DAY 9

 DAY 9 (Thursday, August 1)

A WORD A DAY: Presentations

Wordpix Choices

SAT Insights

Talking about the SAT- Essay
      -Make a quick decision, stick with it
      -5 minute pre-write
      -literary examples help
      -high level vocabulary used correctly helps
      -every statement needs support, anecdotal is ok, but historical/literary is better
      - legibility and grammar count, but spelling-- not so much

Task Worktime

HW:
Completed Tasks DUE for Fri hand-in
Bring SAT Book for Friday -- More practice test action

Day 8 (2013)

 DAY 8

 A WORD A DAY
       GROUP PRESENTATIONS: PREP (15-20 minutes)
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 20
Chapter 29
Chapter 31
        "Teach" the class your chapter.
                     -you are the experts of the chapter
                     -provide highlights and points of interest for your peers
                     -provide at least ONE additional example NOT in the chapter to     reinforce the idea of chapter

(You will present chapter on THURSDAY.)

More Objectives/Task Time

HW:  Objectives/Tasks  (only 1/2 hour in class on Thurs.)


THUR-- WAD- presentations

DAY 7 (July 30, 2013)

DAY 7 (July 30, 2013)

WIH: Inexorable, induce

Sharing Wordpix

Working on "tasks" objectives

HW: Any of above you wish to complete

WEEK TWO: Day Six

WORDPIX:
From A Word A Day

Create Your Own Wordpix

Discussing SAT Practice Test from Friday:
difficulties/new words

Grammar:   Parallelism
                   Verb Tense Agreement
                   Pronoun Agreement
                   Clarity-- Generally-- Less is More  (in "improve the sentence"


You must complete at least TWO of the following tasks by the beginning of Class on Friday (You will have some work time in class to complete along with your objective. Feel free to use words from your Objective list or other words. If the task is ALREADY an Objective-- you must choose TWO others.)

 Write a Poem using 10 new words

 Write a Scene/Dialogue using 15 words in NATURAL speech (so the characters can’t say “whats the definition of. . . .”) You can do this with a partner if you wish, but then you must have 10 words in each character's dialogue.

 Write an Essay using 10 words (bring words to LBP and ask for topic)

 Take any 2 Online Verbal Practice Tests (must write a DETAILED metacognitive account of your test-taking experience-- when I got to problem 16 I thought. . . and then when I was deciding)

 Make Associative phrases for at least 10 new words (“copious notes”, “torrid affair”, “eclectic taste”)

 Devise a mnemonic device for at least 10 new words. (you have to show this, it can be Wordpix, root etymology, or some other method that by looking at the word you know the definition)

 Find at least 2 SAT-Level synonyms for at least 15 new words. Devise a way to recognize the subtle differences between the words either by phrases or putting on a card with "strongest" at the top.

 Pair with another student coming up with at least 30 words for which you devise a game that you could have others play

 Write at least 10 of your own SAT sentence completions (complete with the multiple choice answers) using at least 40 new words.

 Categorize 40 random words you've chosen in at least THREE different ways. (e.g. Positive Words/Negative Words, Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs, Words that have to do with Speaking vs. Words that have to do with Walking, Words with Strong Roots vs. Undetectable Roots)


HW:
1. Create another Wordpix
2. Work on anything in Objective that you need to
3. Work on ONE of the above tasks

TU/WED are objective/task days

DAY FIVE

Words I Heard: hyperbolic, posit, exacerbate, inertia, inexorable
Problems discovered from tests
Diagnostics for improving

Reading Comprehension Strategies
Practice Test Sections: 50 Minutes

HW: Score your tests-- and add any words you may have had difficulty with in your practice sections to your list for your objective-- make sure you have definitions for all!!

DAY FOUR

ATAVISM (atavistic)
Point of Interest: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

TIME PLAN: Calendar Sheets

Top 192 SAT Words
Words from Greek Mythology
Latin Phrases To Know

STRATEGIES FOR SAT:
Test-Taking Strategies
               Word related--
                       "If it sounds right, it probably is."
                        Eliminate the no's
               Reading for speed, read questions first
               "In line 22. . . ."

To Guess or Not To Guess (ACT no penalty, SAT .25 penalty for wrong)
        Can you eliminate to two choices? Statistics are on your side. More than two and skipping might be best.

HW:
1. In OSAT p.44-46 (time yourself 10 minutes to see how many you can complete-- then just mark off where you got, and finish-- CHECK YOUR ANSWERS-- make note of troublesome words/problems--)
2. REMEMBER tomorrow we're doing some practice tests!! (I won't tell you from which test, but it will either be 1,3, or 5)

DAY THREE

DAY THREE
Making words with "roots"
Working on 100 list (with dictionary)
Time-Plan for Objectives


HW:
Do at least one element of your objective.
Bring OSAT Book on Thursday/Friday--- Taking Practice Test portions---

DAY TWO

Recap some words from Day One
Latin/Greek Roots Intro
Full Class decision on 100 Roots on which to make flash cards
(FRONT: Root w/visual BACK: definition, words that use the root)
Work in groups to complete flashcards

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

HW: Take the learning styles quiz online and find out your "numbers". Come to class ready to discuss.


HEADS UP:      FRI will be Practice Test Day