Additional Resources and Guides
1. Educator's Guide to the ACT Writing Test booklet
http://www.act.org/aap/writing/pdf/educator_guide.pdf
2. Developing the ACT Assessment Writing Test booklet
http://www.act.org/aap/writing/pdf/developing.pdf
3. a 12:57 minute video produced by Kaplan that addresses both the SAT vs. the ACT essays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFOX8mOB0i4&feature=relmfu
4. a detailed tutorial on writing the ACT essay--great examples, clear details, and good graphic organizers. This website is so comprehensive that teachers could literally assign students to review it in the place of direct instruction if that's the only option they have.
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/oaa/act/ACTundersprompt.htm
5. several sample student essays written by a current undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin. This URL links to his blog which is current and active. Students might find his confidence amusing as well as enjoy critiquing the sample ACT essays he claims he wrote himself.
http://parkzer.com/articles/actessaysamples
6. report (2005) conducted by a NCTE task force on the impact of the SAT and ACT timed writing tests.
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Positions/SAT-ACT-tf-report.pdf
|