Sentence Completion Notes

•  First part of reading section is 7-8 per sentence
• Questions arranged in order of difficulty

1. Cover answer choices
2. Look for clue and put in a synonym of your own
3. Put in the words closes to the synonym
4. Use process of elimination 

• Go for harder answers toward the end of the test
• Half the sentence completions have 2 blanks 

ESSAY NOTES

• Essay section is first and takes 25 minutes 
• Write persuasively
• Present views on the broad topic
• Graded by two people (scores out of six)
• Worth 30% of "writing"
• Graders only read for 1-2 minutes
• Make it neat
• Answer question!
• Be organized
• Be specific with examples
• Check grammar
• Usually a variety of answers and responses to the essay
• You either: agree, agree with exceptions, disagree, disagree with exceptions
• Use transition words to begin body paragraphs 
• Conclusion: restate thesis
• 25 minute essay: first 5 brainstorm, 15 for the writing, 5 to check
• Intro, 2-3 Body, conclusion
• Grammar, spelling, style

Freak Out Number 2

I thought it was easier once I knew some guide lines. I read notes on what it should look like, kinda like the basis of it. I liked this one better although with more guidelines it was a little less creative and a bit harder as far as structurising it. I thought I lost some of my good points from the original copy but it is more pithy and concise without that anyway.

FAQ Reflection

In the FAQ and Secrets of the SAT, I learned that you shouldn't spend more than a minute and a half on any question. I thought the SAT was like hours on end. But now I know it is only three hours and forty five minutes. I also know that the questions increase in difficulty as the test section progresses. Now I know that I only need to read the directions once because they remain the same throughout the entire test. Start with choice "C" because it's in the middle and at least for numbers you can tell which by plugging in the number and seeing if it should be lower or higher.

MaryKate Freakout

I don't really mind things like essays or writing samples. I love to write so that might be why. My "freak out" was really unorganized but no big deal. I like questions like the one about identity, ones you can think about for a while and kind of be on both sides on. I really was positive i thought identity came from society but then halfway through i started questioning something else... I act somewhat like my family. Picking a side can be difficult.
I Did Well:

• Some topic sentences
• Lengthy 
• Point of view

I Didn't Do Well:

• Orginazation
• Some topic sentences
• Thesis
• Connection
• Too many sentences in into paragraph
• Too many paragraphs