Greetings!
We had a productive time in class today. We started with a Quick Write for which I asked the students to think about what they might write about for their college application essay. They were to start with 3 and then choose 1 to expand upon.
We've finished the Math section of the ACT Prep and are now onto the Reading section of the test. The Reading test is passage-based with 40 questions and is 35 minutes long. The 4 passages are prose fiction, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. The first strategy is to decide the personal order of the passages and then to work the passages and the questions. We covered basics this week and will go over some of the more challenging types of questions.
Students will write 2 rough drafts of College Application Essays. These will be potential essays that they could use for their own college applications. I have some sample essays that we'll be reading for the next few weeks. The one we read today had 3 versions, each one with improvements. It's helpful to look at samples to get a more clear idea about what a good essay looks like.
At the beginning of the class I checked in with the students about their homework and cleared up some missing work.
Have a blessed weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Next Week
Read Chapters 17 & 18
Take notes, highlight, underline, and flag sections
Read Summary for Chapter 17 on p. 244
Work Sample passage (p. 261 – 263) (Answers in Ch. 25 on p. 394 - 395)
Reading Drill 1 on p. 269 – 271 (Answers in Ch. 25 on p. 395 - 396)
Start on College Application Essay (Not due until April 15)
Links for This Week
Class Notes
Sample "Ellie" Essay
ACT Prep Slides -- Ch. 17 & 18
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