Saturday, August 2, 2008

7/30 SAT WORK

Book: Conquering SAT Writing ( Essay & Grammar )

Topic: Lesson 1,2,3  ( Writing Introductions)

-Secret to acing the SAT
-What does the SAT writing test
-What's on the SAT writing
-What is the experimental section?
-What will I be asked to write about on the essay?
-How is the essay scored?
-How will colleges use the SAT writing score
-Isn't it true that Ernest Hemingway would have failed the SAT essay?
-Don't the essay graders give scores based primarily on length and number of paragraphs?
-Will colleges see my SAT essay?
-How is the overall Writing score determined?
-Are some SATs easier than others?
-If I take the SAT will I also have to take the SAT II: Writing?

I know i didn't really have to list all those topics above, but i felt it was important for you to understand that I have gone over thus said and you will proabably never have to explain it.

Than we went over the qualities of a good essay, and went over the example of the Gettysburg Address in depth.

Time: 50 Minutes

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Book: Cliffs Math Review for Standardized Tests 

Topic: Algebra (pg 119-159)

What We Learned:
-Ratios & Proportions
-Systems of Equations
-Add/Sub/Mult/Div Monomials & Polynomials
-Factoring
-Difference of Squares
-Add/Sub Algebraic Fractions

New Things That I Learned: 
- How to Divide Polynomials
Ex:
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2x+1 | 14x^2 + 11x + 2

Time: 9:28 - 10:26
About 1 hour

Challenging Level: Easy ( Just cause it was a review of everything i had already learned in the 8th grade :] )

1 comment:

KVK said...

Thanks for the update! Glad you're back in the game.

How did the practices go? More detail! We want to know about how Opal's practices went!

-kvk