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= Homework for Wednesday, July 8th (due Thursday, July 9th) = Four options! You must choose at least one, but you may do more if you wish. __ **Option 1—Reading** __

You will need Section 1 of the PSAT Practice Test (the last test in your binder).

For at least one passage
 * __Index the passage__ ** before you read it. This means you visit the questions first and perform the following tasks: (a) For the Evidence-Based Pairs, draw a line from the first question down to the second, and write the question number of the second beside the last line number in the last answer choice.

For all five passages 1) Read the unnumbered introduction. 2) Then read the passage. As you do, ** __underline the 10%-15% of the text you think is “important.”__ ** If you were afterwards to read only the underlined 10%-15%, you would understand pretty well what the author’s main point/claim is, and you would be able to trace the reasoning the author uses to develop that main point/claim. 3) Use the indexing and the Rule of Five Lines to answer the specific items along the way.

The Rule of Five Lines: (a) If a question’s line-number reference range is longer than five lines, you will find the best evidence for the right answer within the line-number range about 95% of the time; (b) If a question’s line-number reference range is shorter than five lines, you will find the best evidence for the right answer about 95% of the time by extending up five lines and down five lines from the line-number reference.

Try your best to anticipate the answer that will appear in the correct answer choice from what you just read.

4) Show evidence of Process of Elimination. ** __Cross out the words that make the wrong answer choices wrong.__ ** Do not simply cross through every word in every answer choice. Hunt for just those words that invalidate an answer. 5) **  __Answer the questions.__  ** 6) ** __Put a big old star beside any items for which you felt less than 85% secure.__  ** 7) **  __Write__  ** at the bottom of the page any new or unfamiliar **  __words you would like to know more about.__  **

__ **Option 2—Math** __

You will need Section 4 of the PSAT Practice Test (the last test in your binder). 1). ** __SHOW ALL YOUR WORK__ ** as you answer as many items as you can. Consider trying something, even when you are not sure you are headed in a useful direction. Usually what you CAN do is what you SHOULD do to solve a problem. 2) ** __Answer the questions.__ ** 3) ** __Put a big old star beside any items for which you felt less than 85% secure.__ ** 4) ** __Write__ ** at the bottom of the page any new or unfamiliar ** __words you would like to know more about.__ **

__ **Option 3—Writing and Language** __

You will need Section 2 of the PSAT Practice Test (the last test in your binder). 1) ** __Answer the questions.__ ** 2) __**Write a label**__ for the topic of at least half of the questions. Try to be as specific and focused as possible, avoiding general terms. 3) ** __Put a big old star next to the items for which you feel less than 85% secure.__ ** 4) ** __Write__ ** at the bottom of the page any new or unfamiliar ** __words you would like to know more about.__ ** __ **Option 4—Essay** __ Instructions were given in class. This option is not available online.

See you Thursday! = Homework for Tuesday, July 7th (due Wednesday, July 8th) = = = Three options! You must choose at least one, but you may do more if you wish. = =

__ **Option 1—Reading** __ = = You will need Section 1 of SAT Practice Test #4. = = For the first three passages (Passage 1 begins "My emotions are complicated"; Passage 2 begins "We are not witnessing"; Passage 3 begins "When scientists first learned"), do the following: = = 1) ** __Index the passage__ ** before you read it. This means you visit the questions first and perform the following tasks: (a) For the Evidence-Based Pairs, draw a line from the first question down to the second, and write the question number of the second beside the last line number in the last answer choice. For example, you will have a line pointing from question 1 to question 2, and you will write "2" beside line 57 of the passage; (b) For all other items with line-number references, write the question numbers beside the line number(s) to which the questions refer. = =  2) Read the unnumbered introduction. = = 3) Then read the passage. As you do, ** __underline the 10%-15% of the text you think is “important.”__ ** If you were afterwards to read only the underlined 10%-15%, you would understand pretty well what the author’s main point/claim is, and you would be able to trace the reasoning the author uses to develop that main point/claim. = =  4) Use the indexing and the Rule of Five Lines to answer the specific items along the way. = =

= = The Rule of Five Lines: (a) If a question’s line-number reference range is longer than five lines, you will find the best evidence for the right answer within the line-number range about 95% of the time; (b) If a question’s line-number reference range is shorter than five lines, you will find the best evidence for the right answer about 95% of the time by extending up five lines and down five lines from the line-number reference. = =

= = Try your best to anticipate the answer that will appear in the correct answer choice from what you just read. = = 5) Show evidence of Process of Elimination. ** __Cross out the words that make the wrong answer choices wrong.__ ** Do not simply cross through every word in every answer choice. Hunt for just those words that invalidate an answer. = =  6) ** __Answer the questions.__ ** = = 7) ** __Put a big old star beside any items for which you felt less than 85% secure.__ ** = =  8) ** __Write__ ** at the bottom of the page any new or unfamiliar ** __words you would like to know more about.__ ** = =

= = __ **Option 2—Math** __ = =

= = You will need Section 3 and Section 4 of the last test in the binder (the first question of Section 3 is about a babysitter). 1). ** __SHOW ALL YOUR WORK__ ** as you answer as many items as you can. Consider trying something, even when you are not sure you are headed in a useful direction. Usually what you CAN do is what you SHOULD do to solve a problem. = = 2) ** __Answer the questions.__ ** = = 3) ** __Put a big old star beside any items for which you felt less than 85% secure.__ ** = =  4) ** __Write__ ** at the bottom of the page any new or unfamiliar ** __words you would like to know more about.__ ** = =

= = __ **Option 3—Writing and Language** __ = =

= = You will need Section 2 of the SAT Practice Test #3 (Passage 1 is entitled "Shed Some Light on the Workplace") 1) ** __Answer the questions.__ ** = = 2) __**Write a label**__ for the topic of at least half of the questions. Try to be as specific and focused as possible, avoiding general terms. = = 3) ** __Put a big old star next to the items for which you feel less than 85% secure.__ ** = =  4) ** __Write__ ** at the bottom of the page any new or unfamiliar ** __words you would like to know more about.__ ** = = = Homework for Monday, July 6th (Due Tuesday, July 7th) =

For Writing section #2 on the 2nd practice test (Passage 1 is about librarians), (1) Answer all 44 items. (2) For at least half the items, write down a name of an error or a brief description why the right answer is the right answer. Be prepared to defend your work during small-group discussion. (3) For at least a quarter of the items (11 minimum), find a question in the first language test that tests the same topic. Write that first test question number beside the the question in tonight's homework. For example, if question 25 on the first test asks the same topic as question 12 on the second test, write the number 25 next to question 12 in today's homework.

See you Tuesday! = Homework for Thursday, July 2nd (Due Monday, July 6th) = = =

= = For Writing section #2 on the 1st practice test (Passage 1 is about Greek yogurt), answer all the items from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th passages [remember we did the first passage in class.]. For at least half the items, write down a name of an error or a brief description why the right answer is the right answer. Be prepared to defend your work during small-group discussion.

See you Monday! = = = Homework for Wednesday, July 1st (Due Thursday, July 2nd) =

For Math section #4 on the 2nd practice test (question #1: A musician has...), __**underline what each question is asking,**__ and verify you have answered the question asked; __**try to do something**__ on all the problems (if you cannot on one or two, that is understandable, but attempt to do something--like one of the four substitution methods--as much as you possibly can. And __**show all your work**__ . We will be suspicious of your method if you just have answers circled and no work too often.

Finally, __**record the time you used**__ to take the test.

See you Thursday! = Homework for Tuesday, June 30th (Due Wednesday, July 1st) = = = For Math section #4 on the 1st practice test (question #1: John runs...), __ **try to do something** __ on all the problems (if you cannot on one or two, that is understandable, but attempt to do something--like one of the four substitution methods--as much as you possibly can. And __ **show all your work** __ . We will be suspicious of your method if you just have answers circled and no work too often. = =

= = See you Wednesday! = Homework for Monday, June 29th (Due Tuesday, June 30th) =

PART 1: For Math section #3 on the third practice test (question #1 is about a painter), **__identify five problems that are susceptible to one of the four substitution methods we discussed in Monday's class:__**
 * 1) When a letter appears in a question stem and within the same question stem a value for that letter is provided, substitute the number the question stem provides.
 * 2) When a question stem asks you to solve for the value of a letter and the answer choices are numbers, work backwards (i.e., substitute the numbers in the answer choices until one solves the problem.
 * 3) When letters appear in the question stem and the same letters appear in the answer choices, pick your own numbers that make the question stem "work," and use those same numbers in the answer choices.
 * 4) When letters or other unknown quantities appear in the question stem and you cannot do anything else, substitute numbers in for the letters or unknown quantities, hopeful that this substitution will teach you something about the problem and move you closer to a solution.

PART 2: For Math section #3 on the fourth practice test (question #1: Which of the following expressions is equal to 0 for some value of x?), __**try to do something**__ on all the problems (if you cannot on one or two, that is understandable, but attempt to do something--like one of the four substitution methods above--as much as you possibly can. And __**show all your work**__. We will be suspicious of your method if you just have answers circled and no work too often.

See you Tuesday! = Homework for Thursday, June 25th (Due Monday, June 29th) = = = For Math section #3 on the second practice test (question #1 begins "If 5x + 6 = 10..." and Math section #3 on the third practice test (question #1 is about a painter), __**try to do something**__ on all the problems (if you cannot on one or two, that is understandable, but attempt to do something--like substituting some number in for variables or working backwards or drawing a figure when there isn't one given but there is one described--as much as you possibly can. And __**show all your work**__. We will be suspicious of your method if you just have answers circled and no work too often.

See you Monday! = Homework for Wednesday, June 24th (Due Thursday, June 25th) =

For the three passages in the second full SAT in your 3-ring binder (pages 2-10, starting with "Lady Carlotta"), do the following
 * Before you read a passage, do the following:
 * For the individual specific and vocabulary-in-context items, write the question number beside the lines in the passage to which the question refers.
 * For the first of an Evidence-Based Pair question set, __**draw a down-arrow from the first toward the second**__ to remind you that they work together.
 * For the second of an Evidence-Based Pair question set, write the question number and an up arrow beside the last line number in answer choice (D). For example, in the Lady Carlotta passage, question 4, answer choice (D) ends with Line 32. Go to line 32, and beside it, write 4 and an up arrow.
 * As you are reading, identify the 10%-15% of the passage that you think is "important." **__Underline the important words__** that reveal the subject matter of the passage.
 * When you process of elimination on the answer choices, __**draw a horizontal line through the individual words**__ that make answer choices wrong. Do not simply cross through the entire answer; hunt for the word or words that make the answer wrong.
 * Put a big old star beside any item for which you are less than 85% sure and __**list these items on your homework post-it note.**__
 * On your test and on the homework post-it note, **__list words on these pages that you cannot define__** and would like to know more about.

Reminder: Read smart!

 * Generate predictions about what the author will say.
 * Early in the reading, think: What do I already know about the subject?
 * Decide to “look out for” what’s important or relevant.
 * Evaluate what you’re hearing and your own understanding of it.
 * Do you get WHAT the author is saying at each point in the passage? [What's THIS mean?]
 * Do you see WHY the author is saying what appears at each point in the passage? [Why is THIS in the passage?]

= Homework for Tuesday, June 23rd (Due Wednesday, June 24th) = = = For the three passages in the second full SAT in your 3-ring binder (pages 5-13, starting with "Can Economics Be Ethical?"), do the following = =
 * Check your predictions to see if they’re correct.
 * Before you read a passage, look at the questions associated with that passage. For any paired questions--questions where the second of two items ask you to choose the best evidence for your answer to the previous item--__**draw a down-arrow from the first toward the second**__ to remind you that they work together.
 * As you are reading, identify the 10%-15% of the passage that you think is "important." **__Underline the important words__** that reveal the subject matter of the passage.
 * When you process of elimination on the answer choices, __ **draw a horizontal line through the individual words** __ that make answer choices wrong. Do not simply cross through the entire answer; hunt for the word or words that make the answer wrong.
 * Put a big old star beside any item for which you are less than 85% sure and __ **list these items on your homework post-it note.** __
 * On your test and on the homework post-it note, ** __list words on these pages that you cannot define__ ** and would like to know more about.
 * On your test and on the homework post-it note, ** __list words on these pages that you cannot define__ ** and would like to know more about.

Reminder: Read smart!
= =
 * Generate predictions about what the author will say.
 * Early in the reading, think: What do I already know about the subject?
 * Decide to “look out for” what’s important or relevant.
 * Evaluate what you’re hearing and your own understanding of it.
 * Do you get WHAT the author is saying at each point in the passage? [What's THIS mean?]
 * Do you see WHY the author is saying what appears at each point in the passage? [Why is THIS in the passage?]

= = = Homework for Monday, June 22nd (Due Tuesday, June 23rd) = You will need the Black 3-Ring Binder, specifically the first Reading Test that we began today in class. As you read the passages and answer the questions, complete the following tasks:
 * Check your predictions to see if they’re correct.
 * Before you read a passage, look at the questions associated with that passage. For any paired questions--questions where the second of two items ask you to choose the best evidence for your answer to the previous item--__**draw a down-arrow**__ from the first toward the second to remind you that they work together.
 * When you process of elimination on the answer choices, __**draw a horizontal line through the individual words**__ that make answer choices wrong. Do not simply cross through the entire answer; hunt for the word or words that make the answer wrong.
 * Put a big old star beside any item for which you are less than 85% sure and __**list these items on your homework post-it note.**__
 * On your test and on the homework post-it note, **__list words on these pages that you cannot define__** and would like to know more about.