Useful A.C.T. LINKS:
Junior Year Post-High Planning Calendar
Online Registration ("LATE" Registration deadline for 9 June Exam = 18 MAY)
Your personal College/Post-High Search ProgramECOS You'll need your password (ask your Homeroom Teacher)
Sample A.C.T. Questions
 A.C.T. TIPS for April and May
While chatting over coffee the other day, we thought of some test preparation tips, and so pass them along to you, in the hopes you'll let them perk before the A.C.T. Overview Class on Wed, 9 May or Fri, 11 May...
-Mrs. B and Mrs. M
 PROBLEM: READING COMPREHENSION can be tricky...
This section of the ACT contains passages on four(4) different topics, some of which may not be your first interest/talent:
Social Studies(e.g.history, political science, sociology,economics);
Natural Science(biology, chemistry, physics, meteorology);
Prose Fiction (e.g.passages from works by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain);
Humanities (philosophy, art history)
SOLUTION?Read editorial columns - online!
1.)editorials cover a wide range of subjects, e.g. music, art, foreign policy, Welfare/Medicaid, taxes, sports, elections, economic policy, the environment; these topics fall under the 4 areas covered by Reading Comprehension in the ACT;
2.) the length - about 700 words - is about the length of passages in the Reading Comprehension section;
3.) assuming you read editorials from good daily newspapers, they will challenge you and, in time, interest you.
A FURTHER TIP for reading newspaper editorials:
Try to read the editorial without looking at the title. One reason that Reading Comprehension passages are difficult is that they come without a title This places on youthe burden of figuring out what the passage is all about, in effect, making you figure out the main idea...which is a major task in Reading Comprehension.
Suggested online editorial sites:
Boston Globe
The New York Times
The Washington Post
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