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12 Practice <strong>Tests</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>SAT</strong><br />

81 0 Practice Test Nine Answers and Explanations<br />

at different types of art and to look at classic art in different<br />

ways so <strong>the</strong>y start to appreciate o<strong>the</strong>r perspectives and<br />

styles. The students definitely learn more about art but Julia<br />

Roberts doesn't learn anything knew about this subject.<br />

On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand I know that I have learned alot about<br />

soccer from coaching a team of elementary school kids.<br />

When I started I already knew <strong>the</strong> basic rules and strategies<br />

but I didn't know how to teach this to <strong>the</strong> kids on my team.<br />

It's pretty difficult to figure out how to explain <strong>the</strong> game<br />

to kids in a way that <strong>the</strong>y'd understand, and I had to learn<br />

more about soccer and <strong>the</strong> league rules to be a good coach.<br />

I definitely know that I learned alot from this experience<br />

about soccer and about teaching and working with kids.<br />

So <strong>the</strong>ir are times when teaching something can help<br />

you learn or master that subject or skill especially when<br />

its <strong>the</strong> first time that you're teaching. However, if you're an<br />

experienced teacher, you're more of an authority or expert<br />

on <strong>the</strong> subject already, so you really won't add to your own<br />

knowledge just by teaching to o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

2 Score Essay<br />

How can you teach something to someone if you don't<br />

already know how to do it? That's just not possible. You<br />

need to learn something from a teacher be<strong>for</strong>e you can<br />

try teaching it to someone else so thinking you could learn<br />

something by trying to teach it just doesn't make no sense.<br />

Like algebra. Most high school students like me have to take<br />

this math class sometime during high school. If we already<br />

knew how to do algebra why would we have to take it? But<br />

we don't know so we need a math teacher to teach it to us.<br />

That's how we learn it. It's not possible <strong>for</strong> me to learn algebra<br />

by teaching it to my friends if I've never took <strong>the</strong> class.<br />

Teaching and learning are like flip sides of <strong>the</strong> same coin so<br />

you can't have both happening at <strong>the</strong> same time. Teachers<br />

help you learn a subject and I guess learning could help you<br />

to teach that subject later but you can't learn it by teaching<br />

because you have to know it already to teach it to someone<br />

else. So no, teaching something to ano<strong>the</strong>r person doesn't<br />

really help you learn it.<br />

4 Score Critique<br />

All essays are evaluated on four basic criteria: Topic, Support,<br />

Organization, and Language. The author begins this essay<br />

with a ra<strong>the</strong>r vague statement but <strong>the</strong>n quickly moves on to<br />

state his opinion of <strong>the</strong> prompt, indicating to <strong>the</strong> reader that<br />

his essay will provide two opposing examples. Both examples<br />

are fairly well developed and supported in <strong>the</strong> subsequent<br />

paragraphs, showing that <strong>the</strong> author took time to plan his<br />

essay and list his examples be<strong>for</strong>e he began to write.<br />

The essay is well organized, with clear transitions between<br />

paragraphs and frequent key words and phrases (however,<br />

an example, but on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, so). However, several<br />

sentences lack appropriate punctuation, resulting in runons<br />

and somewhat unclear sentences (third and fourth<br />

sentences of paragraph 2, second sentence of paragraph<br />

three, first sentence of paragraph 4). These sentence<br />

structure errors, along with several usage errors, prevent<br />

<strong>the</strong> essay from scoring any higher than a 4. The author<br />

uses a/at instead of a lot three times in <strong>the</strong> first and third<br />

paragraphs; knew instead of new in <strong>the</strong> second paragraph;<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir instead of <strong>the</strong>re and its instead of it's in <strong>the</strong> fourth<br />

paragraph. To improve this aspect of his writing, <strong>the</strong> author<br />

should plan time <strong>for</strong> proofreading.<br />

2 Score Critique<br />

All essays are evaluated on four basic criteria: Topic,<br />

Support, Organization, and Language. This essay launches<br />

immediately into <strong>the</strong> topic, showing that <strong>the</strong> author has<br />

understood <strong>the</strong> prompt. Although <strong>the</strong> author doesn't<br />

digress from <strong>the</strong> topic, <strong>the</strong> remainder of <strong>the</strong> essay lacks<br />

organization and support. The essay includes a single<br />

example in <strong>the</strong> second paragraph, which is not sufficient<br />

to persuade <strong>the</strong> reader of <strong>the</strong> author's opinion as stated<br />

in <strong>the</strong> first paragraph. Additionally, <strong>the</strong> author uses circular<br />

logic that obscures his meaning. This writer needs to<br />

invest more time in brainstorming relevant examples and<br />

planning his essay.<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r weak part of this essay is <strong>the</strong> lack of clear organization<br />

and structure. The author includes no transition words<br />

or phrases between paragraphs and uses few key words to<br />

help <strong>the</strong> reader navigate <strong>the</strong> essay. To improve this aspect<br />

of his essay, <strong>the</strong> writer should plan his essay be<strong>for</strong>e beginning<br />

to write.<br />

Finally, <strong>the</strong> language is redundant and <strong>the</strong> sentences lack<br />

variety of structure. Several run-on sentences or fragments<br />

result from a lack of appropriate punctuation (last sentence<br />

of <strong>the</strong> first paragraph, first and third sentences of <strong>the</strong> second<br />

paragraph, first and second sentences of <strong>the</strong> third paragraph).

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