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Tactics Develop "traditional" old fashioned speed reading habits first Once thoroughly ingrained it will allow the student to input and scan information quickly Reading becomes habitualized at mostly an unconscious level. In this version of speed reading, rather than the incoming flow of information being the focus of attention, active cognitive processes that organize information dominate. See references to “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell
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Review 1
Reading and Essay Writing
Reading• Five critical reading skills were found to
be very important for improvement:
• Phonemic awareness• Phonics• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension
Tactics• Develop "traditional" old fashioned speed reading habits
first
• Once thoroughly ingrained it will allow the student to input and scan information quickly
• Reading becomes habitualized at mostly an unconscious level.
• In this version of speed reading, rather than the incoming flow of information being the focus of attention, active cognitive processes that organize information dominate.
• See references to “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell
Is the SAT Fair?• What does the SAT score seem to
say more about than your college skills ability?
• What does the SAT Focus on?
• Does Speed reading help?
Topic:Main Idea:• The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the symbols
of the United States of• America. It is located in San Francisco,
California, and spans the Golden Gate• Strait - a mile-wide strait that connects the
Pacific Ocean to the San Francisco• Bay. It is surely one of the most beautiful
bridges in the world, and also one of the• tallest (the height of a bridge is the height of
the towers).
Topic:Main Idea:• The first successful ascent of
Mount Everest was accomplished by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953. The first ascent by a woman was on May 16th, 1975, by Junko Tabei from Japan.
Topic:Main Idea:• Sparrows can be found almost anywhere there
are humans. Some species of• sparrows prefer to live in deserts, prairies,
swamps, marshes, forests, and other bushy• areas. Some sparrows in northern North
America will migrate south in winter,• although most stay in one area year-round.
The older adult males of the migrating• sparrows usually spend their winters near their
breeding area. Many people• throughout the world enjoy these delightful
birds.
The Essay• What is the Abyss Theory?
• What should every SAT essay (date) have enough of?
• How should you begin and end a good SAT essay (date)?
Essay Writing
• SHARE Your BEST PRACTICES!• (8-12 Scores)
Vocabulary• A, An, Im, In• Ante• Post• Ben/Bon• Caco• Illo• Ne/Mal• Som
• Sop• Ette• Ate• Son• Path• Mut• Ify• Phon
• Ity• Som• Meta• Morph• Ize• Loq,
Log, Lix• Cred
More Words
• Gyn• Andro• Pac/Plac• Pug• Bellu/Belli• Pro• Gnos• Scien
• De• Greg
*A fun word:Antepenultimate
Vocab Practice!• DE• When property has depreciated, what
has happened to it?• IN• If a substance is not edible, it
is______________
• LOG• The rules and procedures of verbal
reasoning, first codified by Aristotle, constitute the science of_____________.
Vocab Practice!• DE• What do we do when we deprecate a
person’s achievement?• IN• If a statement is not coherent it
is_________________.
• LOG• A lecture on a trip, usually illustrated is
called a __________________.
Vocab Practice!• ANTE• When the date of one event comes
before that of another, the first event _____________the second.
• LOQ, LOC• A person who likes to talk, especially
one who talks excessively, is __________________.
• POST• If you decide to put off doing something
until another time, you ________________ it.
Vocab Practice!• CRED• The proofs—for example, certificates,
diplomas, letters that an individual is what he/she purports to be are his/her __________________.
• MAL• A disease characterized by chills, fever,
and transmitted by certain mosquitoes is called______________.
• PATH• Using the prefix ANTI—complete this
sentence: If you dislike someone you have an ________________ to him/her.
PASSWORD! • A Competition!
• Form Groups