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Today: The SAT Writing Section Thursday: The CSU and UC Application

The GAME SHOW Begins!! Today. We are playing our SAT GAME SHOW from the BEGINNING! Ready4College Website Content… Use Word Processing on Computer Race to type out the answers – Find a fast typer! “Buzz” When everything is written Read it out loud after you “Buzz”

About the SAT Writing Section An Essay (2 graders, total score of 2-12) (Ex: p106) 49 Multiple choice questions Three types: 1. Improving Sentences (Ex: p137) 2. Identifying Sentence Errors (Ex: p153) 3. Improving Paragraphs (Ex: p169, 170)

Characteristics of Effective Writing Table 8.1, Page Consistency 2. Logical Expression of Ideas 3. Clarity and Precision 4. Appropriate Use of Conventions

# 1: Consistency 1. Sequence of Tenses 2. Shift of pronoun 3. Parallelism 4. Noun-number agreement 5. Subject-verb agreement

RACE TO ANSWER! Ready4College Website Content What are the three types of Multiple Choice Questions in the SAT Writing Section? Page 100 (See “Keep in Mind” Box – Upper Left) What are 4 characteristics of effective writing? (Table 8.1, Page ) What are the five examples of “Consistency” we want to remember? Give a real life example of each (and make at least one of them up on your own!) (Page 101)

#2: Logical Expression of Ideas 1. Coordination and Subordination 2. Logical Comparison 3. Modification and Word Order

#3: Clarity and Precision 1. Ambiguous and Vague Pronouns 2. Diction 3. Wordiness 4. Missing Subject 5. Weak Passive Verbs

RACE TO ANSWER! Ready4College Content What are the 3 examples of the “Logical Expression of Ideas”? (Page 101) Give a real life example of each (you must make one up on your own!) What are the 5 examples of “Clarity and Precision”? (Page 102) Give a real life example of each (you must make one up on your own!)

#4: Appropriate Use of Conventions 1. Adjective and Adverb Confusion 2. Pronoun Case 3. Idiom 4. Comparison of Modifiers 5. Sentence Fragment 6. Comma Splice or Fused Sentence

RACE TO ANSWER! Ready4College Content What are the 6 examples of “Appropriate Use of Conventions”? Give a real life example of each (you must make at least one of them up!)

The GAME SHOW Continues… with REAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS Books Closed!