Homework for Wednesday 7-16-08

1. Level B Exercises in Barron's Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT -page 56 to 64
2. Review Vocabulary from Level A Exercises -page 48 to 55
   
3. Four Journal Entry Assignments due by Friday.
4. Review Literary Vocabulary Words
   

End World Hunger and Work on SAT Vocabulary

One cool way to learn vocabulary words and end world hunger is visiting Free Rice dot com. This site sponsored by many corporate giants. You can practice building your vocabulary here. Two birds with one stone!

New Daily Homework Routine

In order to improve your critical reading and writing skills we'll use the following template:

-Read a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, or The Economist article, choose any article that interests you. It doesn't have to be really long, but don't pick something really short either. A good length is about 250-800 words.

-Look up words you don't know and paste the word and its definition in a separate post. Collect the words into one post.
For example:

affluent: flowing in abundance

-Write 250- 350 words opinion piece about the article or an aspect of the article. Provide clear, descriptive, and insightful arguments.

-Link to article at the end of your post.
For example:

Response to: Surge in Enrollment Alters Schools

-Do this four times a week, once daily from Monday through Friday.

-I will check two or three of them a week.

College Boards SAT Essay Writing Effective Tips

Knowing how the College Board essay readers grade is vital in how to score well.

You can find the information here.

Purdue Online Writing Lab

Purdue's Online Writing Lab is an excellent resource for you to improve your writing skills.

Please check it out and look through it. It is especially helpful for those of you who need refreshers on English grammar rules and conventions.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

MagnetEdu dot Com Trials

Hi Guys,

Please remember to use http://magnetedu.com/ as an additional resource. It's worth 1,900,000 won (~$1,900).

At the very least watch the videos in the critical reading and writing sections. It shouldn't take much longer than Six to Ten hours. While you are watching them take notes!!!

For the username and password - email me. You should already have it as I gave it to you in class.

Further Instructions:

1. Use Internet Explorer and go to: http://www.magnetedu.com
   
2. Login with name and password
3. Click on "My Info"
4. Click on "Live Q&A Class"
5. Click on "My SAT2400 VOD"
6. View or Review the videos
   

You can use it to review and let me know what you think in the comments below this post.

SAT Vocabulary Roots Worksheet

Here is a vocabulary roots worksheet inspired by Wordsmart.

You can find it here: SAT Word Roots Worksheet