ErinWood

Please write a brief summary of project here: I have two projects in mind. My priority is to explore the PLATO SAT preparation course. If I have more time after that, I want to become more familiar with Google docs.

Date: 7/6/11 Hours: 2 Comments/Needs: Completed SAT Language Arts Reading Pre-test.

Date: 7/13/11 Hours: 2 Comments/Needs: Worked through some tutorials for reading and vocabulary. Learned that they are very basic skills-based and not for our advanced students who want to improve their SAT scores. I will look to see if there is more advanced practice materials somewhere else.

I can also call the account manager to see if she knows of more rigorous material.

Date: 7/20/11 Hours: 2 Comments/Needs: The tutorial and practice for Building your literature vocabulary was more advanced. There was an intermediate level tutorial about making inferences about literature that would good for our mid-level students. There is another tutorial for making inferences with informational texts. I am hoping that the 9-12 practice passages for social studies, literature, and science will be more like what students will see on the SAT as far as level of difficulty.

Date: 7/27/11 Hours: 2 Comments/Needs: The Levels 9 and 10 Reading Literature Practice have good variety of text difficulty which would be more similar to SAT passages. I will look and Levels 11 and 12 and then do the other content area practice next.

So this could mean just a matter of choosing the right level to start students at, right?

Date: 8/10/11 Hours: 4 Comments/Needs: Completed the Strategy for Reading Literature tutorial, practice, and mastery test. The mastery test is difficult. The Level 11 and 12 literature practice passages and questions are rigorous, but I still thought the mastery test for the Strategy tutorial was more challenging. All of these materials would be appropriate for our more advanced students.

I still have to review the practice materials for the other content areas to complete the reading section, but should be able to complete those in the next session. I have not even begun reviewing the writing materials, and if it has as many components as the reading, then I won't be able to finish before school starts.

Date: 8/17/11 Hours: 3 Comments/Needs: I completed the tutorial and practice passages for social sciences which had both expository and narrative pieces for levels 9-12. In the course, I would include all 4 levels of practice for a prep course, no matter the grade level of the student. I should be able to complete the history and science practice before school starts. The writing part will have to be done throughout the school year.

Date: 8/24/11 Hours: 3 Comments/Needs: Reviewed the Reading History tutorial and part of the practice passages (grade 9). I did not have time to review the science materials yet and will have to continue at a later time.

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