Skills & Drills

November 30

Do Now – 2 Min

Being good at art, his dorm walls were covered with sketches. How is this sentence best rewritten?

A. He had artistic talent his sketches covered his dorm walls. B. His sketches were covering his dorm walls, he also had artistic talent. C. He had artistic talent and covered his dorm walls with his sketches. D. His dorm walls, he had artistic talent and were covered with his sketches.

Assessment Results

Class Average: 62.5% - D

Minimum Level of Aptitude: 70% - C

Class Break Down: 50 % - 70 or Higher 50% -

Below 70

Our Strengths

9th Grade Editing Writing – 83 %

Text Analysis – 75%

Identifying Different Forms of Writing – 77%

Our Opportunities

Analyzing Literature – 69%

Roots and Context Clues – 17%

Reading American Lit – 46%

11th Grade Editing – 56.3 %

Remember..

OUR STRUGGLE..

HABITUAL ERROR

VS

COMPREHENSION ERROR

OUR HABITS..

DO WE STUDY?

DO WE READ CAREFULLY?

DO WE TAKE OUR TIME?

COMPREHENSION ERRORS

• WEAK VOCABULARY

• WEAK GRAMMAR

• LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITH EDITING & REVISING

• LACK OF COMPOSITION & READING EXPERIENCE

DO THE FOLLOWING..

• OPEN COOMBS HAND-OUT FOLDER

• OPEN THE DOCUMENT: ENG 11 EXAM

5 STEP PROCESS

1. Examine the Directions: How many answers do you need to select?

2. What is the question asking me to do?3. List 3 key words from the question. Are any of these difficult to define?4. What is the answer?5. What evidence in the text supports your answer? (provide 1 quote/ paraphrase)

DRILLS

• RETURN TO HAND-OUT FOLDER

• OPEN THE FOLLOWING: Skills & Drills Nov 30