National+Merit+Academy

= = = Homework for Thursday, July 9th (Due Friday, July 10th) = = = This assignment has one mandatory part and one optional part. = = MANDATORY - For Section 2 beginning on page 350 (well, actually 354 since we did the first passage in class today...), = = 1) **__Name as many errors in the incorrect answer choices as yo__**__**u can.**__ Label at least 30 of the 99 wrong answers with a name or brief description of the mistake that answer choice would cause. You may use the front materials (pp. 135-172) and the individual question analysis (pp. 421-430) to help you. = = 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.__ ** = Homework for Wednesday, July 8th (Due Thursday, July 9th) = This assignment has one mandatory part and one optional part. MANDATORY - For Section 4 beginning on page 490 (OPTIONAL - And for Section 3 immediately preceding) 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.__ ** =Homework for Tuesday, July 7th (Due Wednesday, July 8th)= This homework assignment has one part: Part 1: For the first three passages on the Reading section of the second test (pages 452-460, items 1-32), performing the following: =Homework for Monday, July 6th (Due Tuesday, July 7th)= This homework assignment has two parts: Part 1: Complete the Reading section we began today in class (pages 340-348), performing the following: Part 2: Retrieve your PSAT subscores for the Critical Reading, Math, and Writing Skills.
 * **__Index the passage__** as we did in class today:
 * For specific and vocabulary-in-context items, write the question number beside the lines in the passage.
 * For Evidence-Based Pairs, draw an arrow from the first in the pair toward the second, and write the question number of the last line number mentioned in choice (D) beside the corresponding line in the passage.
 * As you read, **__underline the 10%-15%__** you think is important, using the definition of important from today's class.
 * __**Write on a post-it note**__ the items you feel less than 85% secure. Put a __**star**__ beside these same items in your book.
 * **__Write on a post-it note__** any words you would like to know more about.
 * Show process of elimination by **__drawing a single horizontal line__** through the individual word or words in the answer choice that make the answer choice wrong. Do not simply cross through entire answer choices.
 * **__Index the passage__** as we did in class today:
 * For specific and vocabulary-in-context items, write the question number beside the lines in the passage.
 * For Evidence-Based Pairs, draw an arrow from the first in the pair toward the second, and write the question number of the last line number mentioned in choice (D) beside the corresponding line in the passage.
 * As you read, **__underline the 10%-15%__** you think is important, using the definition of important from today's class.
 * __**Write on a post-it note**__ the items you feel less than 85% secure. Put a __**star**__ beside these same items in your book.
 * **__Write on a post-it note__** any words you would like to know more about.
 * Show process of elimination by **__drawing a single horizontal line__** through the individual word or words in the answer choice that make the answer choice wrong. Do not simply cross through entire answer choices.