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= Day 1 Activities: = = = =Since we are out of school, the tenth grade teachers ask you to investigate strategies for the SAT Writing unit. = =BUSTING THE MYTHS ABOUT THE SAT WRITING SECTION! = = = =MYTH ONE: One bad essay will keep me out of college! = = = =BUSTED: The SAT Writing Skills test now has a 25-minute writing sample. It counts as 30% of the Writing Skills test. The other 70% comes from multiple choice questions, exactly like those you saw on your 9th grade PSAT. Woodward students do very well on this section of the test. =

==Task 1: Read the materials at [|__http://homeworktips.about.com/od/standardizedtests/a/writing.htm__] . You can also follow the links in the reading to find out more. ==

==Task 2: Read this handout devised by Woodward’s English Teachers: ==

 “Tip Top Tips for SAT Writing.”



==Task 3: Click on your teacher's name and period of English in the navigation panel on the left. Then in the Discussion comment, click to make a comment to the post that is a minimum of eight sentences. Here is a copy of the post: Last year you wrote a series of journal entries for your ninth grade teachers. Remember? Generally, you had a quotation and then had 25 minutes to write about it. Here describe oneor more journals you remember. Think about that journaling experience and continue your commenting here by linking those assignments to the SAT-type of writing. How did writing the journals prepare you for SAT-type writing? ==