SAT Preparation & Review

SAT Preparation & Review Welcome

SAT Preparation & Review Take out the orange sheet. Take the five question test. You have four minutes. Start.

SAT Preparation & Review Take out the yellow sheet. Let’s review your answers.

SAT Preparation & Review A 12 page packet is in the left side pocket of your folder that summarizes everything we will cover tonight. There is also a handout on guessing in the left side pocket of the folder.

SAT Preparation & Review I’m not going to teach you math or English. I’ll show you ways to save time and make fewer mistakes. To improve you need to practice, practice, practice. No break If you need to go, go quietly on your own.

General Preparation Before Test Day Commit to Memory the Test Directions for Each Section Have Everything Needed for the Test Assembled and Checked the Night before the Test Know Where the Test is and Know the Directions to Get There

General Tricks of the Trade for the SAT Eliminate the Wrong Answers to Find the Right One Beware of the Answer that Jumps Out at You on Hard Questions Don’t be Afraid to Guess. Understand how the test is graded Write, Draw, Lineout in the Test Booklet Mark the Correct Answer in the Booklet and Then Transfer Answers at the End of Each Section Don’t Go so Fast on the Easy Questions that You Make a “Stupid” Mistake

Sentence Completion Strategies READ THE ENTIRE SENTENCE TO GET A FEEL USE YOUR OWN WORD OR WORDS TO FILL IN THE BLANK “Dangerously high winds ------- attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.” What’s your word? __________________________

Sentence Completion Strategies LOOK FOR THE CLUE “A swindler’s ------ is usually a gullible person who is unable to resist the swindler’s traps.” What’s the clue? ______________________

Sentence Completion Strategies FORGET ALL THE EXTRA JUNK “In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel Lucy, the West Indian heroine ------her employer’s world, critically examining its assumptions and values.” “In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel Lucy, the West Indian heroine (A woman)------her employer’s world, critically examining its assumptions and values.”

Sentence Completion Strategies LOOK FOR INTRODUCTORY OR TRANSITION WORDS Because, And & Since = the thought or flow of the sentence is moving in the same tone or direction However, Although, Though, But, Rather, Despite and Yet = the thought or flow of the sentence is moving in the opposite tone or direction

Sentence Completion Strategies LOOK FOR INTRODUCTORY OR TRANSITION WORDS “Since Polynesians live in mild climates, they experience ----- in adjusting to cold climates.” “Polynesians live in mild climates; however, they adjust----- to cold climates.”

Sentence Completion Strategies GOOD (POSITIVE) OR BAD (NEGATIVE) WORD “The quest speaker on the Oprah Winfrey talk show offended the audience by first ----- them …” Is the blank a good or bad word?

Sentence Completion Strategies LET’S PRACTICE A FEW SENTENCE COMPLETIONS Take out the greensentence completion practice questions in your packet. Let’s work together using the strategies we learned.

Sentence Completion Strategies Q1. Tame koala bears handled by tourists are ----, butwild koalas are hard to control and typically require two people to hold them. What’s the clue? What is the transition word? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word? (A) mischievous (B) gluttonous (C) supple (D) adroit (E) docile

Sentence Completion Strategies Q2. Because of the ------- effects of the hot springs, tourists suffering from various ailments flocked to the village’s thermal pools. What’s the clue? What is the transition word? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?

Sentence Completion Strategies Q3. To avoid being ------, composer Stephen Sondheim strives for an element of surprise in his songs. What’s the clue? What is the transition word? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word? (A) erratic (B) informal (C) elaborate (D) predictable (E) idiosyncratic

Sentence Completion Strategies Q4. Although easily angered by our mischievous behavior, our mother could be immediately ------ by our expressions of remorse. What is the transition word? What’s the clue? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word? (A) substantiated (B) impugned (C) protected (D) united (E) mollified

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Eliminate some choices based on just one blank; usually the first one. Once you have eliminated an answer based on the first word, never go back to that answer again. If oneword is wrong, the answer is wrong.

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Q5. The quest speaker on the Oprah Winfrey talk show offended the audience by first ----- them and then refusing to moderate these ------ remarks. What’s the clue? What is the transition word? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word? (A) flattering.. ? (B) haranguing.. ? (C) praising .. ? (D) enraging .. ? (E) accommodating .. ?

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Q5. The quest speaker on the Oprah Winfrey talk show offended the audience by first ----- them and then refusing to moderate these ------ remarks. What’s the clue? What is the transition word? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word? (A) flattering .. commendable (B) haranguing .. intemperate (C) praising .. radical (D) enraging .. conciliatory (E) accommodating .. indulgent

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Q6. Lewis Latimer’s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ------ the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially ------. What’s the clue? What is the transition word? Good word or Bad word? What’s your word? (A) cheapened .. affordable (B) transformed .. viable (C) revolutionized .. prohibitive (D) provoked .. improbable (E) stimulated .. inaccessible

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Q6. Lewis Latimer’s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ------ the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially ------. (A) cheapened .. affordable (B) transformed .. viable (C) revolutionized .. prohibitive (D) provoked .. improbable (E) stimulated .. inaccessible

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Q7. Although aging brings about profound physiological changes, it does not often alter an individual’s ------; an irascible thirty year old will probably still be ------ at seventy. Without prompts, take the steps to solve this sentence completion. (A) disposition .. cantankerous (B) anatomy .. churlish (C) outlook .. benevolent (D) personality .. laconic (E) stature .. robust

Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks Q7. Although aging brings about profound physiological changes, it does not often alter an individual’s ------; an irascible thirty year old will probably still be ------ at seventy. (A) disposition .. cantankerous (B) anatomy .. churlish (C) outlook .. benevolent (D) personality .. laconic (E) stature .. robust

Sentence Completion Strategies Q8. The general was so widely suspected of ------ during the war that his name eventually became synonymous with disloyalty. (A) belligerence (B) indigence (C) perfidy (D) aspersion (E) tenacity Sentence completions are essentially vocabulary questions. To improve your vocabulary, READ!

SAT THE TEST 3 HOURS & 45 MINUTES ESSAY FIRST AND 10-MIN WRITING SEGMENT LAST 3 MATH SECTIONS 3 READING SECTIONS 1 WRITING SECTION 1 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

Strategies for Long Passages THREE TYPES OF QUESTIONS Go-To Questions: They tell you where the answer is. As used in line 14, “consumption” most nearly means … Reasoning (Why or Interpret) Questions The author’s attitude can best be described … Main Idea Questions: What is the passage about?

Strategies for Long Passages The answer must appear in the passage Don’t Read the Passage. That’s right. DON’T READ IT. Read the introductory(italicized) statement

Strategies for Long Passages Go straight to the Go-To questions Convert the SAT question into a real question “The author most likely mentions Mount Everest (line 37) in order to.” “Why did the author mention Mount Everest?” Go to the passage and read only what you needto

Strategies for Long Passages Answer the question in your own words. Go to the answer choicesand eliminate wrong answers.

Strategies for Long Passages Tricks to Avoid The answer is a true statement but it’s not in the passage Beware of extreme language Women are too emotional. Jazz is vastly superior to rock and roll. Part of the answer is right and part is wrong Exact restatement of a phrase from the passage in the answer is usually a trap

Strategies for Long Passages LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE Take out the bluelong reading passage practice sheet in your packet. Get your copy of The Official SAT Study Guide handy. Let’s work together using the strategies we learned.

Strategies for Long Passages LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE Turn to page 764 in The Official SAT Study Guide. Read italicized passage a top of passage. Look at question 10 – the first question for this passage. Restate in your own words. Go to line 10. Go to the beginning of the sentence (line 5). Read. Answer in your own words. Go to the answer choices.

Strategies for Long Passages LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE Look at question 11 and restate in your own words. Go to line 18. Go to the beginning of the sentence (line 17). If not clear go to the sentence before this one (line 14). Read. Answer in your own words. Go to the answer choices.

Strategies for Long Passages LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE Now answer question 12. Rephrase the question _________________________. Go to line ___________. Read. Answer in your own words. Go to the answer choices.

Strategies for Long Passages LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE Turn to page 828 - 829 Look at questions 15 & 24 Answer these type questions last By answering the Go-To questions first you will have read many parts of the passage By doing the Go-Tos first, you’ve read the passage in an efficient method

Short and Dual Passages Attack short passages the same way as long ones BUTREAD THE PASSAGE. Turn to page 763to see short passages. For dual passages answer the questions that deal with each passage separately. Save the questions that deal with both until last. Turn to page 782to see (long) dual passages.

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Strategies Math Reasoning Review your math Don’t solve medium and hard problems the way you would in math class. You don’t have time. Use your calculator

Strategies Math Reasoning Strategy 1: Plug inSAT answers that are numbers Strategy 1a: Start with answer (C) then work up or down

Math Strategies Plug-in • The total daily profit, in dollars, from producing and selling x units of a certain product is given by the function p(x) = 17x – (10x + b), where b is a constant. If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? • -200 • -100 • 0 8. Page 731 • 100 • 200

Math Strategies Plug-in • The total daily profit, in dollars, from producing and selling x units of a certain product is given by the function p(x) = 17x – (10x + b), where b is a constant. If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? • -200 • -100 • 0 8. Page 731 • 100 • 200 Start with answer (C). Plug in 300 everywhere there is an x and a 0 for b. What answer gives you 1900 profit? Profit = 17(300) – (10(300) + 0) = 5100 – (3000 + 0) = 2100 2100 ≠ 1900 so answer C is wrong.

Math Strategies Plug-in • p(x) = 17x – (10x + b). If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? • -200 • -100 • 0 8. Page 731 • 100 • 200 17(300) – (10(300) + 0) = 5100 – (3000) = 2100 1900 ≠ 2100.] Since 0 (for b) makes the right side too large, a negative number such as -100 would make it even bigger, Therefore, we need to go to answer (D) Therefore you can eliminate answers (A) & (B) without even trying them.

Math Strategies Plug-in • p(x) = 17x – (10x + b). If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? • -200 • -100 • 0 8. Page 731 • 100 • 200 Go to answer (D) and see what you get. 17(300) – (10(300) + 100) = 5100 – (3000 + 100) = 2000; 1900 ≠ 2000. (D) is wrong. The answer is (E). You don’t have to try (E). All the others are wrong & have been eliminated.

Math Strategies Plug-in You “tested” all five answers and got the right answer by “working” only two. Plugging in doesn’t mean plugging in every answer.

Math Strategies Plug-in • If (2x – 2)(2 – x) = 0, what are all possible values of x? • 0 only • 1 only • 2 only 10. Page 787 • 1 and 2 only • 0, 1 and 2 Solve this using the plug-in method, and I’ll call on someone to answer. D is the correct answer.

Math Strategies Plug-in Strategy 2: Plug innumbers for variables in SAT questions and answers Strategy 2a: Don’t use 0 & 1 as plug ins. If x and y are positive consecutive odd integers, where y > x, which of the following is equal to y2 – x2? (A) 2x (B) 4X (C) 2x + 2 16.Page 642 (D) 2x + 4 (E) 4x + 4

Math Strategies Plug-in If x and y are positive consecutive odd integers, where y > x, which of the following is equal to y2 – x2? (A) 2x (B) 4X (C) 2x + 2 16.Page 642 (D) 2x + 4 (E) 4x + 4 Pick numbers for x and y. Remember to stay away from 0 and 1. Since y > x, make x = 3 and y = 5 Plug in these numbers into the equation in the question. 52 – 32 = 25 – 9 = 16 What expression in the answers gives you 16 when x = 3? (E): (4 x 3) + 4 = 12 + 4 = 16

Math Strategies Plug-in During a sale, a customer can buy one shirt for x dollars. Each additional shirt the customer buys costs z dollars less than the first shirt. For example, the cost of the second shirt is x-z dollars. Which of the following represent the customer’s cost for n shirts bought during the sale?”13 (A) x + (n - 1)(x - z) (B) x = n(x - z) (C) n(x – z) 18. Page 585 (D) x + (x – z)/n (E) (x – z) + (x – z)/n Pick numbers for x, say $10. and z, say $5. If first shirt cost 10 and second 5, the total cost for 2 shirts is 15. Plug in 2 for n, 10 for x and 5 for z into the answers. What expression in the answers gives you 15, when n = 2, x = 10 and z = 5? (A) 10 + (2-1)(10-5) = 10 + (1)(5) = 10 + 5 = 15

SAT Preparation & Review