• Junior Seminar – December 10, 2015

• Word of the day = garish

• Question of the day

Review – tips for the reading section1. Do the sentence completion activities first, then the passage-based

reading sections.2. Be sure to read passages carefully.3. Do not jump from passage to passage. Read them in order.4. Read the questions before you read the passage. 5. Mark up the passage as you read: underline important facts, ideas

and statistics6. If you’re a slow reader, skim the passages concentrating on the

topic sentences, evidence and conclusions.

7. Summarize longer passages as you read. Maybe even make quick notes in the margin.

8. Always read the italicized paragraph before each passage.9. Avoid extremes: Always, never, only, absolutely, etc.10. Read for the main idea and focus on that – don’t get lost in the

details11. For sentence completion questions, put each answer in the blank

and see if it fits.12. Eliminate the answers that are obviously wrong

What can you do on your own? • Read, read, read• Practice read theory• Practice Khan Academy

Today – practice marking up a longer passage• As you read, write summaries of each section in the margin, underline

important passages, statistics or evidence.

Today – practice short passages• http://study.com/academy/lesson/how-to-use-context-to-determine-t

he-meaning-of-words.html

• Take quiz

Tomorrow• Word of the day• Question of the day • Scholarship PowerPoint• Work on Khan Academy or Read Theory (Goal is to get 3000 Khan

point by the end of each week