Tackling the SATS
Reading Paper
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By the end of
today’s sessions,
you should know:
 the types of
questions you must
prepare for
 how to answer the
questions
 How to pace
yourself and
manage your time
wisely
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Do you know…?
How many passages are in the Reading
Booklet?
 How much time you have to read each
passage?
 How much time you have to answer the
questions?
 How many sections are in the Answer
Booklet?
 How much time you have for each
section in the answer booklet?

15 Minutes Reading Time
 You
have FIVE minutes for each
passage
 Number your passages
 Annotate: circle, underline,
highlight any key words that will
help you to remember what you
have read.
20 minutes to answer

Give yourself 10 minutes for the shorter
questions and 10 minutes for the longer one
which is usually worth 5 marks.

When 20 minutes is up, finish the sentence
that you are writing and then MOVE ON!

If you are not sure of the answer, move on
and come back to that question later.

Attempt EVERY question: you won’t lose
marks for incorrect answers and your guess
just may be right.
The Eden Project
Task
You have FIVE minutes to read this
passage and then you will have some
questions to answer.
On your marks….get set…..GO!!!!!!
Want Another Go at
Speed-Reading?
Task
You have FIVE minutes to read the
passage entitled: “The Man Who
Loved Insects” and then you will have
some questions to answer.
On your marks….get set…..GO!!!!!!
What Types of Questions
Should You Prepare For?
1. Do you know the C.A.P. of the passage?
2. Do you know HOW the writer:
a) creates an
impression…mood….atmosphere…?
b) makes the reader feel…think…?
c) uses language to….?
C.A.P.
 Content:
what the passage is
about?
 Audience: who it is written for?
 Purpose: why it has been
written?
HOW the writer….?
How…?
devices
methods
ways
techniques
tools
The writer’s
ways, methods, tools, techniques, devices
LANGUAGE
PRESENTATION
*Similes/Metaphors/Comparisons
*Imperatives
*Superlatives
*Hyperbole
*Personification
*Rule of three
*Rhetorical Question
*Adjectives/adjectival phrases
*Images
*Bullet points/numbering
*Varied sentence/paragraph
lengths
*Varied font style and size
*Formatting
*Text boxes
*Headings/Sub-headings
Practice Time!!!
Pacing yourself:
You have 45 minutes to answer the long
question for THREE passages in your
pack.
Work out your reading and answering
time
2. Go it? The time is now … you have 45
minutes, you may start!
1.
How is language used in
different ways to create a
positive image of the Eden
project?
•What is this question asking you to
do?
•Can you re-phrase it in your own
words?
•What are some of the things that
you will include in your answer?
How does the writer suggest
that Jan Swammerdam is a
person to be admired?
 What
is this question asking you to
do?
 Can you re-phrase it in your own
words?
 What are some of the things that
you will include in your answer?
How is the reader prepared for
the discovery that the treasure
has gone?
 What
is this question asking you to
do?
 Can you re-phrase it in your own
words?
 What are some of the things that
you will include in your answer?
Next Session
After lunch, you will sit a timed practice paper
so be back here by 12.55pm for a 1pm start.
I will escort you downstairs and let you out.
You are not allowed back inside the building
until 12.50pm.
Doors will close at 1pm and there won’t be
anyone to let you in thereafter.
DO NOT BE LATE!
Plenary
Create a colour mind-map
showing everything you have
learnt/revised today
Preparing for the
SATs
Reading Paper