Today: The SAT Writing Section Thursday: The CSU and UC
Application
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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
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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)
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Characteristics of Effective Writing Table 8.1, Page 101 1.
Consistency 2. Logical Expression of Ideas 3. Clarity and Precision
4. Appropriate Use of Conventions
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# 1: Consistency 1. Sequence of Tenses 2. Shift of pronoun 3.
Parallelism 4. Noun-number agreement 5. Subject-verb agreement
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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 101-102)
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)
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#2: Logical Expression of Ideas 1. Coordination and
Subordination 2. Logical Comparison 3. Modification and Word
Order
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#3: Clarity and Precision 1. Ambiguous and Vague Pronouns 2.
Diction 3. Wordiness 4. Missing Subject 5. Weak Passive Verbs
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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!)
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#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
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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!)
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The GAME SHOW Continues with REAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS Books
Closed!