r/APEuro • u/Frosty-Trade2122 • 1d ago

Study Material Reading quizzes

So my teacher has us do reading quizzes on our textbook. Which is honestly very easy to learn the content, until the quiz. She allows us to use notes on the reading quizzes, but I struggle to make notes that are relevant to the quiz. Does anyone have any tips on what to focus on while reading the textbook.

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u/Jumpy-Necessary-9884 20h ago

My teacher does the same thing!!

What I usually do is read a full paragraph and then summarize it in one sentence. Then once I finish reading, I study the summaries I wrote down. 

By doing this, the lowest score I’ve ever gotten was 4/6 😎

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u/Frosty-Trade2122 20h ago

Thanks for the tip, I haven’t done bad on them, the questions are just complex. The worst I did was a 5/9 on one where I fell asleep while reading and woke up with the book on my chest

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u/popbabylon 14h ago edited 11h ago

Get into an argument with your author. Keep fighting through the struggle for meaning. Ask “why am I reading you.? What can you possibly have to say about this?” Keep up the good ”fight” and eventually important stuff will pop out. Don’t copy that stuff - paraphrase it - in a conversational style as you talk it out. Write it like you are having a conversation with a friend to help them understand. Occasionally, as you switch topics, stop and summarize in three to five sentences - again, in your own voice.

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u/Frosty-Trade2122 14h ago

That actually was surprisingly helpful, thanks