SL-0002+2011

= Homework for Wednesday, July 13th (Due Thursday, July 14th) = There are three options for tonight's homework assignment. Choose one of the following:

> BBB: Pages 469-474. []
 * 1) Critical Reading - BBB: Pages 576-580, 587-592, 605-608.
 * For Sentence Completion items, __underline the word or words__ in the sentence that determine what word must go in the blank(s) and show evidence of your use of process of elimination on answer choices that you decide do not conform with your expected answer. Actually __cross out answers that you judge to be wrong__.
 * For Passage-Based items, __index the passage__ as you have been taught, and __cross out individual words__ in the answer choices you eliminate because they could not be proven using the indexed portion of the passage.
 * 1) Math - BBB: Pages 581-586, 593-598, 609-613. Remember to do math like a lawyer does a contract: __your work must be written down__. Be fearless, trying something on as many problems as you can.
 * 1) Writing Skills - BBB: Pages 531-536, 553-555, 599-604, 614-616.
 * For the Improving Sentence items, __show evidence of process of elimination__.
 * For the Error Identification items (12-29), __correct the error__ in all of the sentences that have an error.
 * For Improving Paragraph items, __show evidence of process of elimination__.

= = = Homework for Tuesday, July 12th (Due Wednesday, July 13th) = There are three parts of the homework assignment:


 * 1) BBB: Pages 429-431 . [For these Improving Sentences items, name at least fourteen of the errors that occur in the wrong answer choices.]
 * 2) BBB: Pages 469-474. [For the Improving Sentence items (1-11), name at least eleven of the errors that occur in the wrong answer choices; for the Error Identification items (12-29), correct the error in all of the sentences that have an error, and name the error in at least five of the sentences that have errors. You may also want to circle the non-underlined portions of the sentences that establish a pattern that the underlined portion that is wrong is breaking.]
 * 3)  BBB: Pages 491-493. [For these Improving Sentences items, name at least fourteen of the errors that occur in the wrong answer choices.]

= = = Homework for Monday, July 11th (Due Tuesday, July 12th) = There are two parts of the homework assignment:

= = = Homework for Friday, July 8th (Due Monday, July 11th) = There are two parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) Tear out pages 444-445. On them, write an essay according to the guidelines from today’s class. Respond to the second essay topic on page 45 of the Student Handbook.
 * 2) BBB: Pages 407-412. Do more than just circling answers.

= = = Homework for Thursday, July 7th (Due Friday, July 8th) = There are three parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) Read "Bernice Bobs her Hair" in the Student Handbook. Highlight, circle, underline, or otherwise indicate the SAT-worthy vocabulary in the story.
 * 2) Make a minimum of 20 new vocabulary cards from "Bernice."

> For every single problem, YOU MUST show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem. = = = Homework for Wednesday, July 6th (Due Thursday, July 7th) = There are three parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) The three math sections 514-519, 525-530 and 543-548 in the Big Blue Book. SHOW YOUR WORK!!

> For every single problem, YOU MUST show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem. = Homework for Tuesday, July 5th (Due Wednesday, July 6th) = There are two parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) The three math sections 452-457, 463-468 and 481-486 in the Big Blue Book. SHOW YOUR WORK!!

> For every single problem, YOU MUST show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem.
 * 1) The math sections 413-418 and 419-424 in the Big Blue Book. SHOW YOUR WORK!!
 * 1) Student Handbook, all of the items on page 29 and items 1, 3, 5, 9, and 14 on page 30.

And of course, remember to run through your note cards before Tuesday's class!

Homework for Thursday, June 30th (Due Tuesday, July 5th)
There are two parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) Passage-Based Questions on pages 476-480, 488-490, and 521-524 in the Big Blue Book.
 * 2) Index the passage with the question numbers next to the line numbers.
 * 3) Cross through the parts of the answer choices you eliminated because they could not be proven using the indexed portion of the passage. IF YOU JUST CROSS THROUGH THE LETTER CHOICES OR IF YOU CROSS THROUGH THE ENTIRE ANSWER EVERY TIME, YOU WILL NOT BE PAID!!
 * 4) Circle the word or words in the indexed portion of the passage that prove your answer.
 * 5) The math section 396-401. For every single problem, YOU MUST show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem.

And of course, remember to run through your note cards before Tuesday's class! = Homework for Wednesday, June 29th (Due Thursday, June 30th) =

Passage-Based Questions on pages 392-393, 426-428, and 459-462 in the Big Blue Book.

And of course, remember to run through your note cards before tomorrow's class!

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: __
 * 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) Classify all of the questions as General or Specific
 * 2) Index the passage with the question numbers next to the line numbers.
 * 3) Cross through the parts of the answer choices you eliminated because they could not be proven using the indexed portion of the passage.
 * 4) Circle the word or words in the indexed portion of the passage that prove your answer.

Your properly done homework will look something like the following example:

=Homework for Tuesday, June 28th (Due Wednesday, June 29th)= There are three parts of the homework assignment: You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these three pages:
 * 1) Using the instructions on Page 3 (College Admissions Requirement Activity) of the Student Handbook, complete the chart on the back of that same page.
 * 2) Passage-Based items on pages 403-406 in the Big Blue Book.
 * 3) Sentence Completion items on pages 520, 537, and 549.
 * 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 three pages that you would like to know more about in tomorrow's class.

=Homework for Monday, June 27th (Due Tuesday, June 28th)= There are two assignments: (1) Make fifty vocabulary note cards (words drawn both from the Robie Learning Center SAT Vocabulary in the Student Handbook and the Sentence Completion items on pp. 390, 402, 425, 458, 475, and 487). (2) You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 402, 425, 458, 475, and 487. You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these four pages: Your finished product should look something like the following example.
 * 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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