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SAT Workshop Session Four/Six

SAT Workshop Session Four/Six. Academic Connections Summer 2008. Warm-Up Part I. Warm-Up Part II. Session FourAgenda. Today. Brief review of last meeting -Writing Part Two – Multiple Choice -Grammar Whirlwind Critical Reading -Sentence Completions

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SAT Workshop Session Four/Six

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  1. SAT WorkshopSession Four/Six Academic Connections Summer 2008

  2. Warm-Up Part I

  3. Warm-Up Part II

  4. Session FourAgenda Today • Brief review of last meeting • -Writing Part Two – Multiple Choice • -Grammar Whirlwind • Critical Reading • -Sentence Completions • -Learning to read!

  5. Session FourAgenda My contact info ian@corelearningco.com www.corelearningco.com

  6. Writing Two: Multiple Choice Types of Questions • Identifying Sentence Errors • Improving Sentences • Improving Paragraphs

  7. Writing Two: Multiple Choice Grammar Basics Words Phrases Clauses Sentences

  8. Writing Two: Multiple Choice Clauses Independent Dependent

  9. Writing Two: Multiple Choice • Simple Sentence • A simple sentence has one independent clause. • Ex. English grammar is easy.

  10. Writing Two: Multiple Choice • Compound Sentence • A compound sentence has two independent clauses joined by • a coordinator • a conjunctive adverb • a semicolon

  11. SAT Component Two Critical Reading

  12. Critical Reading

  13. Critical Reading: Sentence Completions Although a few contemporaries ____ the book, most either ignored or mocked it. degraded disregarded ridiculed slighted appreciated

  14. Critical Reading: Sentence Completions Steps for Sentence Completions Read the sentence Identify the clause relationship Predict your response Analyze and POE the answer choices Read your choice back into the sentence

  15. Critical Reading: Sentence Completions Can assembly-line work be reorganized so that, while remaining profitable, it _____ rather than inhibits the development of human personality? taints corrodes explains promotes endangers

  16. Critical Reading: Sentence Completions Despite her _____ nature, DeMott was capable of tactful negotiation and even won praise for her patient efforts toward _____ when a local squabble developed. diplomatic..amity congenial..concord altruistic..dissension rebellious..insurrection tempestuous..reconciliation

  17. Critical Reading: Sentence Completions What if you don’t know the words? • Use prefixes and suffixes • Use roots and romance language knowledge • Use context • Develop your vocabulary Reading Flashcards http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com

  18. Critical Reading: Passages – What to expect • The passages are about 100 to 850 words long. • Some selections are from a single source, and others consist of a pair of related passages on a shared issue or theme. For each pair, one of the passages supports, opposes, or complements the other’s point of view. • The passages cover subjects in the humanities, social studies, natural sciences, and literary fiction. • The passages vary in style and tone. They include narrative, persuasive, expository, and/or literary elements. • A set of questions follows each passage or pair of related passages.

  19. Critical Reading: Passages – Learning to read…AGAIN! • CIRCLE – sentence connectors • UNDERLINE– transition signals • UNDERLINE– adjectives and adverbs So what is Main Idea anyway?

  20. Session ThreeWrap-Up Today • Writing Part Two • -Types of Questions • -Grammar Basics • -Common Errors Next Time • More Grammar Errors • Critical Reading Part One & Two

  21. Session Four Wrap-Up Today • Brief review of last meeting • -Writing Part Two – Multiple Choice • -Grammar Whirlwind • Critical Reading • -Sentence Completions • -Learning to read! Next Time • Critical Reading: Putting it all together • Math – The Beloved Subject

  22. Session Four Wrap-Up

  23. Session Four Wrap-Up My contact info ian@corelearningco.com www.corelearningco.com

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