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Student Weekly Objectives

Student Weekly Objectives. Students will write for a variety of purposes and audiences using the Standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

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Student Weekly Objectives

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  1. Student Weekly Objectives Students will write for a variety of purposes and audiences using the Standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Students will utilize and demonstrate understanding of ACT English, Writing, and Reading strategies by reviewing and applying these strategies to practice ACT tests.

  2. Weekly Agenda ACT English and Reading Practice Test Review ACT English Rules Review ACT Writing Scoring Rubric ACT-like practice Writing practice test Homework: On-line ACT Practice Report Card Pick-Up: April 22

  3. Bell Ringer • Based on your last test results, identify areas of improvement for both English and Reading.

  4. Bell Ringer Similarly, running may itself be a boring sport, but the other runners, an interesting selection of humanity,can make it fun. • F. NO CHANGE G. However, running H. Running J. Furthermore, running

  5. Bell Ringer • Similarly, running may itself be a boring sport, but the other runners, an interesting selection of humanity,can make it fun. 2. A. NO CHANGE B. humanity; can C. humanity. Can D. humanity can

  6. ACT English Rules The Two-Pass System • What the Two-Pass System entails for the ACT English is this: • Go through each 15-question passage once, answering the questions we know how to do right now. These questions are very specific, usually dealing with grammar or punctuation issues, and only involve reading one or two lines of text.

  7. Two Pass Continued • After we finish these specific questions, we should then try to answer the longer, more general (and more difficult) rhetorical skills questions. These questions deal with tone, style, ordering of sentences and paragraphs; they also ask questions about the passage as a whole. We should answer these questions last (always keeping our eye on the clock), and when our 9 minutes is running out, we should bubble in all 15 questions and move on. The reason we must move on after 9 minutes is that if we spend too much time on any one question or any one passage, we may not get to some easier questions later on in the test.

  8. ACT English Rules POE • POE means process of elimination. If we really want our scores to improve, we must practice POE on every single question. For every correct answer, there are three or four incorrect responses. Since there are more incorrect answers, it makes sense that it is easier to find an incorrect answer than a correct answer, thus the nature of POE. Always look for wrong answers first and cross them out. By eliminating wrong answers first, we greatly improve our chances of ultimately finding the right answer.

  9. Application of English Rules • How and When the following ACT English Rules should be applied. –Refer to handout. • 1. ACT hates –ING 6. OMIT the underlined portion • 2. Go Short 7. Look Left! • 3. The Thumb Rule 8. The One-‘S’ Rule • 4. Exaggerate the Pause 9. STOP / GO • 5. Be Active, Not Passive! 10. 3 and 1

  10. Reading Passage

  11. Reading Passage • When taking the ACT test, consider the following: • Preview the questions and make sure you understand the question. • Based on the wording of the question is the question a Head/Book answer? Think: QAR • Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.

  12. Reading Passage • Trigger Words: Head answers are implied answers and you can only use the text as a reference. Reread the text if you have to, but draw a logical conclusion. Main idea Best states Most nearly means Best describes The author suggests The author’s purpose Main point

  13. Exit Ticket • Identify two English Act Rules you can utilize when taking the ACT English test. • Identify two reading strategies you can utilize when taking the ACT Reading test.

  14. Writing Prompt • Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators to not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years?

  15. Writing Prompt Grading Criteria • Writing score will be based upon the following: • Brief Outline • Clear Position • Content/Focus • Organization • Support • Grammar/Mechanics

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