HOSTED BY

JUSTIN VAN WELY & KEVIN ROOT

WELCOME BACK TO TEST TAKING WITH PROWESS:

THE SAT COURSE

Day 8

1. Homework Review –You should have completed pgs. 82-85 and pg. 95. We will go over these, briefly.

2. The SC Method Review – 3 steps3. POD – Can You Decipher These Strange

Words?4. Sentence Completion PT II – starts on page

99.5. Getting to the Roots – How many words can

you build?6. HW

Agenda:

STEP 1: Manage the sentenceIdentify clue words

- underline or bracketLocate the directionals

- circle or starWeed out the ‘extra’

- strike through with one line

STEP 2: Predict for the blank(s)Use word charge or a synonym

STEP 3: Eliminate StrategicallyPick a parameter and remove the violators

The SC Method

TriskaidekaphobiaFear of the number 13SomnambulatingSleep-walkingPlenipotentiaryInvested with full powerPrestidigitationSleight of handPneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Inflammation of the lungs due to breathing volcanic dust

POD – Can You Decipher These Tough Words?

HOMEWORK (due next meeting [2/5]):Your homework for next Thursday is to complete the exercise on page 100 to see what your vocab level is.

Then, I’d like you to finish “putting together the words” on page 101-102 in your course book.

Finally, I’d like you to answer all the questions on page 104.A Copy Of This Powerpoint Can Be Found On Your Materials Page!