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Helpful Information for the. FCAT and EOCs. High School Graduation Requirements. New Standard Diploma and Designation Options 24 Credits 18 Credits Pass 10 th grade FCAT with a 245 or Higher Pass the Algebra 1 EOC Take 1 Virtual Course Excluding Driver’s Ed.
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Helpful Information for the FCAT and EOCs
High School Graduation Requirements • New Standard Diploma and Designation Options • 24 Credits • 18 Credits • Pass 10th grade FCAT with a 245 or Higher • Pass the Algebra 1 EOC • Take 1 Virtual Course Excluding Driver’s Ed. • Have a 2.0 Un-Weighted GPA or above
High School Graduation Requirements • 24 Credit Option • English- 4 credits • Math- 4 credits • Algebra 1 (EOC must pass) • Geometry (EOC 30%) • Algebra 2 • +1 • Science- 3 credits • 1 Biology (EOC 30%) • 1 Physical Science • +1 • History- 3 credits • World History • US History (EOC 30%) • ½ American Government • ½ Economics • World Language- 2 credits • Performing/Fine Art credit • HOPE- 1 credit • Electives- 6 credits • 18 Credit Option • English- 4 credits • Math- 4 credits • Algebra 1 (EOC must pass) • Geometry (EOC 30%) • Algebra 2 • +1 • Science- 3 credits • 1 Biology (EOC 30%) • 1 Physical Science • +1 • History- 3 credits • World History • US History (EOC 30%) • ½ American Government • ½ Economics • Performing/Fine Art credit • Electives- 3 credits • Please note students earning the 18 credit diploma will not be accepted into a University or be eligible for Bright Futures
State & District EOC’s • District EOC = 30% of Final Grade • Algebra I EOC = Pass/Fail for High School Credit • State EOC’s: • Geometry, Biology, & U.S. History = 30% of Final Grade
Take Your Time! • Read Carefully! • Read Repeatedly! • Eliminate Answers You KNOW are Wrong! • Check Your Answers! • Write in the margins! • Eat Breakfast! • GET SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!
Test Taking Strategies • “The Fly Over” • Read the passage quickly to get the basic ideas and main points … the minor details would be lost to you by the time you get to the questions anyway. • By Reading over the story quickly, you will be in the right mindset to answer the questions and will not risk spending too much time on the passages.
Test Taking Strategies • Create a Mental Summary • Use a graphic organizer or jot down quick notes to summarize the main points of the reading before looking at the questions. • Openings and Endings • Take note of the Main Ideas at the beginning and ending of the readings. • Try to categorize sections of the text so you know where to find the support when you need it.
Test Taking Strategies • “Mind Reading” • Contemplate the Author/Test Maker’s Intention in Providing the Excerpt/Question • Ask yourself: • “Why did he/she write it?” • “What was he/she trying to say?” • “What is the most important?”
Test Taking Strategies • You Must Be an Active Reader- • Predict: Make an educated guess at what is to come and read on to see if you are right. • Question: Ask the important questions as you read… They will be the same kind that The Test Maker Will Ask! • Connect: You may not be interested in the articles /excerpts, but you can at least understand it if you relate it to something you are familiar with. • Visualize: Make sense of it by trying to picture it. • Evaluate: Be Critical… What is the Author trying to do? How is he/she trying to do it? Does it work? • Review: RE-READ what you have trouble understanding. • Respond: You have an opinion… use it to keep you involved.
Test Taking Strategies • Test Taker vs. Test Maker • When dealing with MULTIPLE CHOICE Questions, it is important to not only know what the Question is checking for, but what the Answers are checking for as well. • REMEMBER: • A) Correct Answer • B) Clearly Wrong Answer • C) Factual, but Incorrect Response • D) Extraneous Information Answer
Test Taking Strategies • Multiple Choice Options • Correct Answer: • Shows you understand the reading & the question • Clearly Wrong Answer • Usually has very little or nothing to do with the text. Shows you didn’t understand the reading. • Factual, but Incorrect Response • True statement, but not the correct response to the question. Shows you understood the reading but not the question. • Extraneous Information Answer • Seems to be a true statement, but attaches information that is not directly from the text. Makes you second guess yourself.
Test Taking Strategies • If Can’t Find a Right Answer… Find 3 Wrong Ones! • Consider that there is SOMETHING wrong with every response… except ONE! • This something has been strategically placed to do one of FOUR THINGS: • 1) Over-Simplifies the response • 2) Over-Complicates the response • 3) Create Doubt in the reader’s mind • 4) Makes False or UN-Supported connections within the text *If you have narrowed your choices down to two possibilities… look for one of these to signify the incorrect response.
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