The choronologycal sat 3 pdf

The writer describes the problem she faced when she saw her sister smoking, and describes two potential outcomes, but then goes on to say that she never actually had to make the decision

at the diner, like all the other kids at school do I

knew if I told my parents, they would be mad, and

they would make her quit That would be better for

her health

Another part of me thought it was none of my business, and I shouldn’t tell Its my sister’s own

decision to smoke, and if she wants to ruin her life,

thats her problem Besides, we have a close

rela-tionship, and if I told on her, she wouldn’t trust me

anymore I thought it would be really hard if my

sis-ter stopped telling me things

In the end, my dilemma was solved because my aunt drove by the school one day and saw my

sis-ter smoking She told my parents, and my sissis-ter

was grounded for a month So she stopped

smok-ing, and she never knew that I saw her by the school,

which was good for me since I didn’t have to tell

on her

In life it is difficult when you face hard choices, especially when it comes to your family Sometimes

you have to make a choice, but other times life

makes the choice for you

Scoring Explanation

The writer of this essay demonstrates a basic

under-standing of the question, but does not develop her

argument fully The writing is simplistic and lacks

organization The writer describes the problem she

faced when she saw her sister smoking, and describes

two potential outcomes, but then goes on to say that she

never actually had to make the decision whether to tell

her parents The introduction and conclusion are weak,

and the essay contains errors in spelling, punctuation,

and grammar Overall, this essay shows marginal

writ-ing ability

Sample 2-point Response

Life is really hard sometimes It seems like every day

I need to make a big decision about what I am going

to do with my life, and its the same with my friends They say high school is the best time in your life, but

I disagree High school is full of risks and dilemmas For example, what if you don’t take honors classes What if you want to just take regular math and english and all that That decision can really change your life, especially if you want to go to colege My parents are mad at me because they say

I had to try harder in school

There are also soshal problems You might not think it is a big dilemma about who you go out with, who you hang out with, etc, but it is Those choices have a affect on how people see you, and can maybe change your life For example my cousin had these really bad friends, they influence her badly, and now she dropped out of high school For myself, I have good friends and I think I am lucky But what if I made the wrong choice, that would be really bad Teachers have choices too My old history teacher Ms Green decided to go and get her phd but now my dad says she can’t get a good job, she might as well have stayed teaching high school High school is a very tricky time for everyone, students and teachers Maybe if everyone had to get jobs in high school they would be more respon-sible and wouldn’t have to make so many decisions

Scoring Explanation

This student demonstrates a very limited understand-ing of the assignment Instead of focusunderstand-ing on one dilemma he faced and providing examples of how it affected his life, he offers several disconnected state-ments about the difficulties of high school The third body paragraph, about teachers, does not fit in with the rest of the essay, and the conclusion introduces a new idea about students getting jobs in high school There

is little evidence of an organization plan In addition, there are numerous spelling, grammar, and usage errors that make the writing difficult to follow

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Sample 1-point Response

A dilemma is when someone don’t know what to do

Sometimes there are risks too and this can make the dilemma harder My dad never knows what to do,

he take forever to decide something and in the meantime nothing happens My mom says hes nerv-ous to make the wrong choice but I think that is stu-pid You ask him a question it takes like an hour for him to anser His head in the clouds I want to take more risks than my dad For example, I tryed out for cross contry even though I didn’t know if I was fast

It was a big dilema for me

Scoring Explanation

This writer shows no understanding of the question Although she refers to the issue mentioned in the prompt, her essay is off-topic and hard to follow Instead of talking about her own dilemmas, she ram-bles about her father and then switches to an example about trying out for the cross-country team There is no organizational plan or development, and she provides

no support for her examples The numerous mechan-ical errors make the essay very difficult to read This essay shows incompetence in writing

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Base—a number used as a repeated factor in an exponential expression In 85, 8 is the base number.

Base 10—see Decimal.

Binary system—one of the simplest numbering systems The base of the binary system is 2, which means that only the digits 0 and 1 can appear in a binary representation of any number

Circumference—the distance around the outside of a circle

Composite number—any integer that can be divided evenly by a number other than itself and 1 All num-bers are either prime or composite

Counting numbers—include all whole numbers, with the exception of 0

Decimal—a number in the base 10 number system Each place value in a decimal number is worth ten times the place value of the digit to its right

Denominator—the bottom number in a fraction The denominator of12is 2

Diameter—a chord that passes through the center of the circle and has endpoints on the circle

Difference—the result of subtracting one number from another

Divisible by—capable of being evenly divided by a given number, without a remainder

Dividend—the number in a division problem that is being divided In 32 ÷ 4 = 8, 32 is the dividend

Even number—a counting number that is divisible by 2

Expanded notation—a method of writing numbers as the sum of their units (hundreds, tens, ones, etc.) The expanded notation for 378 is 300 + 70 + 8

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Math Glossary

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Exponent—a number that indicates an operation of repeated multiplication For instance, 34indicates that the number 3 should be multiplied by itself 4 times

Fractal—a geometric figure that is self-similar; that is, any smaller piece of the figure will have roughly the same shape as the whole

Improper fractions are equal to or greater than 1

inte-gers do not include fractions or decimals

Multiple of—a multiple of a number has that number as one of its factors; 35 is a multiple of 7; it is also a multiple of 5

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to less than 1

Proportion—a relationship between two equivalent sets of fractions in the form a b= d c

Radius—any line segment from the center of the circle to a point on the circle The radius of a circle is equal

to half its diameter

32×23is equal to 1,32is the reciprocal of23

have a remainder of zero

6 × 6 = 36 The cube root of 27 is 3 because 3 × 3 × 3 = 27

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 M a t h e m a t i c s

Downing, Douglas Algebra the Easy Way (Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2003).

Kaplan New SAT Math Workbook (New York: Kaplan, 2004).

Math Builder: An Excellent Review for Standardized Tests (Piscataway, NJ: 2004).

No Fear Algebra (New York: Spark Notes, 2004).

Oernese, Richard and David Smith SAT Math Essentials (New York: LearningExpress, 2006).

Peterson’s Math Exercises for the SAT (Lawrenceville, NY: Peterson’s, 2001).

Prindle, Anthony Barron’s Math the Easy Way (Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2003).

 R e a d i n g C o m p r e h e n s i o n a n d W r i t i n g

Hacker, Diana A Writer’s Reference, 5th ed (New York: Bedford Books, 2003).

Jones, Darolyn Painless Reading Comprehension (Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2004).

McCutcheon, Randall et al Increase Your Score in 3 Minutes a Day: SAT Critical Reading (New York: McGraw Hill, 2004) Morgan, Margaret Peterson’s New SAT Writing Workbook (Lawrenceville, NJ: Peterson’s, 2004).

Pivarnik-Nova, Denise 400 Essential SAT Words (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004).

Reinhart, Susan M Testing Your Grammar (Ann Harbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2002).

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Additional Resources

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