Daily IntroductionSeptember 28 – September 29

Homework: Class Forum #4

Standard:Define four (4)

characteristics that would enable you to stand out from your peers when applying for your dream college.

Honors:Read posted

article pertaining to increased college admissions standards over the previous decade

What three (3) traits will make YOU will stand out against your competitors?

ACT

Rationale:

Period 1: 20%

Period 3: 12%

Period 4: 27%

Period 5: 20%

Period 7: 24%

Period 8: 35%

Collectively, 21% of you answered this correctly...

Which means…

79% did not

2 Part Question

The very first object Lee forged

was a long, pointedI Hudson

Bay dagger. Many people

refer to this type of knife as a

“dag.”II

Part IIA. NO CHANGEB. “dag”.C. The sentence is

unneeded so it doesn’t matter.

Part 1A. A NO CHANGE B. B long pointed, C. C long, and

pointed D. D long-pointed

Coordinate vs Cumulative Adjectives

Cumulative adjectives, on the other hand, build on top of each other

Coordinate adjectives are adjectives in a row that each separately modify the noun that follows.

For instance: “heavy, bulky box.” Both “heavy” and “bulky” modify “box.”

You can even rearrange the adjectives and say, “bulky,

heavy box.” -

In the phrase “exquisite custom houseboat,” “custom” modifies “houseboat”—they become a unit—and then “exquisite” modifies “custom houseboat.”

Tricks of the Trade

Still not sure whether two adjectives in a row, and before a noun are coordinate or cumulative. …

Perform a simple test: Add the word “and” between the adjectives. If the phrase makes

sense, the adjectives are coordinate and need a comma

If the phrase does not make sense, it’s cumulative and does not need a comma

For example, “It’s a bulky and heavy box” makes good sense, but “It’s an

exquisite and custom

houseboat” does not.

SAT

CONCEPT ATTAINMENT

STYLE

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE

Arbitrary

Pronunciation: [ar-bit-trair-E]

Part of Speech: AdjectiveDefinition: Based on random choice

or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

Synonyms: CapriciousWhimsicalRandomSpontaneous

Sentence: The decision to use 18

years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives.

Examples: An arbitrary decision would

be a decision to go to the beach, just because you feel like it.

Arbitrary behavior would be getting mad at someone even when they haven't done anything wrong.

Objectives

SWBAT work together to analyze

and synthesize details from four

sources, in order to create their group project on one of four generalized topics relating to

Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”

Students will present their comparative analyses on

Puritan authors.

Honors

Standard

TEST: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

PPT: FORMAL WRITING EXPECTATIONS

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