December 5-9

• M 12/5/11 QUIZ: vocabulary Ch-Co sentence-completion questions
• Tu 12/6/11 timed SAT essay (bonus points added to final exam score)
• Th 12/8/11 FINAL EXAM: SAT critical reading, math, and writing sections (exam week information)

November 28-December 2 

• M 11/28/11 visual representations for vocabulary Ch-Co (graphic organizer)
• discussion of final exam: format and score requirements
• in-class work on SAT multiple-choice sections (critical reading, math, and writing) for final exam practice
• W 11/30/11 SAT multiple-choice practice questions (critical reading, math, and writing) DUE
• independent work on revisions and corrections of past assignments 
• in-class work on SAT multiple-choice sections (critical reading, math, and writing) for final exam practice and bonus points

November 14-18 

• M 11/14/11  current events article analysis 8 ["Social Entrepreneurship and the Next Generation of Giving" from The Washington Post, article analysis chart]
• discussion of SAT math section questions 
• revision of vocabulary quiz and other assignments
• group work on SAT multiple-choice: critical reading and writing
• review of vocabulary Br-Ce in preparation for quiz 
• Th 11/17/11  QUIZ: vocabulary Br-Ce sentence-completion questions
• F 11/18/11 lesson on vocabulary Ch-Co (visual representations)

November 7-11

• M 11/7/11 ACT & SAT multiple-chioce with circles (SAT questions, ACT questions)
• W 11/9/11 group work on ACT & SAT multiple-chioce with circles
• Th 11/10/11  SAT timed multiple-choice: math section
• F 11/11/11  current events article analysis 8 ["Social Entrepreneurship and the Next Generation of Giving" from The Washington Post, article analysis chart]

October 31-November 4

• M 10/31/11 current events article analysis 7 (analysis instructions) [Articles from Time: "Landmark Report Sees Possibility, Not Peril, in Population Milestone," "Why the Real Victim of Overpopulation Will Be the Environment," "Census Update: What the World Will Look Like in 2050"]
• Tu 11/1/11 review of vocabulary Be-Br; work on SAT multiple-choice critical reading
• W 11/2/11 QUIZ: vocabulary Be-Br sentence-completion questions
• Th 11/3/11 lesson on vocabulary Br-Ce; work on SAT multiple-choice critical reading
• F 11/4/11 vocabulary activity for Br-Ce words (instructions); work on SAT multiple-choice critical reading 

October 24-28

• M 10/24/11 review activity vocabulary Be-Br (instructions) 
• Tu-Th 10/25-27/11 work on SAT multiple-choice math and critical reading 
• F 10/28/11 SAT timed multiple-choice: math and critical reading sections (25 minutes each)

October 17-21

• M 10/17/11 SAT timed multiple-choice: math, critical reading, and writing sections 
• small-group work and revision of SAT multiple-choice math, critical reading, and writing sections
• Th 10/20/11 review activity with vocabulary Be-Br 
• F 10/21/11 current events article analysis 6 (analysis instructions) [Article choices: "Real Sibyl Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake" from NPR, "How the Forest Service Saved Baseball" in Discover Magazine,  "Senate Votes for Unlimited Potatoes in Schools" in Time, "Moammar Gaddafi Killed: For Longtime Dictator a Violent End" in The Washington Post]

October 10-14

• M 10/7/11 completion of current events and ideas article analysis 5 ("The New Science of the Teenage Brain" in National Geographic, instructions); class time for revision work
• Tu 10/11/11 SAT timed multiple-choice: math and critical reading sections (25 minutes each)
• vocabulary Be-Br lesson and charades
• Th 10/13/11 application acitivity: vocabulary Be-Br (instructions)
• discussion of SAT timed multiple-choice math and critical reading questions

October 3-7

• M 10/3/11 vocabulary As-Ba sentence completion practice (instructions)
• Tu 10/4/11 QUIZ:  vocabulary As-Ba sentence completion; vocabulary Ab-Am & Am-As mutiple-choice
• W 10/5/11 complete bonus practice: SAT multiple-choice math, critical reading, and writing sections (instructions) 
• F 10/7/11 current events and ideas article analysis 5 ("The New Science of the Teenage Brain" in National Geographic, instructions)

September 26-30

• M 9/26/11 practice with As-Ba vocabulary (assignment instructions)
• small-group practice with pronoun-antecendent agreement (activity, instructions)
• W 9/28/11 practice with SAT identifying sentence error questions
• work on bonus practice: SAT multiple-choice math, critical reading, and writing sections  (instructions)  
• F 9/30/11 complete small-group practice with pronoun-antecendent agreement (activity, instructions) 

September 19-23

• Vocabulary As-Ba: aspersion, assiduous, assuage, astringent, atrocious
• current events and ideas article analysis in small groups ("Georgia wants to make high school more like college"; analysis instructions) 
• SAT writing section strategies: identifying sentence errors common mistakes continued
• Vocabulary As-Ba: atrophy, attenuate, augury, august, auspicious 
• W 9/21/11 small-group practice with pronoun-antecendent agreement (activity, instructions)
• SAT identifying sentence errors practice questions
• Th 9/22/11 current events article analysis 4 (analysis instructions) [Article choices: "Georgia is Poised to Execute Davis, 22 Years Later" from NPR, "What You Don't Know Can Kill You" from Discover, "US Military Milestone: End to Ban on Gay Service" from Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Stop Coddling the Super-Rich" from New York Times] 
• Vocabulary As-Ba: avarice, axiom, baleful, banal, bastion 

September 6-9

• class time to work on practice and assessment revisions 
• W 9/7/11  vocabulary Am-As small-group practice creating SAT-style questions (samples)
• Th 9/8/11QUIZ: vocabulary Am-As sentence completion; vocabulary Ab-Am mutiple-choice
• Fr 9/9/11 current events and ideas article analysis 3 (analysis instructions) 

August 29-September 2

• M 8/29/11 SAT essay re-write
• Vocabulary Am-As: antediluvian, anterior, antipathy, apocryphal, apotheosis
• SAT writing section strategies: lesson on identifying sentence errors common mistakes  
• W 8/31/11 subject-verb agreement practice (activity)
• Vocabulary Am-As: approbation, ardent, ardor, arduous, ascetic
• lesson on subject-verb agreement and pronouns (notes) 
• Th 9/1/11 practice: subject-verb agreement and vocabulary Am-As (assignment instructions)
• F 9/2/11 QUIZ: subject-verb agreement 

August 22-26

• M 8/22/11 QUIZ: vocabulary Ab-Am
• Tu 8/23/11 current events and ideas article analysis 2 (analysis instructions)
• small group analysis of expemplary SAT essays continued (instructions)
• Vocabulary Am-As: ameliorate, amortize, anachronism, anathema, ancillary 
• Th 8/25/11 SAT essay pre-writing (articles: "Revolution in a Box" and "Entertainment's Hidden Cost") 
• F 8/26/11 SAT essay timed-writing 

August 15-19

• M 8/15/11 current events and ideas article analysis 1 (analysis instructions)
• Vocabulary Ab-Am: aesthetic, aggrandize, alacrity, allegory, amalgamate
• SAT pretest scores returned; self-reflection and goal-setting (college admissions data) 
• small group analysis of expemplary SAT essays (instructions)  
• Fr 8/19/11 vocabulary Ab-Am application (cartoon activity) 

August 8-12

• Vocabulary Ab-Am: abase, abdicate, aberration, abeyance, abject
• Tu 8/9/11 small-group practice using Ab vocabulary effectively
• lesson on SAT essay: Guide to a 6 PPT 
• Vocabulary Ab-Am: abstruse, acerbic, acquiesce, acrimony, adulterate 
• F 8/11&12/11 lesson on multiple meanings of mad; writing task using synonyms for mad (notes and instructions)   

August 1-5

• SAT pretest all week (critical reading sections 4, 7, & 8; essay and writing sections 1, 5, & 10; math sections 2, 6, & 9)