SAT Prep

Slope & Linear Functions Notes 

Triangle Congruence

Triangle Similarity 

 Erect (n./v.) - 03/04/13

Definition: Rigidly upright or straight (n.); to construct (v.).

Student Sentences
·         In the future, I'm going to erect a new building.
·         As a builder for ABC company, I was called upon to erect a wall immediately.
·         The school's flagpole is erect. 
·         The stiff pillow sat erect on the tidy bed.
 

 Prose (n./v.) - 02/28/13

Definition: written or spoken language in its ordinary form; to talk tediously.

Student Sentences
·         Mr. Cohen's prosing on about hockey put me to sleep.
·         The man was so prose, he annoyed the entire class.
·         The man prosed about his many accomplishments. 
·         There was no need for Molly to prose her words, because I already knew what she meant.

 Denounce (v.) - 02/27/13

Definition: publicly declare to be wrong or evil; inform against.

Student Sentences
·         His speech was made to denounce the issue.
·         In the Scarlet Letter, the town denounced Hester.
·         Mr. Cohen denounced Mr. Charles when the latter claimed 1 x 1 = 11.
·         He was denounced in front of his entire neighborhood.

 Denounce (v.) - 02/27/13

Definition: publicly declare to be wrong or evil; inform against.

Student Sentences
·         His speech was made to denounce the issue.
·         In the Scarlet Letter, the town denounced Hester.
·         Mr. Cohen denounced Mr. Charles when the latter claimed 1 x 1 = 11.
·         He was denounced in front of his entire neighborhood.

 Maxim (Adj.) - 02/26/13

Definition: statement of a general truth.

Student Sentences
·         A common maxim - everything is made out of matter.
·         The maxim of the world is that people tend to be stupid.  (follow up sentence deleted due to meanness).
·         The fact that Mr. Cohen is crazy is a maxim. 

 Compatriot (N.) - 02/22/13

Definition: one of the same country; having like interests and feelings.

Student Sentences
·         My cheerleading teammates are my compatriots.
·         Everyone in Mr. Cohen's class was a compatriot of each other.
·         College students majoring in the same thing are compatriots. 

Methodology (N.) - 02/20/13

Definition: a system of procedures.

Student Sentences
·         I have a strict methodology that I repeat everyday.
·         "The methodology of this establishment is discriminatory!"  

           "Discriminatory?!  You're not tall enough for the ride!" 

Analogy (N.) - 02/19/13

Definition: Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect.

Student Sentence
·         The boy used many analogies in his writing.

 Discerning (Adj.) - 02/06/13

Definition: Acute; shrewd; perceptive; discriminating.

Student Sentences
·         The girl was very discerning of the new kid in class.
·         Albert's discerning gaze alerted me to the fact that they were playing a prank.
·         She had a discerning look on her face.
·         The student found the teacher's discerning comments hurtful.
·         Politicians are supposed to be skilled in discerning issues; however American politicians tend to lack that skill, among other things.

Vapid (Adj.) - 02/06/13

Definition: Insipid; flat; dull; unanimated.

Student Sentences
·         The vapid room screamed for the interior decorator's touch.
·         Mr. Cohen was vapid and caused me to fall asleep.
·         Mr. Cohen probably thinks my sentences are vapid, so he doesn't put them on his website.
·         Squidward, from Spongebob, is a very vapid character.
·         The New York Rangers played a vapid game last night against the New Jersey Devils.

Sumptuous (Adj.) - 02/05/13

 Discredit (v.) - 02/04/13

Student Sentences

·         Spongebob burnt the Krabby Patty and discredited the Krusty Krab.
·         The soldier's cowardice  was a discredit to his uniform.
·         The tyrant's act of treason caused a great discredit to his followers.
·         The student's proficiency application was discredited because the photos did not match the descriptions.
·         Lance Armstrong was discredited from all his achievements.
·         Mr. Cohen was discredited when he marked my test question wrong.
·         The prosecutor must discredit the suspect to prove him or her guilty.

 Provoke (v.) - 02/01/13

·         Not wanting to a backlash, the President decided to scuttle more of his unpopular policies.

 Tempt (v.) - 01/31/13

Student Sentence

·         Nick is trying to tempt me to play a prank on Mr. Cohen, but I refused his peer pressure. 

Conjunction (n.) - 01/29/13

·         They're is a conjunction (or contraction) of they and are.
·         A conjunction is used to take two sentences to form one compound sentence.
·         It is necessary for him to address his constituents.
·         Some common conjunctions are 'and', 'but', and 'although'.

Auditor (n.) - 01/28/13

·         The auditor at my bank had to check if the account was valid.
·         So, check that, auditor!
·         The writer was upset his auditor kept rejecting his ideas.
·         At my work, we have an auditor check everything.
·         The auditor of the SATs better give me a perfect score.
·         An auditor verified my bank account.
·         The auditor's job was to check every small detail; the job often got very tedious.
·         The auditor examined the company's accounts today.
 

Constituent (n.) - 01/25/13

·         I am a constituent of Connecticut.
·         A senator received a call from a constituent about a power line that may or may not cause cancer clusters.
·         It is necessary for him to address his constituents.
·         Cheese is a constituent of pizza.
·         Charlie Brown was arrested for being a constituent in the crime.
·         My constituent has entrusted me with delivering this parcel to you.
·         I am a constituent of the school.
·         The boy realized his television didn't work because he was missing a key constituent to which he would have to buy again.
 

Delegate (n./v.) - 01/24/13

·         I am the delegate of cool people.
·         We had to choose a delegate for our classroom.
·         They sent a delegate from the college to talk to the high school students interested in that college.
·         The delegate from the college came to talk to us in school today.
·         Delegates are who we need to have a voice.
·         I delegate power to Jessica.
·         I delegated power to Angela.

Concession (n.) - 01/23/13

·         The King gave concession to the knights to raid the castle.
·         To find a solution to the disagreement, concessions had to be made by both parties.

·         I stopped my car and gave concession to the people to cross the street.
·         The police officer gave concession to the bus to pass.
·         The loser of the battle gave concession to the victor.

Consensus (n.) - 01/22/13

Definition: an opinion held by all or most

Student Sentences
·         The consensus of the class was that the SAT Prep class was fun and new.
·         The class’ consensus was that Geometry was easier than Algebra.
·         The consensus was that it was cold outside.
·         The consensus of the theater seemed to be that the actors were horrible.
·         The consensus is that Ms. Crosby is really smart.
·         The consensus is that SATs are really hard and most people take it more than once.
·         The jury finally came to a consensus on the verdict.
·         Because the teacher, Mr. Cohen, had a bad reputation, the consensus of the students at MHS was that he was a terrible person.

·         The council had yet to reach a consensus due to the civilian quarter's hubris.

Warm-Up Scoring
1-pt for writing the WOTD
1-pt for writing the Definition
1-pt for a complete sentence
1-pt free
·         1-pt for correct QOTD
·         -1/4 pt for incorrect QOTD

HW Scoring
5-pts free
·         1-pt for correct QOTD
·         -1/4 pt for incorrect QOTD