Homework+SL-0002

=Homework for Wednesday, July 21st (Due Thursday, July 22nd)= = = You will need the Big Blue Book and the class workbook. You will be working on the following pages: 407-408, 429-431, and 469-470. To get paid you must name the error present (there may be more than one, but one name will suffice) in each of the four wrong answers. Use the Characteristics of Effect Writing in the class handbook for error names and examples.

=Homework for Tuesday, July 20th (Due Wednesday, July 21st)= = = You will need the Big Blue Book and the class workbook. You will be working on the following pages: 601-602, 658-659, 720-721, 776-778. To get paid:
 * 1) Clearly mark where you think the error is (if there is an error),
 * 2) Correct the error how you deem best,
 * 3) Circle or underline another part of the sentence that establishes a pattern that the incorrect part breaks [Optional, but try it!], and
 * 4) Try to name the error from the Characteristics of Effective Writing in the class handbook [Optional, but try it!].

=Homework for Monday, July 19th (Due Tuesday, July 20th)= Part 1: You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 469-474 and- 491-493. Time yourself, and record your answers on the answer sheets provided before these sections in the BBB. To get paid: = = Part 2:
 * 1) Show all your work, which is probably just process of elimination.
 * 1) Read the four-page document within your handbook entitled, "The Characteristics of Effective Writing." Try to understand the different grammatical or stylistic concepts in this document.

=Homework for Thursday, July 15th (Due Monday, July 19th)= Part 1: You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 407-412 and- 429-431. Time yourself, and record your answers on the answer sheets provided before these sections in the BBB. To get paid: = = Part 2: = = =Homework for Wednesday, July 14th (Due Thursday, July 15th)= Do the math sections on pages 581-586, 593-598, and 609-613. __To get your homework rebate__, you must show copious work. You also must use the answer sheets 570-573. If you cannot do a problem because you do not know how to begin or you cannot perform the required calculations, put a question mark beside the question so you know to ask about it Monday. "Do something smart!" =Homework for Tuesday, July 13th (Due Wednesday, July 14th)= Do the math sections on pages 514-519, 525-530, and 543-548. __To get your homework rebate__, you must show copious work. You also must use the answer sheets 508-511. If you cannot do a problem because you do not know how to begin or you cannot perform the required calculations, put a question mark beside the question so you know to ask about it Monday. "Do something smart!" =Homework for Monday, July 12th (Due Tuesday, July 13th)= Do the math sections on pages 413-418, 419-424, 452-457, and 463-468. __To get your homework rebate__, you must show copious work. If you cannot do a problem because you do not know how to begin or you cannot perform the required calculations, put a question mark beside the question so you know to ask about it Monday. "Do something smart!" =Homework for Thursday, July 8th (Due Monday, July 12th)= There are two parts to this homework assignment: __**Part 1:**__ You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 521-524, 537-542, and 549-552. You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these pages: For each passage, answer the questions referring to that passage using the technique we discussed in class. Remember the four steps: __ This is what you will need to show in the BBB to get your homework rebate: __ __**Part 2:**__ Do the math section on pages 396-401. __To get your homework rebate__, you must show copious work. If you cannot do a problem because you do not know how to begin or you cannot perform the required calculations, put a question mark beside the question so you know to ask about it Monday. =Homework for Wednesday, July 7th (Due Thursday, July 8th)= There are two parts to this homework assignment: Part 1: You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 391-395, 403-406, and 426-428. You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these pages: For each passage, answer the questions referring to that passage using the technique we discussed in class. Remember the four steps: __ This is what you will need to show in the BBB to get your homework rebate: __ Your properly done homework will look something like the following example: Part 2: In the Student Handbook, pages 10-11, underline the context clues and supply your own words in all of the blanks. =Homework for Tuesday, July 6th (Due Wednesday, July 7th)= There are two assignments: (1) Make fifty vocabulary note cards (words drawn both from the Sentence Completion items on pp. 390, 402, and 425 and from the Robie Learning Center SAT Vocabulary in the Student Handbook).
 * 1) Show all your work, which is probably just process of elimination.
 * 1) Read the short story at the end of the workbook, "Bernice Bobs her Hair."
 * 2) Prove that you read it by highlighting or otherwise indicating which words in the story were unfamiliar to you. I will be doing something evil when I am checking! I will pick a couple of random pages and ask you difficult words. If I find that you do NOT know the words and that you did NOT highlight them, you will NOT be paid. You do not have to look such words up; highlighting them protects you from evil Mr. Robie.
 * 1) Read to the next indexed item.
 * 2) Read and interpret the question without looking at the answers. [What is the topic of the question? What is the question asking about that topic?]
 * 3) Answer the question from the passage using the Rule of Five Lines. [What is the topic of this portion of the passage? What does the author say about the topic? What conclusion does the author invite you to come to?]
 * 4) Eliminate answer choices that you cannot prove from this part of the passage. The answer you pick should be like the answer you produced from Step 3. You should be able to point to the place in the passage that proves your answer.
 * 1) Index the passage.
 * 2) Cross through the parts of the answer choices you eliminated because they could not be proven using the indexed portion of the passage.
 * 3) Circle the word or words in the indexed portion of the passage that prove your answer.
 * 1) Read to the next indexed item.
 * 2) Read and interpret the question without looking at the answers. [What is the topic of the question? What is the question asking about that topic?]
 * 3) Answer the question from the passage using the Rule of Five Lines. [What is the topic of this portion of the passage? What does the author say about the topic? What conclusion does the author invite you to come to?]
 * 4) Eliminate answer choices that you cannot prove from this part of the passage. The answer you pick should be like the answer you produced from Step 3. You should be able to point to the place in the passage that proves your answer.
 * 1) Index the passage.
 * 2) Cross through the parts of the answer choices you eliminated because they could not be proven using the indexed portion of the passage.
 * 3) Circle the word or words in the indexed portion of the passage that prove your answer.

(2) You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 458, 475 and 487. You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these four pages: =Homework for Monday, July 5th (Due Tuesday, July 6th)= There are two assignments: (1) Complete the chart of the College Admissions Requirements Activity (page 4 in the Student Handbook) by following directions on page 3. (2) You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 402 and 425. You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these four pages:
 * For each item, __underline the word or words__ in the sentence that determine what word must go in the blank(s);
 * __Write in your own word__(s) in the blank(s);
 * When you reveal the answer choices on some items, you will decide that one of the choices fits well with your expected word from the previous step. If, however, none of the answers jumps out as "right," show evidence of your use of process of elimination on certain answer choices that you decide do not conform with your expected answer from the previous step. Actually __cross out answers that you judge to be wrong__ if you use this process.
 * Circle or otherwise identify any words on these five pages that you would like to know more about in tomorrow's class.
 * For each item, __underline the word or words__ in the sentence that determine what word must go in the blank(s);
 * __Write in your own word__(s) in the blank(s);
 * When you reveal the answer choices on some items, you will decide that one of the choices fits well with your expected word from the previous step. If, however, none of the answers jumps out as "right," show evidence of your use of process of elimination on certain answer choices that you decide do not conform with your expected answer from the previous step. Actually __cross out answers that you judge to be wrong__ if you use this process.
 * Circle or otherwise identify any words on these five pages that you would like to know more about in tomorrow's class.

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