SW-0001+2011

Homework for Wednesday, June 22nd (Due Thursday, June 23rd)

There are three parts of the homework assignment:


 * 1) The multiple choice writing skills section on 531-536. Show evidence of taking the section, as above. For questions 12-29, if a sentence in fact does have an error, correct the sentence in your book.
 * 2) The multiple choice writing skills section on 553-555. Try using the "Characteristics of Effective Writing" in the Student Handbook to name as many errors as you can.
 * 3) Student Handbook - pages 9-10: Underline the important parts of the sentence that "give away" the meaning of the word in the blank AND fill in the blanks with the best SAT-quality words that you can.

Homework for Tuesday, June 21st (Due Wednesday, June 22nd)

There are three parts of the homework assignment:


 * 1) The multiple choice writing skills section on 429-431. Show evidence of taking the section, like trying to name errors that are listed in the Student Handbook on the Characteristics of Effective Writing pages.
 * 2) The multiple choice writing skills section on 469-474. Show evidence of taking the section, as above. For questions 12-29, if a sentence in fact does have an error, try your best to correct the sentence in your book.
 * 3) The multiple choice writing skills section on 491-493. Show evidence of taking the section, as above.

Homework for Monday, June 20th (Due Tuesday, June 21st)

There are two parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) The multiple-choice writing skills section on 407-412. Show evidence of taking the section.
 * 2) In the Student Handbook, find the first essay prompt for January 2011 on page 47. Write an essay outlining your position on this topic on 444-445 of the Big Blue Book. Your essay will be evaluated using the rubric below.



Homework for Wednesday, June 15th (Due Thursday, June 16th)

There are two parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) The two math sections 513-518 and 525-530: For as many problems as you can, you must show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem. One suggestion: Try substituting in from the answers (working backwards) or substituting in your own numbers. You may just unlock the problem! SHOW ALL YOUR WORK! Remember to do the math section like a lawyer would: If it isn't written down, it didn't happen.
 * 2) In the Student Handbook, pages 31-32 (the Exponents pages).

Homework for Tuesday, June 14th (Due Wednesday, June 15th)

There are two parts of the homework assignment:
 * 1) The two math sections 463-468 and 481-486: For as many problems as you can, you must show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem. One suggestion: Try substituting in from the answers (working backwards) or substituting in your own numbers. You may just unlock the problem! SHOW ALL YOUR WORK! Remember to do the math section like a lawyer would: If it isn't written down, it didn't happen.
 * 2) In the Student Handbook, page 27: items 7, 9, 13, and 21; page 28: items 1 and 3; page 29: all 12 items.

Homework for Monday, June 13th (Due Tuesday, June 14th)

The three math sections 413-418, 419-424, and 452-457: For as many problems as you can, you must show evidence of having tried at least one thing to do one step of the problem. One suggestion: Try substituting in from the answers (working backwards) or substituting in your own numbers. You may just unlock the problem! SHOW ALL YOUR WORK! Remember to do the math section like a lawyer would: If it isn't written down, it didn't happen.

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

Homework for Thursday, June 9th (Due Monday, June 13th)

There are three parts of the homework assignment:
 * 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 Questions on pages 476-480 in the Big Blue Book.
 * 3) Index the passage with the question numbers next to the line numbers.
 * 4) Cross through the parts of the answer choices you eliminated because they could not be proven using the indexed portion of the passage.
 * 5) Circle the word or words in the indexed portion of the passage that prove your answer.
 * 6) 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 tomorrow's class!

Homework for Wednesday, June 8th (Due Thursday, June 9th)

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

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

Critical Reading
You will need the Big Blue Book. You will be working on the following pages: 426-428, and 459-462. You are to complete the following tasks for the items on these pages: __ This is what you will need to show in the BBB to get your homework rebate: __
 * For each passage, answer the questions referring to that passage using the technique we discussed in class. Remember the four steps:
 * 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.

Passage-Based Questions:

 * 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: