Greetings!
We had a good class today. A lot of the class will consist of going through a slide presentation that includes the strategies for the ACT along with samples from the book. So that the students are not simply sitting and listening to me for the whole time, I like to start with a Quick Write. I also do these in my other writing classes, but the Quick Writes that we'll do in this class will be focused more on those big life issues and decisions. This week, I asked students to list 7 of their greatest academic strengths, 7 of their greatest personality strengths, and 7 activities/hobbies that they would like to be able to do for the rest of their lives.
This week we worked through Chapters 5 & 6, which are about the English Test. This is the first test of the ACT, and it's mostly about grammar, mechanics, and word usage. I have slides that I use to present the information; they are also posted on Google Classroom.) We discussed basic steps for approaching the questions:
Step 1: Identify the Topic (see p. 35)Step 2: Use POEStep 3: Use the contextStep 4: Trust your ear, but verifyStep 5: Don’t fix what isn’t broken
Have a great weekend!
Blessings!
Mrs. Prichard
Homework for Next Week
Read through Chapters 5 & 6 -- Be an active reader
Bring to class questions about troublesome sections or topics
Review the following topics as needed:
- Especially read the practice/example questions and the explanations
- Review the Summary
Bring to class questions about troublesome sections or topics
Review the following topics as needed:
- Verbs: Subject-verb agreement, Verb tenses, Irregular verbs, participles
- Pronouns: Agreement, antecedents, cases
- Modifiers: Adjectives, adverbs, comparison, superlative
- End (Stop) punctuation: period, question mark, exclamation point, semicolon
- Go punctuation: comma, colon, dash
Links for This Week
Class Notes
ACT Videos (Supplemental)
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