)
Power Point
ACT Social Studies Lesson
-
(9/11)
NPR Podcast
NPR Text of Podcast
ACT Humanities - (The War of the
Worlds)
Podcast
Video