Welcome Back!
• Find the stack of papers with your name on it,
and say hello to your new neighbors.
• Put your name on all of the packets
• Review the goals you set for yourself at the end
of the last unit
• Read through your vocabulary packet and
predict a definition for each of the 30 words in
the packet.
Unit 2, Lesson 1
Blue Team
3.16.15
Vocabulary
Unit 2
Sentence Completion Reminders
• Memorize the SAT Hit Parade words
• Predict an answer
• Look for clue words
• Connect unfamiliar words to similar sounding
words or find prefixes, roots or suffixes you know
• Use process of elimination to guess if you need
to
Complete the review packet by reading the
strategies and completing the five questions.
Vocabulary Development
• In your new packet of vocabulary words, take a
moment to predict the definitions for the first 8
words.
• Reminder: The 30 words you had in the previous
unit will show up on this unit’s test. Don’t forget
to study those words, too!
1. debilitate (verb)
•to impair the strength of; to
weaken
•synonyms: cripple, disable,
weaken
2. admonish (verb)
•to caution or advise against
something
•synonyms: warn, rebuke,
berate
3. alleviate (verb)
•to ease a pain or burden
•synonyms: mitigate, lighten,
pacify
4. anomaly (noun)
•an odd, peculiar, or strange
condition, situation, or quality;
something abnormal
•synonyms: abnormality,
inconsistency, rarity
5. enigma (noun)
•a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
•synonyms: see above
6. capricious (adjective)
•impulsive and unpredictable
•synonyms: fickle, unstable,
arbitrary
7. commend (verb)
•to mention as worthy of
confidence or attention
•synonyms: applaud, endorse,
compliment
8. ascertain (verb)
•to find out, as through
investigation or
experimentation
•synonyms: verify, determine,
Reading: Long
Passages
Unit 2
Critical Reading: Review
• What are the steps to reading a short passage?
Strategy: Mark the Long Passages
Kaplan handout:
• Read pages 236-237 of the handout
• Using the tips you just read, mark the handout
on the following page.
Writing MC:
Sentence Corrections
and Paragraph
Corrections
Unit 2
Review: Sentence Error Strategies
• Check Verbs
• Subject-verb agreement
• Parallel structure
• Tense
• Check Nouns
• Number agreement
• Check Pronouns
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Pronoun-noun agreement
Pronoun shifts
Ambiguity
Case (me/I, he/him, etc.)
• Check Prepositions
• Correct preposition
Review: Sentence Corrections
1. When questioned, a surprising number of
A
fifth-graders said that telling the truth—even if it
B
meant being punished—was preferable than
C
D
living with a lie.
No error
E
Review: Sentence Corrections
D is correct
The correct idiom here is preferable to, not
preferable than.
Review: Sentence Corrections
2. The gods of Greek mythology, who were neither
A
omniscient nor particularly ethical, amused
B
themselves by taking on disguises and meddling in
C
D
the affairs of mortals.
No error
E
Review: Sentence Corrections
E is correct
A has a plural verb to match gods, and neither
must accompany the nor later in the sentence
B is a correct use of the adverb to modify the
adjective
C and D are parallel and correct use of verb
gerunds
Review: Sentence Correction
3. One reason that a growing number of people
have no family doctor may be that fewer and
A
B
fewer medical students are choosing to train as
C
a general practitioner.
D
No error
E
Review: Sentence Correction
D is correct
The sentence contains a number agreement error.
Since students is a plural noun, the second part of
the sentence should also be plural: as general
practitioners.
Review: Sentence Correction
4. Under the proposed law, which many deem
A
B
too harsh, any motorist convicted of drunk
C
driving would spend 30 days in prison and lose
their license for five years.
D
No error
E
Review: Sentence Correction
D is the correct answer
The pronoun their is plural and does not agree in
number with its singular antecedent, motorist.
The sentence should read his or her license.
Review: Sentence Correction
5. The process of learning new languages
A
require a commitment to memorization and
B
pronunciation practice, even if progress seems
C
D
slow.
No error
E
Review: Sentence Correction
B is correct
Even through languages is closer to the verb
require, its subject is actually the singular process;
the error is in B. A and C are correct idiomatic
usage. D consistently uses a present tense verb
and properly uses the adjective slow to modify the
noun progress.
Strategy: Understand Common Mistakes
• Read pages 140-141 in the textbook.
• Complete Sentence Correction # 1-2 in Kaplan
Packet
• Run-On Sentences
• Sentence Fragments
Reading: Long
Passages
Unit 2
Critical Reading: Review
• What are the steps to reading a short passage?
Strategy: Mark the Long Passages
Kaplan handout:
• Read pages 236-237 of the handout
• Using the tips you just read, mark the handout
on the following page.