SAT Workshop Session Five/Six
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SAT Workshop Session Five/Six Academic Connections Summer 2008
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SAT WorkshopSession Five/Six
Academic ConnectionsSummer 2008
Movie Clip Treat
SAT WorkshopSession Five/Six
Academic ConnectionsSummer 2008
Session Five Agenda
o Brief review of last meeting-Sentence Completions-Passage Technique
o Critical Reading-More Passage Technique-Question Type Strategies
o Math-Section Content-Essential Strategies
Today
Critical Reading: Sentence Completions
Steps for Sentence Completions
1) Read the sentence2) Identify the clause relationship3) Predict your response4) Analyze and POE the answer
choices5) Read your choice back into the
sentence
Critical Reading: Sentence Completions
Can assembly-line work be reorganized so that, while remaining profitable, it _____ rather than inhibits the development of human personality?
A) taintsB) corrodesC) explainsD) promotesE) endangers
Critical Reading: Passages – Learning to read…AGAIN!
CIRCLE – sentence connectors
UNDERLINE– transition signals
UNDERLINE– adjectives and adverbs
Critical Reading: Passage
Critical Reading: Passage
Critical Reading: Passage
Critical Reading: Passage
Critical Reading: PassageReading Section Question Types
Global
Vocab – In – Context
Detail
Inference
BREAK5 MIN
Monthy Python clips
Monthy Python clips
SAT Component Three
Math
Math
School house rock clip
Math Section Strategies
pacing
translating
feet on the ground
the Macgyver method
identify and eliminate
Math Section Strategiespacing
• The Three-Run Method
• The Law of the Low-Hanging Fruit
Math Section Strategiestranslating
Is, as, was, has, cost =of x (times)percent /100 (perc. # over 100)x percent x/100x and y x + ythe sum of x and y x + ythe difference between x and y
x - y
x more than y x + ythe product of x and y xyy years ago -yy years from now + yn percent greater than x x + (n/100)x
Math Section Strategies
If a is an odd integer and b is an even integer, which of the following must be odd?
(A) 2a + b(B) a + 2b(C) ab(D) a²b(E) ab²
Math Section Strategiesfeet on the ground
If n sunglass lenses cost p dollars, then how many dollars would q sunglass lenses cost?
(A) nq/q(B) nq/p(C) pq/n(D) n/pq(E) p/nq
Math Section Strategies
Math Section Strategies
Math Section Strategiesthe Macgyver method
A music club draws 27 patrons. If there are seven more musicians than singers in the club, how many patrons are musicians?
(A) 8(B) 10(C) 14(D) 17(E) 20
Math Section Strategies
If y = x² + 3, then for which value of x is y divisible by 7?
(A) 5(B) 6(C) 7(D) 8(E) 10
Math Section Strategiesidentify & eliminate
The ratio of celebrities to agents in a certain room is 13:11. If there are 429 celebrities in the room, how many agents are there?
(A) 143(B) 363(C) 433(D) 507(E) 792
Math Section Strategies
A number x is increased by 30 percent, and then the result is decreased by 20 percent. What is the final result of these changes?
(A) X is increased by 10 percent(B) x is increased by 6 percent(C) X is increased by 4 percent(D) X is decreased by 5 percent(E) X is decreased by 10 percent
Math Section Strategies
There are some flags hanging in a horizontal row. Starting at one end of the row, the U.S. flag is 25th. Starting at the other end of the row, the U.S. flag is 13th. How many flags are in the row?
(A) 36(B) 37(C) 38(D) 39(E) 40
Session Five Wrap-Up
o Completed Critical Reading Section
o Math-Essential Math Strategies
Today
Math – Most Commonly Tested Concepts• Basic• Advanced
Course Wrap-Up
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