1. Skills & Drills November 30

2. Do Now – 2 Min Being good at art, his dorm walls were covered with sketches. How is this sentence best rewritten? A. He had artistic talent his sketches covered his dorm walls. B. His sketches were covering his dorm walls, he also had artistic talent. C. He had artistic talent and covered his dorm walls with his sketches. D. His dorm walls, he had artistic talent and were covered with his sketches.

3. Assessment Results Class Average: 62.5% - D Minimum Level of Aptitude: 70% - C Class Break Down: 50 % - 70 or Higher 50% - Below 70

4. Our Strengths 9 th Grade Editing Writing – 83 % Text Analysis – 75% Identifying Different Forms of Writing – 77%

5. Our Opportunities Analyzing Literature – 69% Roots and Context Clues – 17% Reading American Lit – 46% 11 th Grade Editing – 56.3 %

6. Remember..

7. OUR STRUGGLE.. HABITUAL ERROR VS COMPREHENSION ERROR

8. OUR HABITS.. DO WE STUDY? DO WE READ CAREFULLY? DO WE TAKE OUR TIME?

9. COMPREHENSION ERRORS WEAK VOCABULARY WEAK GRAMMAR LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITH EDITING & REVISING LACK OF COMPOSITION & READING EXPERIENCE

10. DO THE FOLLOWING.. OPEN COOMBS HAND-OUT FOLDER OPEN THE DOCUMENT: ENG 11 EXAM

11. 5 STEP PROCESS 1.Examine the Directions: How many answers do you need to select? 2.What is the question asking me to do? 3. List 3 key words from the question. Are any of these difficult to define? 4. What is the answer? 5. What evidence in the text supports your answer? (provide 1 quote/ paraphrase)

12. DRILLS RETURN TO HAND-OUT FOLDER OPEN THE FOLLOWING: Skills & Drills Nov 30