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Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Eng Lang Arts Student Self-Study Workbook
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Eng Lang Arts Student Self-Study Workbook
by Show What You Know Publishing
Show What You Know On The OGT, English Language Arts by Deborah Tong and Jolie S. Brams… $16.95
This is a 326-page softbound workbook designed to help students better understand what they will face on the Ohio Graduation Test in reading and writing and what they need to know to pass this important educational milestone.
Brams, a professor of psychiatry, addresses “test anxiety” and test-taking strategies in the first two chapters. She provides detailed advice on how to detect “test anxiety” and deal with it, as well as helpful advice on how to mentally and physically prepare for the test day.
The workbook’s next chapters are aimed at the reading OGT and grasping Ohio’s Academic Content Standards for the subject. The Understanding The Reading OGT chapter lists the benchmarks, standards and grade-level indicators that 10th grade students should know before tackling the test. It also shows how questions (multiple-choice, short-answer and extended response) will be distributed and weighted on the test to give users an idea of where they should concentrate efforts.
A reading tutorial follows where individual literary passages or exercises are followed by questions on the content. The questions are a mixture of multiple choice, short answer and extended response and users are urged to mark all answers in the workbook space provided. This tactic gives students needed experience in responding to questions in the space provided – a skill they will need on the OGT. Answers to all tutorial questions are provided in small, less-conspicuous type at the bottom of each page, along with an analysis of why the correct answers are right and the incorrect ones are wrong.
Two practice tests, patterned after the real OGT in reading, conclude the section. Answer keys to the practice tests, including standards, benchmarks, grade-level indicators and keywords, follow each test.
The second half of the workbook addresses the OGT writing test and follows the same format as the reading portion, beginning with a chapter on Understanding the Writing OGT. A tutorial follows with a variety of questions, including multiple choice, short answer and extended response that are identified with the benchmarks they address. Two practice tests with OGT-type prompts and an answer key conclude the book.
Correlation charts that help students and teachers better assess strong and weak points are also included for both reading and writing.
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Eng Lang Arts Student Self-Study Workbook
Editors’ Review:
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Eng Lang Arts Student Self-Study Workbook
Pluses – Like other workbooks in the “Show What You Know” series, this workbook aims to help refresh students’ memories and assist them in brushing up on their skills. It builds self-confidence by showing students what they already know (it may be more than they thought). The introductory chapters addressing “test anxiety” and strategies for test taking are loaded with detailed advice to calm student “jitters” when facing the OGT.
The tutorials make up the substance of the book and are a quick read. The fact that answers to tutorial questions are found at the bottom of each page helps avoid page rifling and searching. The two OGT practice reading tests (each with 40 questions) were formulated by Tong, who is a veteran author of proficiency tests. She also formulated the practice OGT writing tests which contain 20 questions each. Since students are encouraged to answer all questions in the workbook space provided, they receive good practice in formulating and writing their answers in a concise, literate manner.
Minuses – Like other workbook study guides in this series, the language arts workbook is “compiled” rather than “authored.” Much of the introductory text, as well as the chapters on “test anxiety” and test-taking strategies, are identical to those found in other workbooks in the series. However, the practice tests and tutorial sections authored by Tong are clearly original work. This book is supposed to help a student analyze what they already know and focus on their weak points. However, much of the benchmark information and the complicated academic standard charts would require the assistance of a professional educator to guide the students.
Like many written OGT prep tools, this workbook is packed with information and is very heavy on text. Some students might find it intimidating as a result.
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