PSAT

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PSAT

• Warm Up Vocabulary on the overhead.
• Rubric for scoring the SAT essay.
• Approaches to the essay
• Action Verbs
• Timed Essay

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Rubric for SAT Essay

• Score 1 An essay in this category is
  fundamentally lacking , demonstrating very little
  or no mastery, and is severely flawed by one or
  more of the following weakness
• No point of view
• Disorganized
• Vocabulary errors
• Flawed Sentence Structure

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Rubric Continued

• 2 Limited in the following areas
• Point of view is vague
• Poorly organized
• Little facility in vocabulary
• Frequent problems in sentence structure
• Mass errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics

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Continued

• 3 Inadequate, but demonstrates developing
  mastery and is marked by one or more of the
  following weaknesses
• Inconsistently uses examples
• Lapses in coherence of ideas
• Weak in vocabulary and diction
• Lacks variety of sentence structure
• An accumulation of errors in grammar

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Cont

• 4 Competent and adequate in quality
• Adequate point of view, examples, and critical
  thinking
• Generally organized focused
• Adequate use of language
• Some variety in sentence structure
• Some errors in grammar

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Cont

• 5 Effective in
• Develops a point of view
• Well organized and focused
• Uses appropriate vocabulary
• Variety of sentence
• Generally free of most grammatical errors

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Cont

• 6 Outstanding in these areas
• Insightfully develops point of view
• Well organized
• Skillful use of language
• Meaningful variety in sentence structure
• Free of most errors in grammar, usage, and
  mechanics

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Approaches to the Essay

• Read the prompt carefully, and write on the given
  topic.
• Decide your viewpoint on the topic.
• Spend five min. planning
• Thesis, Point 1, Point 2, Conclusion.

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Action Verbs

• Correct the following sentences.
• The price of the toy on the shelf of the store
  was intended to be a reflection of the hard work
  of many workers and the high cost of materials.
• Under the management of the new owners of the
  store the store is designed to serve the basic
  needs of the majority of the people in the
  neighborhood.

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Think About

• Tough challenges reveal our strengths and
  weaknesses. This statement is certainly true
  adversity helps us discover who we are.
  Hardships can often lead us to examine who we are
  and to question what is important in life. In
  fact, people who have experienced seriously
  adverse events frequently report that they were
  positively changed by their negative experiences.

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Assignment

• Do you think that ease does not challenge us and
  that we need adversity to help us discover who we
  are? Plan and write an essay in which you
  develop your point of view on this issue.
  Support your position with reasoning and
  examples taken from your reading, studies,
  experience, or observations.

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Writing Prompt

• Begin an essay with morality in mind with this
  sentence
• A journey lies ahead.