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.