12/11-14/2015

30 mins: Silently study vocabulary.
- Recommendation: A words or B words
- Why: The ACT assumes and uses a variety of college-level words. So does college. Research suggests if you don’t recognize 95% of the words on the page, you will struggle to comprehend.
30 mins: Linking verbs (subject complements), direct vs. indirect objects, active verbs (transitive vs. intransitive verbs)
- Review: Direct vs. indirect objects & active verbs (transitive vs. intransitive verbs)
  - 8–O.1: Distinguishing direct objects from indirect objects
  - 11–T.3: Distinguishing transitive from intransitive verb
- Review: Linking verbs
- Review: Subject complements
  - 11–T.4: Identifying linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
- Why: Verbs are important. Understanding how different types function is pretty crucial for fluency.
30 mins: Active vs. passive voice
- Review: Active vs. passive voice
  - 10–Q.1: Identify active and passive voice
  - 10–Q.2: Rewrite the sentence using active voice

Cheat Sheets

Transitive vs intransitive; direct vs indirect objects; linking verbs

Active vs passive voice

Mr. Schiffres