当我教过高中英语时，我经常被父母询问我是如何帮助他们的学生为行为做准备和坐着。
作为教师，有许多不同的方式支持高中试验准备in your classroom,激励你的学生对于这些测试，具体而言准备他们进行测试在这些不确定的时间。
如果你是任何品种的英语教师（文学，构成，创意写作等）你可以帮助准备你的学生的最佳方式之一，并且坐在包含词汇练习into your curriculum. The good news is since you’re already teaching the English language, this can usually be done pretty organically!
A Brief Overview of ACT and SAT Vocabulary
关于这些测试中的词汇组件的好消息是他们已经改变了很多多年来不再需要死记硬背（我们作为教育者已经知道的，我们不会导致实际保留）。
Here’s a super quick run-down of the way knowledge of vocabulary is addressed on each test.
The SAT
在“新”SAT Test（2016及以后），有2个部分处理词汇：阅读测试和Writing and Language Test。
On both tests, there’s a“语境中的单词”部分这使学生选择最精确的单词来传达或改善段落中的意义。
On the reading test specifically, students will also be asked to use context clues to determine the meaning of certain words or phrases, and then to reflect on how the author of a given passage shapes meaning through these linguistic choices.
当然，如果他们的词汇表更强大，学生将在言语和短语上明确测试，学生将更容易理解相当困难的阅读段落（跨多个科目）。
法案
词汇表行为实际上与SAT上的词汇相当类似，至少在困难和困难方面。测试都声称使用“媒体”难以单词。
此外，这是行为Englishand行为Reading测试两者都评估了学生在上下文中了解单词的能力，而不是恰当地记住它们。通常，在段落中强调一个单词，如果有一个可以在上下文中使用的单词，学生必须回答。
A key difference on the ACT is that there is also an法案科学部分，因此有助于学生对普通科学术语的体面了解，以便更好地了解段落。
词汇实践
One way to help students improve their vocabulary for the ACT and SAT is to point them toward the wealth of词汇练习活动在那里。您甚至可以分配词汇惯例，无论是常规还是额外的信誉，都在课堂上教授的其他任何东西。
这是magoosh的坐词汇archive， 包括SAT Flashcards.和top 100 SAT words to know（包括单词的可下载PDF），其中许多学习坐词汇的源代码中。
同样，你可以将学生指出行为词汇档案那which also includesACT Flashcards.和各种词汇列表。
Literature Packed with ACT and SAT Vocabulary WordS.
另一种装备伴随着行动和坐词汇的学生的令人惊叹的方式是分配读取的街头充满了伟大的词汇！！
我们喜欢这个名单大学读者100古典书籍and this overview of如何像大学生一样阅读那both of which provide examples of college-level texts that would serve as great ACT and SAT vocabulary prep.
Additionally, here’s a list of some primary sources (many that I’ve actually used in my own classroom!) that are packed with vocabulary on par with what students will find on the SAT and ACT.
Obviously depending on what else you’re teaching, these texts may or may not fit into your curriculum, but if you want texts that are full of SAT and ACT vocabulary, these are some great examples.
Test of Time : A Novel Approach to the SAT and ACT
Test of Time : A Novel Approach to the SAT and ACT时间考验：坐垫和行为的新方法那by Charles Harrington Elster, is a time-traveling narrative that’s deliberately stuffed with common SAT and ACT vocabulary words, all of which are highlighted. It also includes a glossary within the text so that students can easily look words up.
同样，埃斯特也写了一个叫做一个叫做的神秘小说牙齿和钉子：坐着的新方法with Joseph-Elliot.
If you’re having hard time fitting either of these genres into your curriculum, you can incentivize your students to read them by offering extra credit for doing so.
破坏了：坐着词汇小说
破坏了：坐着词汇小说由Emma Harrison是一系列“智能小说”，旨在通过绘画线和对青少年吸引的主题介绍学生的学生。单词的定义在同一页面上显示，因此学生不必来回翻斗并断开焦点。
聪明的小说也有点棘手融入您的常规课程，但再次融入您的常规课程，您可以为阅读它们的学生提供额外的学分，或者将其工作到您的其他文学单位，因为最适合您。
红字
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s American Romantic classic红字绝对包装在于SAT和Act Docabulary，这是我多年教导它的重要组成部分。如果您没有时间教授这种漫长而密集的小说，Nathaniel Hawthorne的短篇小说也通常充满高级词汇。例如，你可以教“美丽的艺术家”，“年轻的古德曼棕色，”或“胎记”，所有这些都充满了伟大的词汇。
来自这个文学佳能和时间段的其他作者包括Edgar Allen Poe，Stephen Crane和Herman Melville - 所有这些都使用了令人难以置信的详细词汇表，这是完美的行为和卫星准备。
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights那Charlotte Bronte’s highly dramatic and passionately romantic novel is a teacher favorite for test prep vocabulary, especially for freshmen and sophomores.
Heart of Darkness
A notoriously challenging text, Joseph Conrad’sHeart of Darkness(a first personal narrative about a journey up the Congo River) is full of ACT and SAT vocabulary, and includes a good deal of geopolitical language that may be helpful for students with test taking. The density of this text is also ideal for ACT and SAT reading practice.
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko'sCeremony那关于美国原住民WWII退伍军人返回预约的精美小说是一个具有挑战性的阅读。因为它使用网络式非线性叙述，它可以帮助学生在典型的血管中心文学佳能之外向学生导航更具结构性复杂的段落，并将其介绍到广泛的社会文化术语。
弗兰肯斯坦
玛丽谢尔利弗兰肯斯坦is a parable the risks of unrestrained science and progress and therefore contains a good deal of vocabulary pertaining to science that are particularly helpful on the ACT.
The Awakening
Kate Chopin'sThe Awakening那a text commonly included on AP Lit and Women's Lit reading lists, is rich with test-caliber vocabulary words, and it's a novella that is easy to fit into curriculum.
Beloved
每一个小说当代美国文学硕士erature Toni Morrison is brimming with vibrant, complex language that is helpful for students in preparing for the ACT and SAT, andBelovedis no exception.
教学法和坐词汇的提示
Discuss Words in Context
众所周知，记忆词汇并不有效地保持长期保留和理解。当我为学生分配夜间阅读时，我要求他们抬头至少为5个新单词（即使他们认为他们知道定义），写下定义，并在句子中使用每个。这成为我课程的标准部分，因为我发现它成为学生查找单词然后正确使用它们的第二种。只要有可能，有学生在群体讨论中分享他们学到的一些新词。
压力多种含义和同义词
Whenever possible, when discussing new vocabulary that your students have come upon in their reading, make sure to discuss both secondary definitions and common synonyms for the word. The ACT and SAT are known for using words in context with their lesser-known meanings, so this is a super helpful approach.
教学成语
法案is known for using plenty of成语然后询问关于他们的意义的问题，所以如果可能，试图向这些类型的常见短语教授迷你课程。学生经常听到他们，但讨论他们的用途和内涵是有价值的。
Work in Science Vocabulary
该法案包括科学段落，因此它不能伤害包括与科学相关的词汇表。
鼓励音频书籍和电子阅读器
I typically maintain that listening to literature isn't a full replacement for reading it, but for many students, following along with an audio reading allows them to visually take in the text in a more meaningful way. With E-readers (like Kindle, Nook, etc.), there is often a feature that allows students to highlight and look up words easily as they're reading their digital text.
鼓励学生注释
鼓励你的学生annotate their texts，包括圈出的单词，他们不知道并在阅读期间或之后寻找它们。注释将帮助他们保持与语言更加接触，并会养成抬头熟悉的习惯。
分配定期的非小说读数
Publications like时间那The New Yorker那The Atlantic Monthly那and竖琴are all packed with SAT and ACT vocabulary. Consider assigning a weekly non-fiction article (news or editorial) related to the content you're teaching to help your students broaden their vocabulary. This is especially helpful since not all of the passages used on the ACT and SAT are fiction.
教授批判性思维动词
确保您的学生熟悉并了解与关键思维指令相关的单词之间的区别。例如，应力被要求“分析”与“解释”之间的差异。这是一个优秀的分类批判性思维动词您可以与学生分享。