1. Bellwork:
1. Pick up the HANDOUTS on the lava lamp bookshelf before you go to your seat. 2. Turn in (to the tray) signed syllabus if you have it early. 3. Then, answer the warm-up question below. The wide variety of spices and condiments used in sausage making including salt and, it depends on the ethnic or regional origin of the recipe, coriander, nutmeg, cloves, garlic, vinegar, mace, pepper, chili peppers, or pistachio nuts. (A) NO CHANGE (B) include salt, depending (C) includes salt, and it depends (D) includes salt and, depending

2. What am I going to do today?
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What am I going to do today?
Warm Up (writing skills)
Diagnostic Assessment, day 1
Reading Test (65 minutes)
Intro to the SAT
Introduction to online sources
How will I show I learned it?
Syllabus Signature due Friday, 1/8

3. SAT Question of the Day
The wide variety of spices and condiments used in sausage making including salt and, it depends on the ethnic or regional origin of the recipe, coriander, nutmeg, cloves, garlic, vinegar, mace, pepper, chili peppers, or pistachio nuts.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) include salt, depending
(C) includes salt, and it depends
(D) includes salt and, depending
Answer: D
Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using a singular verb, “includes,” to agree with the singular noun, “variety,” and by eliminating the unnecessary pronoun “it.”

4. Intro to the Redesigned SAT

5. Redesigned SAT The Basics: First implementation will be March 2016
Three sections: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing; Math; Essay
3 hour test, with added 50 minutes for essay
Scored on point scale
Essay scored separately
Additional Information:
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6. Category Current SAT Redesigned SAT
Total Testing Time
3 hours and 45 minutes
3 hours (plus 50 minutes for the Essay [optional])
Components
Critical Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Essay
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
• Reading Test
• Writing and Language Test
Math
Essay (optional)
Important Features
Emphasis on general reasoning skills; Emphasis on vocabulary, often in limited contexts; Complex scoring (a point for a correct answer and a deduction for an incorrect answer; blank responses have no impact on scores).
Continued emphasis on reasoning, alongside a clearer, stronger focus on the knowledge, skills, and understandings most important for college and career readiness and success; Greater emphasis on the meaning of words in extended contexts and on how word choice shapes meaning, tone, and impact; Rights-only scoring (a point for a correct answer but no deduction for an incorrect answer; blank responses have no impact on scores).
Required and given at the beginning of the SAT; 25 minutes to write the essay. Tests writing skill; students take a position on a presented issue.
Optional and given at the end of the SAT; postsecondary institutions determine whether they will require the essay for admission; 50 minutes to write the essay. Tests reading, analysis, and writing skills; students produce a written analysis of a provided source text.
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7. COMPARISON OF TEST LENGTH AND TIMING: CURRENT AND REDESIGNED SAT
Current SAT
Redesigned SAT
Component
Time Allotted (min.)
Number of Questions/ Tasks
Critical Reading 70 67
Reading 65 52
Writing 60 49
Writing & Language 35 44
Essay 25 1
Essay (optional) 50
Math 54 80 58
Total
225
171
180 (230 with essay)
154 (155 with essay)
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8. Resources More Comparables:
Should I take the essay?
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9. The Big Changes: Words in context (no definitions)
Command of evidence (need to justify)
Essay analyzing a source (all about critical thinking)
Focus on math that matters most (deeper focus, fewer topics)
Problems grounded in real-world contexts (math)
Analysis in Science, History, & Social Studies (Engl. & Math)
U.S. Founding Documents & The Great Global Conversation
(Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Federalist Papers; Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mohandas Gandhi)
Rights-Only Scoring (no penalty for wrong answers!!)
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