SAT Practice

1. Click on the link below and choose from the reading, math or writing sections. Click the blue tab that says "Practice Now".

Take notes throughout on questions/topics you are confused about (you are turning in).

http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/sat-practice-questions

When you get here, click the "Add to favorites" tab up above. It is the gold star with a green plus sign on the menu bar above. Add it to your favorites tab so you can access it easily.

Print results or the page you are on upon my direction. (Proof of your work)

2. SAT Question of the Day:

You are required to complete 3 "SAT Question of the Day" problems per week. You must write/print out the question of the day in addition to answering the question online.

You will keep a record of these questions in your binder. The first set of questions will be due Friday, Feb. 18th. (turned in to me, turned in to my mail box in the office, or submitted online via email ) I will collect other weeks at random.

Question of the day link: http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/sat-question-of-the-day

Way to go!

Many NHHS students, including the AVID Juniors, Lyceum students, and others volunteered their time early Saturday morning to volunteer for the race in honor of Mrs. Jennifer Burdette's father, at the 4th Annual William H. Craig Race For Life.

Pictured here: Shontel, RaMesha, Brittany, Catrecia and Lauren!

Way to go! You all make New Hanover HS proud!

Rhetorical Comparisons Project

You will be analyzing all of the songs that you have heard the past 3 days and completing a 2-part project.
1. You are looking for similarities in subject, tone and rhetoric. You are to create a chart, bubble map, double bubble map, circle map, etc., illustrating their similar themes. And noting their themes clearly.
2. You will then choose a lyric (phrase or line) from each song and create your own piece of literature. One line must be taken from each song to create an original piece of literature. Your new piece must have an original message with rhetorical strategies built in. This part must be typed.
Due: Tuesday February, 8th. (rain or shine)

Songs List:

1. "Nothing But Flowers"-Talking Heads
2. "One"-U2
3. "The Message"-Grandmaster Flash
4. "Allentown"-Billy Joel
5. "Paint it Black"-The Rolling Stones
6. "Times are Changing"-Bob Dylan
7. "One"-Metallica
8. "American Idiot"-Green Day
9. "Strange Fruit"-Billie Holiday
10. "Redemption Song"-Bob Marley
11. "Under the Bridge"-Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. "Changes"-Tupac Shakur
13. "No Time Flat"-Kevin Devine
14. "Another Brick in the Wall"-Pink Floyd
15. "Icky Thump"-The White Stripes
16. "What's Going On"-Marvin Gaye
17. "Another Day in Paradise"-Phil Collins
18. "Jeremy"-Pearl Jam
19. "With My Own Two Hands"-Ben Harper
20. "That's Just the Way It Is"-Bruce Hornsby
21. "Streets of Philadelphia"-Bruce Springsteen
22. "War"-Edwinn Star
23. "Fight the Power"-Public Enemy
24. "The Ghost of Tom Joad"-Bruce Springsteen
25. "Southern Man"-Neil Young