Friday

• Seniors turned in their annotated POW and went to the computer lab to meet with counselors regarding applytexas.org. They also made an account and acquired a barcode for the college fair coming up soon. You can do this yourself by going to gotocollegefairs.com. 

• Juniors also turned in their annotated poem and signed up for the college fair by going to gotocollegefairs.com. Then we watched the info videos below and worked on the AP m/c test corrections and reviewing section 4 of Beowulf for Tuesday.
• 5 Tips for the PSAT
• What is on the ACT?
• Overview of the ApplyTexas application
• What is financial aid?
• Types of financial aid
• 5 activities that don't help your college application
• (PLAYLIST OF ALL OF THESE VIDEOS)

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• Written Responses: I graded the notebook responses #1-5 today in class.

• Beowulf
• Test #1 booklets returned. You can check your answers here.
• Due Tues. 9/25/18: Review and add additional notes for section 4 of Beowulf

• AP Practice Exam #1: Review your test and score. To enhance your original score by up to 30 points, complete the following on your test booklet and turn it in by Tues. 9/25/18.

1. Mark an X on the number of any question you had wrong.
2. Indicate the correct answer for each question (highlight, checkmark, etc.)
3. Write an explanation of the correct answer for each of the 21 questions, even the ones you had correct. This can mean giving reasons why four of the answers are incorrect and/or explaining why the correct answer is right.

Here is the key:

1. A     2. D     3. E      4. C     5. E     6. B     7. A     8. E      9. D      10. C      11. E    

12. D     13. B     14. E    15. E     16. B    17. E    18. D    19. D    20. C    21. C

Here is an example answer explanation: