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New SAT writing workbook
[...]... USING PETERSON’S NEW SAT WRITING WORKBOOK TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE Peterson’s New SAT Writing Workbook has been designed to give you concentrated practice in the skills you will need for both the essay and the multiple-choice questions on the Writing section of the SAT I Employ the following steps to get the most from using this book: 1 • Apply the test-taking strategies as you practice writing the timed...Introduction ABOUT THE WRITING SECTION ON THE NEW SAT I Beginning with the Spring 2005 administration of the SAT I, the College Board added a Writing section to the test Along with changes to the Math section, the new Writing section is expected to provide a better assessment of how prepared students are for college The basic facts about the new Writing section are the following: The Writing section will... FUTURE The writing process, effective writing guidelines, and standard English conventions that you are learning in Peterson’s New SAT Writing Workbook apply to whatever you write, whenever you write The words whatever and whenever are important to remember Using this book to improve your writing for the SAT I is one reason to buy it It is equally important to use the writing process, strategies, and standard... understanding writing prompts with exercises for practice • A review of the writing process • Strategies for planning and writing the essay • A sample writing guide to help you pace your writing • Timed essays for practice • 10 rules for effective writing, followed by exercises Chapter 1 ABOUT THE ESSAY ON THE SAT I Your goals for this chapter are to learn the • Basic information about the Writing section... skills in writing clearly expressed, coherent, and well-developed prose Practice for the SAT I by using the writing strategies and practice exercises in this book and you will be on your way to turning these strategies into life-long habits www.petersons.com 2 Part I Practicing Your Essay Writing Skills In Chapters 1 through 5, you will find • Basic information about the writing section on the SAT I •... the SAT I • Elements of the scoring rubric The Writing section of the SAT I assesses • How clearly you can express your ideas when writing “on demand” • How well you know and can apply the rules of standard written English “On demand,” according to the College Board, is the kind of writing you will do in college on tests and in the workplace in memos, email messages, or letters—short pieces of writing. .. Begin your list for review by writing down those areas you want to work on WRITING AS THE ONLY PREPARATION There is no way to prepare for the SAT I Writing test except by writing After all, you cannot choose a topic and prepare a wellresearched, well-organized, and clearly expressed essay ahead of time You don’t know the topic ahead of time What you do know is that the writing prompt will require you... start writing, you can be confident that your clear, coherent, unified—and neatly written—essay will shine in each scorer’s pile of vague, incoherent, fragmented, and illegible essays www.petersons.com 10 CHAPTER 1: ABOUT THE ESSAY ON THE SAT I CHECK YOUR WRITING SKILLS How does your writing right now measure up against the characteristics readers use to score your essay? Find the most recent piece of writing. .. PETERSON’S SAT ESSAYEDGE Peterson’s SAT EssayEdge service will offer an edit and critique of your practice SAT essays EssayEdge will tell you what score your essays would have received, as well as give you a critique that explains additional concepts and strategies needed to improve your score on test day This service is available at www.petersons.com/ satessayedge A WORD ABOUT THE FUTURE The writing. .. can you • Repeat the basic information about the writing section on the SAT I? • List the characteristics that readers will be looking for as they score SAT I essays? www.petersons.com 12 Chapter 2 DISSECTING THE WRITING PROMPT Your goals for this chapter are to • Learn how to determine what you are being asked to write about • Practice pulling apart writing prompts to understand them • Practice thinking . sentences • Improve paragraphs USING PETERSON’S NEW SAT WRITING WORKBOOK TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE Peterson’s New SAT Writing Workbook has been designed to give you. 060504 First Edition CONTENTS Introduction: About the Writing Section on the New SAT I Using Peterson’s New SAT Writing Workbook to Improve Your Score 1 A Word about