Bellwork: 1.Pick up a handout 2.Answer the warm-up question below. Once the suspension bridge replaced the cantilever, the United A States becomes the world leader in this new type of long-span B C D bridgebuilding. No error E (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

Warm-Up Answer Once the suspension bridge replaced the cantilever, the United A States becomes the world leader in this new type of long-span B C D bridgebuilding. No error E (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Answer: B The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is an inappropriate verb form. To match the past tense established and used elsewhere in the sentence (“Once,” “replaced”), the past-tense “became” is needed.

Wednesday, January 14th What am I going to do today? Warm-Up Introduction to Identifying Sentence Errors Strategies & Practice Pre-fix/Suffix Intro Create Vocab & Morpheme Flash Cards Continue Reading Busted How will I show I learned it? HW: Get SAT book, and INDEX CARDS Start studying Vocab Flashcards

One Final Reading Comp Trick… If you’re running out of time and can’t read the passage… answer just the SPECIFIC questions!

Intro to Error-Identification Questions (Writing Section) Total of 18 Questions Go in order from Easy to Hard Occur in only ONE section Test-takers are presented with a sentence that has four underlined words or phrases, along with a “No error” option (always choice E), and must identify which part, if any, contains an error. Example The other delegates and him immediately accepted the A B C resolution drafted by the neutral states. No error D E

Steps for Identifying Errors 1.Read the sentence and try to hear the error 2.Cross out Prepositional Phrases & Nonessential Clauses 3.Eliminate underlined choices that you know are correct. 4.Check for errors among the remaining choices. 5.If all else fails, go with E.

Subject/Verb Agreement Must match in tense and number Frequent questions with unusual syntax (which sounds wrong) Often subject and verb are separated by a prepositional phrase Correct Changes in the balance of trade seem remote from everyday concerns, but they can drastically affect how we spend our money. Incorrect Changes in the balance of trade seems remote from everyday concerns, but they can drastically affect how we spend our money. Try omitting the prepositional phrase.

Prepositions— tell us when/where something is/occurred Prepositions aboard about above across after against along amid among anti around as at before behind below beside beneath besides between beyond but by concerning considering despite down during except excepting excluding following for from in inside into like minus near of off on onto opposite outside over past per plus regarding round save since than through to toward towards under underneath unlike until up upon versus via with within without

Fillers: Prepositional Phrases SAT Makers use prepositional phrases (that tell us where or when things happened) as fillers to separate subjects and verbs. The bird on the ground in the midday sun eat worms. The bird (on the ground) (in the midday sun) eat worms. The bird eat worms.

Practice Anne Tyler’s novel The Accidental Tourist features a character A whose obsession with saving time and money are absurd, yet B C D somehow plausible. No error E

Practice Critics contend that reforms in welfare has not managed to bring A B the high percentage of our nation’s children living in poverty the economic security that they need to thrive. No error C D E

Practice The principal’s insistence on qualified teachers and spacious A classrooms were intended to foster a positive outlook and B C higher grades for the students. No error D E

Fillers: Nonessential Clauses SAT Makers also use non-essential clauses (that tell us extra information about the subject) as fillers to separate subjects and verbs. The bird, which hadn’t eaten all day and was bright orange in color, eat worms. The bird, which hadn’t eaten all day and was bright orange in color, eat worms. The bird eat worms.

Practice The professor’s insistence on high standards and rigorous examinations are not, despite what students think, part of a A B plan to withhold high grades from them. No error C D E Try omitting the nonessential clause.

Plural vs. Singular Subjects Plural Both All Singular Each Every

Singular Subjects: Each & Every Correct Usage EachEach of the students in Ms. Chang’s class is expected to give a presentation next week. EveryEvery one of the students in Ms. Chang’s class is expected to give a presentation next week.

Neither…nor + Verb The verb takes the number of the noun that follows nor. When neither and nor are used with used with two singular nouns, the verb should be singular. Examples IncorrectNeither the senator nor her aide are expected to speak to the press today. CorrectNeither the senator nor her aide is expected to speak to the press today. X

Singular Nouns Subject & Verb must match in both number and tense Plural/Singular Plural: The members of the committee agree with the president. Singular: The committee agrees with the president. Singular Subjects Committee School Business Duo Group Number Every Each

Singular Subjects Practice Each of the Taino’s five chiefdoms, which inhabited the Bahamas A B C before the arrival of Europeans, were ruled by a leader known D as a cacique. No error E

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Vocabulary Flashcards (n) A thing or event that existed before SYN: forerunner; precursor Landlines were the antecedents for cell phones.