Unit 3, Lesson 1 Blue Team

1. bolster (verb) to make something stronger or better synonyms: reinforce, support, carry

2. disdain (noun) a feeling of strong dislike for someone or something synonyms: contempt, scorn

3. callous (adjective) not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people synonyms: cold-blooded, hard-hearted, compassionless, unsympathetic

4. cajole (verb) to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things Synonyms: coax, sweet-talk, charm

5. confound (verb) to surprise and confuse to prove wrong synonyms: baffle, bewilder, disorient, vex

6. delineate (verb) to clearly show or describe synonyms: define, outline

7. elucidate (verb) to make something clear or easy to understand synonyms: clarify, demonstrate, demystify, explain

8. laconic (adjective) using few words in speech or writing synonyms: brief, concise, succinct

Practice Sentence Completion Complete sentence completion exercises 1-5 on page 544. Predict an answer Identify clue words and phrases Use parts of words (prefixes/roots/suffixes) you recognize Use process of elimination

Vocabulary Unit 3

1. bolster (verb) to make something stronger or better synonyms: reinforce, support, carry

2. disdain (noun) a feeling of strong dislike for someone or something synonyms: contempt, scorn

3. callous (adjective) not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people synonyms: cold-blooded, hard-hearted, compassionless, unsympathetic

4. cajole (verb) to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things Synonyms: coax, sweet-talk, charm

5. confound (verb) to surprise and confuse to prove wrong synonyms: baffle, bewilder, disorient, vex

6. delineate (verb) to clearly show or describe synonyms: define, outline

7. elucidate (verb) to make something clear or easy to understand synonyms: clarify, demonstrate, demystify, explain

8. laconic (adjective) using few words in speech or writing synonyms: brief, concise, succinct

Practice Sentence Completion Complete sentence completion exercises 1-5 on page 544. Predict an answer Identify clue words and phrases Use parts of words (prefixes/roots/suffixes) you recognize Use process of elimination

The Essay Unit 3

Essay Scoring Rubric Read the essay rubric and highlight key words. What are the most important elements to focus on when you write your essay?

The Big Three 1. Establish a Clear Point of View “People are unwise to pursue love if it causes them pain.” vs. “There are many possibilities, really.”

The Big Three 2. Support Your Position Provide reasons and specific examples (2). Explain how your example proves your point.

The Big Three 3. Have a Logical Structure Introduction Two body paragraphs with two distinct examples Conclusion Remember: Readers will spend about three minutes on your essay. Make your essay easy to score.

What Would You Do? Create a quick outline for the following prompt: Are people unwise to pursue love even when they know it will cause them pain? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience or observations.

What Would You Do? Read the samples for the previous prompt. What works? What doesn’t? What scores would you give?

Working Through A Prompt Let’s do this one together: Think carefully about the issue presented in the following quotations and the assignment below. 1. While secrecy can be destructive, some of it is indispensable in human lives. Some control over secrecy and openness is needed in order to protect identity. Such control may be needed to guard privacy, intimacy, and friendship. Adapted from Sissela Bok, “The Need for Secrecy” 2. Secrecy and a free, democratic government, President Harry Truman once said, don’t mix. An open exchange of information is vital to the kind of informed citizenry essential to healthy democracy. Editorial, “Overzealous Secrecy Threatens Democracy” Assignment: Do people need to keep secrets or is secrecy harmful? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience or observations.

1. Understand the Prompt & Plan What do you have to do? What is your position? Avoid “I agree that…” or “I disagree that…” Instead, take a strong, clear position. What examples can you use?

Introductions Read “Developing a Thesis” on page 158 of your SAT practice book. Read “Writing the Introduction” on pages Write an introduction for our prompt. Compare introductions at your table and decide whose is the most effective.