1. SAT Countdown
It’s coming up! April 5th!!!

2. Do Now #2
The SATs! Why are the SATs important? What are some ways you can study for them? Do you know any testing tips? Answer in AT LEAST five sentences.

3. Florida University Average SAT Scores
School
EBRW Math
FSU UF
UCF
FIU
FGC
You can’t even apply without at least a 500!

4. Three Opportunities Left this Year
April 5th : SAT
April 8th : ACT
May 6th: SAT
For seniors, the May 6th test scores MAY not be back in time for graduation!

5. Format of the Test Section 1- Reading 52 Questions 65 Minutes
Section 2- Writing
44 Questions
35 Minutes
Section 3- Math (No calculator)
20 Questions
25 Minutes
Section 4- Math (Calculator)
38 Questions
55 Minutes
Section 5- Essay (Optional)- Not offered 4/5

6. Reading Section Five Passages 1 Literature 1-2 Social Sciences
1-2 History
1-2 Science
The literature is usually classic, and will most likely contain archaic, unfamiliar language!

7. What can you do??? Work on Khan Academy! Work on USA Test Prep!
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8. Agenda:
Today we will be looking at some sample SAT reading (5 questions) and writing and language (11 questions) sample passages in order to help prepare you for April 5th.
Read and answer all the questions in your packet, and then we will go over the answers together.
Mark any unknown words or parts you find confusing. Practice close reading!
Do your best! Good luck!
If you finish early and others are still working, please use your phone to practice on Khan Academy or USA Prep

9. When everyone is finished…
We will go over the answers. For each question, students will go to a station based on their answer (A, B, C or D).
Each group will argue why they chose the best answer. Work together to decide the best argument!
Be sure to consider SOAPSTone- Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject and Tone.

10. Passage 1: New Caledonian Crows
The reading passage discusses a certain breed of crows and their ability to use tools

11. 1. Within passage 1, the MAIN PURPOSE of the first TWO paragraphs is to:B.
Why? It talks about Morgan’s law and then about how smart people think animals are. Together, these paragraphs explain that even though Morgan said differently, people still look for humanlike intelligence in animals. These two paragraphs give us a framework for the rest of the passage, which discusses the experiment in detail.

12. 1. Why not…
A? While the first paragraph does give a bit if history by mentioning Morgan’s canon, since it was published in 1894, the second paragraph discusses people’s continued expectations about animal intelligence. This is not history, it’s current. In addition, the fact that Gray and Hunt share that same expectation means that their findings are not, in fact, “unique.”

13. 1. Why not…
C? While the first paragraph does introduce a scientific principle, the second paragraph does not validate that principle. The second paragraph, as well as the results of the experiments, show that people usually go against the principle by thinking animals are more humanlike in their intelligence than they actually are.

14. Why not…
D? While the first two paragraphs might show different perspectives, they are not contradictory. The second paragraph actually supports the first by saying that while Morgan’s canon may make sense, people still tend to think of animals as more humanlike in their intelligence than they actually are.

15. Passage 2: Ravens

16. 2. According to the experiment described in Passage 2, whether the author’s ravens continued to show interest in a formally new object was dictated primarily by whether that new object was:
A. Edible.
Why? In the last paragraph the author gives the results of his experiment. He talks about throwing unfamiliar objects on the ground, and how the birds inspected each new thing at first, but eventually only wanted the edible items.
Break down the question so you can understand it more easily!
This experiment showed if the birds kept showing interest in the things he put on the ground, or if they started wanting certain objects over others. The objects the birds seemed to want most were the edible things.

17. Why not…
B. Plentiful. As the article states, “the inedible objects became ‘background’ items…” In other words, plentiful items did not interest the birds unless they were edible.
C. Conspicuous. Although this is a large word and it is used twice, don’t let that fool you! It says “the inedible objects became ‘background items, just like the leaves, grass, and pebbles, EVEN IF they were highly conspicuous” (lines ). In other words, conspicuous items did not continue to interest the ravens unless the items were edible.

18. Why not… D?
Natural items did not continue to interest the ravens unless the items were edible.

19. 3. The crows in Passage 1 and the ravens in Passage 2 shared what trait?
Why? BOTH bird species modified their behavior in response to changes in their environment. In Passage 1, researchers put meat in a log for the birds to find. In Passage 2, the author purposely puts new items in the path of his ravens in order to test them.

20. 4. One difference between the experiments described in the two passages is that unlike the researchers discussed in Passage 1, the author of Passage 2: B.
Why? The researchers in Passage 1 hid behind a blind to avoid being seen by the crow. The author of Passage 2 walks with his ravens, leading them to touch certain objects.

21. 5. Is the main conclusion presented by the author in Passage 2 consistent with Morgan’s canon, as it is described in Passage 1? D.
Why? The main conclusion given by Passage 2 is that “ravens’ curiosity ensures exposure to all or almost all items in the environment” (lines 63-64). By describing the ravens’ behavior as “curious,” which is a human trait, the author is talking about animals behaving like humans. This is NOT consistent with Morgan’s canon, which suggests finding a simpler explanantion.
Where do we look for the conclusion? Toward the end

22. Writing and Language Test Sample
A Life in Traffic

23. 1. Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
C. Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.
This most closely maintains the sentence patterns established by the two preceding sentences, which begun with a noun and passive verb phrase (“A subway system is expanded,” “A bike- sharing program is adopted”).

24. 1. Why not… A? This begins the sentence with an infinitive phrase.
B? This begins the sentence with a gerund.
D? This shifts the placement of a modifying prepositional phrase, “in a congested area,” from the end of the sentence to the beginning of the sentence.
An infinitive phrase will begin with an infinitive [to + simple form of the verb]. It will include objects and/or modifiers. Here are some examples:
To smash a spider
To kick the ball past the dazed goalie
To lick the grease from his shiny fingers despite the disapproving glances of his girlfriend Gloria
Infinitive phrases can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Look at these examples:
To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap is Michelle's only goal tonight.
To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap functions as a noun because it is the subject of the sentence.
Every gerund, without exception, ends in ing. Gerunds are not, however, all that easy to identify. The problem is that all present participles also end in ing. What is the difference?
Gerunds function as nouns. Thus, gerunds will be subjects, subject complements, direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions.
Present participles, on the other hand, complete progressive verbs or act as modifiers.
Read these examples of gerunds:
Since Francisco was five years old, swimming has been his passion.
Swimming = subject of the verb has been.
Francisco's first love is swimming.
Swimming = subject complement of the verb is.
Francisco enjoys swimming more than spending time with his girlfriend Diana.
Swimming = direct object of the verb enjoys.
Francisco gives swimming all of his energy and time.
Swimming = indirect object of the verb gives.
When Francisco wore dive fins to class, everyone knew that he was devoted to swimming.
Swimming = object of the preposition to.
These ing words are examples of present participles:
One day last summer, Francisco and his coach wereswimming at Daytona Beach.
Swimming = present participle completing the past progressive verb were swimming.
A Great White shark ate Francisco's swimming coach.
Swimming = present participle modifying coach.
Now Francisco practices his sport in safe swimming pools.
Swimming = present participle modifying pools.

25. 2. When any one of these changes ____ likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.
D.- occurs, it is
Why? It maintains the agreement between the pronoun (“it”) and the antecedent (“any one”) and between the subject (“any one”) and the verb (“occurs.”)

26. 3. The work of transportation planners generally includes evaluating current transportation needs, assessing the effectiveness of existing facilities, and improving those facilities or ___ new ones.
C. designing.
Why? “Designing” maintains parallelism with “evaluating,” “assessing,” and “improving.” The other choices are not parallel.

27. 4. Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that follows in the paragraph? A.
Why? This signals the shift in the paragraph to the example of the work a transportation planner might perform if he or she were employed in a rural area and asked to consider the effects of building a new factory “on the outskirts of town.”

28. 5. The transportation ____ might involve conducting a traffic count…B.
Why? It correctly uses an apostrophe to show the possessive and it doesn’t use any unnecessary punctuation. The other choices either do not show possession or use a comma after the word “job.”

29. 6. If analysis of the traffic count indicates that there is more traffic than the ___ can efficiently accommodate…
D. – current design of the road
Why? This is the only choice with clear concise wording and without redundancy.
In English usage, redundancy is usually defined as the use of two or more words that say the same thing, but we also use the term to refer to any expression in which a modifier's meaning is contained in the word it modifies (e.g., early beginnings, merge together—many more are listed below).

30. 7. ___ representatives from the local public health department…
B- For instance,
Why? This transitional phrase indicates that what follows provides an example related to the previous sentence.

31. 8. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence
8. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
C. Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus on the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.

32. 9. ____ have a wide variety of educational backgrounds.
A. NO CHANGE.
Why? This is the best answer because “who pursue careers in transportation planning” is, in context, a restrictive clause that should not be set off with punctuation. “Who pursue careers in transportation planning” is essential information defining who the “people” are.

33. 10. Most jobs, however, require at least a bachelor’s degree; majors of transportation planners are ______
A. NO CHANGE.
Why? This answer uses a comma to effectively subordinate the list of varied fields in which transportations major.
A subordinate clause (or dependent clause) is a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought. Like all clauses, a subordinate clause has a subject and verb.

34. 11. Which choice completes the sentence with accurate data based on the graph?
C. predicting that employment of urban and regional planners will increase 16 percent between 2010 and 2020.
Why? It completes the sentence accurately. The graph displays projections of how much growth in employment is expected there to be between 2010 and 2020.