Objective: SWBAT revise their SAT Essays using the SAT Essay Scoring Guidelines.
Do-Now: Look at the "SAT Essay Scoring Guidelines" sheet that has been placed in your folder along with your practice SAT essay. Based on these guidelines, what score do you believe your essay would receive? Explain.
Today: 1) Review the "SAT Essay Scoring Guidelines."
2) Discuss how to write a strong essay in a 25-minute time frame.
3) Begin revising your SAT essay.
Exit Slip: How do you plan on improving your essay? Explain.
Homework: Bring in a revised copy of your essay TUESDAY.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 26
Objective: SWBAT finish correcting and reviewing Writing Section 4 of the May 2012 SAT. SWBAT brainstorm and begin writing a rough draft of an SAT essay.
Do-Now: Read the essay topic that was given to you and respond to the question: Can knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit? Give at least one example in your response.
Today: 1) Finish reviewing Writing Section 4
2) Introduction to the SAT Essay
3) Begin brainstorming and writing a rough draft for your first SAT essay
Exit Slip: What are your strengths as a writer? What are your weaknesses? What do you believe you will need the most help on with the SAT essay? Explain.
Homework: Write a rough draft for your SAT essay and bring it with you on THURSDAY to edit in class.
Do-Now: Read the essay topic that was given to you and respond to the question: Can knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit? Give at least one example in your response.
Today: 1) Finish reviewing Writing Section 4
2) Introduction to the SAT Essay
3) Begin brainstorming and writing a rough draft for your first SAT essay
Exit Slip: What are your strengths as a writer? What are your weaknesses? What do you believe you will need the most help on with the SAT essay? Explain.
Homework: Write a rough draft for your SAT essay and bring it with you on THURSDAY to edit in class.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Thursday, February 21
Objective: SWBAT review and correct answers to Writing Section 4 of the May 2012 SAT.
Do-Now: What did you find to be most challenging about the Writing section of the SAT? What do you feel you need help with? Explain.
Today: 1) Review and correct answers from Writing Section 4.
2) Note-taking: Common grammar errors on the SAT Writing Section.
Exit Slip: Which type of grammar did you struggle with the most on the Writing Section? What else do you need to review dealing with grammar?
Do-Now: What did you find to be most challenging about the Writing section of the SAT? What do you feel you need help with? Explain.
Today: 1) Review and correct answers from Writing Section 4.
2) Note-taking: Common grammar errors on the SAT Writing Section.
Exit Slip: Which type of grammar did you struggle with the most on the Writing Section? What else do you need to review dealing with grammar?
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 19
Objective: SWBAT complete Writing Section 4 from the May 2012 SAT.
Do-Now: Compare your answers for the Sentence Completion homework with those of one of your classmates. If your answers are different, discuss why each of you chose your answer. Try to decide which of you is correct (or if neither of you is correct.)
Today: 1) Review Sentence Completion homework.
2) Complete Writing Section 4 from the May 2012 SAT.
Do-Now: Compare your answers for the Sentence Completion homework with those of one of your classmates. If your answers are different, discuss why each of you chose your answer. Try to decide which of you is correct (or if neither of you is correct.)
Today: 1) Review Sentence Completion homework.
2) Complete Writing Section 4 from the May 2012 SAT.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thursday, February 14
Objective: SWBAT review and correct a portion of the Critical Writing Section.
Today: Class will finish reviewing Critical Writing Section 2, looking for clues in the passage to support each of the correct answers.
Homework: Sentence Completion Practice WS: Section 4
Today: Class will finish reviewing Critical Writing Section 2, looking for clues in the passage to support each of the correct answers.
Homework: Sentence Completion Practice WS: Section 4
Monday, February 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Objective: SWBAT review and correct Critical Reading Section 2 from the May 2012 SAT. SWBAT complete part of Writing Section 4 from the May 2012 SAT.
Do-Now: Use the strategies discussed last week to complete the following Sentence Completion questions:
1. The bored cashier greeted each costumer with a smile so automatic that it seemed almost __________.
A. erratic B. robotic C. ascetic D. tactful E. genuine
2. To reflect the __________ of that nation's spoken languages, its writers often make use of a mixture of dialects.
A. articulation B. intonation C. spontaneity D. profundity
E. heterogeneity
3. She apologized profusely, only to discover that her self-serving excuses failed to have a __________effect.
A. reprehensible B. palliative C. depreciatory D. litigious
E. compendious
Today: 1) Finish reviewing Critical Reading Section 2.
2) Begin working on Writing Section 4.
Exit Slip: Now that we've finished reviewing the Critical Reading section you took last week, what might you do differently the next time you complete a Critical Reading portion of the SAT? Explain.
Do-Now: Use the strategies discussed last week to complete the following Sentence Completion questions:
1. The bored cashier greeted each costumer with a smile so automatic that it seemed almost __________.
A. erratic B. robotic C. ascetic D. tactful E. genuine
2. To reflect the __________ of that nation's spoken languages, its writers often make use of a mixture of dialects.
A. articulation B. intonation C. spontaneity D. profundity
E. heterogeneity
3. She apologized profusely, only to discover that her self-serving excuses failed to have a __________effect.
A. reprehensible B. palliative C. depreciatory D. litigious
E. compendious
Today: 1) Finish reviewing Critical Reading Section 2.
2) Begin working on Writing Section 4.
Exit Slip: Now that we've finished reviewing the Critical Reading section you took last week, what might you do differently the next time you complete a Critical Reading portion of the SAT? Explain.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Thursday, February 7
Objective: SWBAT review and correct their answers for the Sentence Completion portion of Critical Reading Section 2 of the May 2012 SAT.
Do-Now: Describe the strategies you used on Tuesday for completing the fill-in-the blank sentences on Section 2. If you weren't here Tuesday, describe the strategies you use for completing fill-in-the-blank questions on vocabulary tests.
Today: 1) Strategies for Sentence Completion on the SAT:
A) Fill in the BLANK with your own word.
B) Decide if the BLANK is a positive or negative word.
C) Look for a definition of the BLANK in the sentence.
D) Use logic to fill in the BLANK.
E) For TWO BLANK sentences, use context clues to determine the relationship between the BLANKS.
2) Review and correct Sentence Completion questions from Section 2.
Exit Slip: Choose ONE of the Sentence Completion strategies you learned today and describe how to use it on the SAT.
Homework: Bring in a notebook for class by TUESDAY, February 12!!!
Do-Now: Describe the strategies you used on Tuesday for completing the fill-in-the blank sentences on Section 2. If you weren't here Tuesday, describe the strategies you use for completing fill-in-the-blank questions on vocabulary tests.
Today: 1) Strategies for Sentence Completion on the SAT:
A) Fill in the BLANK with your own word.
B) Decide if the BLANK is a positive or negative word.
C) Look for a definition of the BLANK in the sentence.
D) Use logic to fill in the BLANK.
E) For TWO BLANK sentences, use context clues to determine the relationship between the BLANKS.
2) Review and correct Sentence Completion questions from Section 2.
Exit Slip: Choose ONE of the Sentence Completion strategies you learned today and describe how to use it on the SAT.
Homework: Bring in a notebook for class by TUESDAY, February 12!!!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 5
Objective: SWBAT review the course syllabus for SAT English. SWBAT complete Critical Reading Section 2 of the May 2012 SAT.
Do-Now: Look over the course syllabus for SAT English.
Today: 1) Review course syllabus
2) Begin practice SAT Test: Critical Reading Section 2
Exit Slip: Have you taken the SAT before? What do you feel you need to learn in order to better prepare yourself for the SAT?
Homework: Bring in a notebook by TUESDAY.
Do-Now: Look over the course syllabus for SAT English.
Today: 1) Review course syllabus
2) Begin practice SAT Test: Critical Reading Section 2
Exit Slip: Have you taken the SAT before? What do you feel you need to learn in order to better prepare yourself for the SAT?
Homework: Bring in a notebook by TUESDAY.
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