<p>Which ACT reading strategy do you guys use to get 30+ on reading?
Do you skim through the passages or read them thoroughly?
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Kind of a mix. It's almost like speed-reading.</p>
<p>I would suggest reading the questions before reading the passage though. And I got a 32 on reading.</p>
<p>concur. you need to read to fully understand, but quickly.</p>
<p>just make sure to do what works for you through practice exams. i, for example, could not read questions before the passage because i'd probably run out of time.</p>
<p>I completely disagree with all of the given advice. I DONT read it AT ALL. Like absolutely nothing - i go straight for the questions, especially those with line references and start answering. You'll notice after a while that the question answers and the text are almost exactly the same if not very similar, this makes it extremely easy to identify. </p>
<p>For me, staying focused on the passages while reading is extremely hard and a huge time waste and I found this to be way better - though it may not work for everyone. </p>
<p>For me though, it has done wonders. I just took a Barrons practice test for reading and only missed FOUR - and its barrons, thats a miracle for me. </p>
<p>Try it out and see what works best, like i said, this isnt for everyone, but its good for me :)</p>
<p>I'm currently tutoring some 7th graders for the ACT for CTY, and I like what my Kaplan book said. It said ACT reading is not "comprehending and remembering," it's "finding and paraphrasing." Basically the ACT reading answers are paraphrases of the actual text, so I use the line reference to find generally where the answer should be, and try to put an answer with the text. I would definitely read a question and look for the answer in the passage via skimming. It works so much better, and those passages are long considering the amount of time you have.</p>
<p>I went with this strategy and got a 33.</p>
<p>but what about the questions that ask about the passage as a whole? those definitely require that you have a full understanding of the text. am i right?</p>
<p>Read to comprehend and underline everything as you do so in order to maintain both pace and focus. I got a 36.</p>
<p>I got a 36. I just speed read. Just learn how to read fast while still understanding most of it. Don't read it thoroughly because you can always look up answers that you don't remember.</p>
<p>Congrats on all the 36s! That's great. Like I said, some stratgies work people and some just don't. I WISH I could speed read AND understand, but I can't...even if I practice, I know that when I am under the pressure for REAL, I'll fail. So i find that this stratgey works, and while I cannot gurantee a 36 with this, in fact I highly doubt I will be able to achieve that as i will be very happy if i recieve anything above 30 in reading. As for the questions that ask for the passage as a whole, do them LAST...absolutely last. By the time you answer the other questions you will for sure have gotten a feel for the passage and you can then adequetly answer that question as well. Plus, if you save that for last, you will find you have more time left over and can actually read the first or last paragraph which usually summarize the main pt for that specific question.</p>
<p>Good luck! try as many tactics as you can until you find the right one and thats the key to success on this exam!</p>
<p>What you can do is utilize the answers from the specific detail and inference questions to answer the big picture questions.</p>
<p>What you can do is utilize the answers from the specific detail and inference questions to answer the big picture questions.</p>