2d (edited) • PSAT Prep 📝
Review over classroom
I messed out of yesterdays lessons. So I should do them rn before moving on.
Clocked in: 11:48
I'll do a quick review of all the stuff I learned before I get into that tho.
Grammar: Independent vs. Dependent Clauses
1. Determine if the following is an Independent Clause or a Dependent Clause:
"How she managed to organize the entire event in two days."
- B) Dependent Clause ✔️
2. Determine if the following is an Independent Clause or a Dependent Clause:
"Because the storm knocked out the power lines, the city provided generators."
- A) Independent Clause ✔️
3. Determine if the following is an Independent Clause or a Dependent Clause:
"The student who won first place in the regional science fair."
- A) Independent Clause. I was a bit stumped on this one.✖️
ANSWER: There is no main verb telling us what happened to the student overall (e.g., "The student who won first place in the regional science fair received a scholarship"). Without that main verb, it's an incomplete fragment.
Grammar: Punctuation Rules
4. The museum restored three ancient artifacts ____ a Greek vase, a Roman coin, and an Egyptian amulet.
- B) artifacts: ✔️
5. The lead engineer drafted a new design proposal ____ however, the budget committee rejected the additional costs.
- B) proposal; cant be a comma bucause of FANBOYS. oh wait, there's no h ?? idk. probably b anyway.✔️
6. The expedition team visited several major cities, including Kyoto, Japan ____ Seoul, South Korea ____ and Beijing, China.
- B) Japan; / South Korea;✔️
7. The university offered generous scholarships for incoming students ____ for tuition costs had risen sharply over the past decade.
- A) students,✔️
Desmos Math Commands
8. In Desmos, if you type a = [2, 5, 9, 12, 17], which command will find the average of those numbers?
- C) mean(a)✔️
9. If you type median(a) - mean(a) in Desmos, what calculation is Desmos performing?
- A) Subtracting the average from the middle value of list a✔️
Reading Passages
10. In a PSAT reading passage, if a sentence starts with a introductory dependent clause followed by a comma, what usually comes next to complete the main thought?
- C) An independent clause containing the main subject and main action✔️
9/10 90%
NOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭
review:
3. Determine if the following is an Independent Clause or a Dependent Clause:
"The student who won first place in the regional science fair."
- A) Independent Clause. I was a bit stumped on this one.✖️
ANSWER: There is no main verb telling us what happened to the student overall (e.g., "The student who won first place in the regional science fair received a scholarship"). Without that main verb, it's an incomplete fragment.
-> I know it sounded wrong, but I picked a because it looked like it had a subject and main verb, plus it didn't start with wasabi. :/
Ill do another question simmilar to this to redeem myself.
Determine if the following is an Independent Clause or a Dependent Clause:
"The musician who played the piano during the ceremony."
- B) Dependent Clause✅
OBJECTIVE:
[YESTERDAY] Step 3: Other Weird Punctuation Situations
[YESTERDAY] Technique 2 - Single-Variable Equations
[YESTERDAY] Step 1.5 - Note-taking (this is practically a full lesson. Ill pretend its Step 2)
Step 4: Verbs
Technique 3 - System of Equations
Step 2 - Answer Choice Selection
Step 3: Other Weird Punctuation Situations
After watching, I think the main take away is that if sentace parts A & B contraidict eachother, the semini colons goes after 'however'.
clocked out: 12:31
Clocked back in: 7:22
Notes under the video:
You don't need commas around a title (bc its essietal information).
semi colon after however is sentace A & B contract with each other.
Practice problems:
1. The legendary ____ Paul McCartney was known for his beautiful love songs.
B) Beatle✔️
ANSWER: B. The title is "Beatle" and the name is "Paul McCartney." Therefore, no comma is required.
2. It is not clear if, barring a huge change in administration ____ there can be anything done on this issue.
A) policy,✔️
ANSWER: A. The "barring a huge change in administration policy" part of the sentence is unnecessary information. Therefore, two commas must be used to separate the unnecessary information from the rest of the sentence.
3. The ____ has ruined all of our lives.
B) dog, I bought at the pet store,✖️
ANSWER: A. "dog I bought at the pet store" is the subject of the sentence, since it performs the action "has ruined all of our lives." You cannot remove anything from the sentence and have it still make sense, so there is no unnecessary information.
4. Alex Hormozi has amazed the world by having the most successful book launch in history. His accomplishments are not confined to ____ he also has a huge social media presence and has started multiple incredibly successful businesses.
B) literature, however, ✖️
ANSWER: C. The first sentence (Alex Hormozi has amazed the world by having the most successful book launch in history) contradicts with the first part of the second sentence (His accomplishments are not confined to business). Therefore, the semicolon must be at the end of the choice.
5. The SAT is approachable for anyone. Whether you have a lot of experience or little, the SAT is ____ taking Geometry and Algebra II does help make the study process easier.
A) doable; nevertheless, ✔️
ANSWER: A. The first sentence (The SAT is approachable for anyone) contradicts with the second part of the second sentence (taking Geometry and Algebra II does help make the study process easier).
3/5 60%
FAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Review:
3. The ____ has ruined all of our lives.
B) dog, I bought at the pet store,✖️
ANSWER: A. "dog I bought at the pet store" is the subject of the sentence, since it performs the action "has ruined all of our lives." You cannot remove anything from the sentence and have it still make sense, so there is no unnecessary information.
->wow. I didn't know It was essitaal information.
4. Alex Hormozi has amazed the world by having the most successful book launch in history. His accomplishments are not confined to ____ he also has a huge social media presence and has started multiple incredibly successful businesses.
B) literature, however, ✖️
ANSWER: C. The first sentence (Alex Hormozi has amazed the world by having the most successful book launch in history) contradicts with the first part of the second sentence (His accomplishments are not confined to business). Therefore, the semicolon must be at the end of the choice.
->I thought nothing was contradicting eachother, because the first sentence didn't confine his acholishments to only books. oh well :')
Redemtion:
Question 1
The ancient scroll ____ was donated to the museum by a local historian last year.
- B) that the archeologist discovered in Egypt✅
Question 2
Dr. Aris Thorne has dedicated decades of research to marine biology. His contributions to science are not limited to oceanic studies ____ he has also written extensively on wildlife conservation across North America.
- A) oceanography, however;✅
2/2 100%
YEEESSSSSS, TEXT TOPIC LETS GOOOOOOOOO
Technique 2 - Single-Variable Equations
Video notes: Just make each side y= blah blah to get a better scope.
Problem 1:
x^2-7x+12=0
x=4 x=3✔️
Problem 2:
3^x=2x+5
x=2, x~-2.4✔️
Problem 3:
(5/x-1)=x-3
x~4.4❓, x~-0.44✔️
Problem 4:
|2x-7|=x-1
x=2, x=8✔️
Problem 5:
x~0.05, x~4.5✔️
NICE JOB! FULL SCORE, NEXT TOPIC
Step 1.5 - Note-taking
Wait, I did this 2 days ago. I didn't mark it. whoopsie. I think I was supost to do Step 2 - Answer Choice Selection yesterday. time to watch that then.
Step 2 - Answer Choice Selection
Video notes:
Yeah overall just pick the one that sounds best and makes sense. you don't even have to look at the bullet points, only one of the options will answer the question correctly anyway.
1. The American painter Edward Hopper is best known for his depictions of solitude in modern urban life. His most famous painting, "Nighthawks," shows four figures inside a brightly lit diner late at night, separated from one another by the silence of the space they share. Critics have noted that even when Hopper painted figures together, he often arranged them so that their gazes did not meet — emphasizing emotional distance even within physical proximity.
What does the text indicate about Hopper's painted figures?
B) They often appear close to one another but emotionally separated.✔️
2. Octopuses possess a remarkable form of intelligence that operates differently from that of vertebrates. While humans rely heavily on a centralized brain, two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are distributed throughout its arms. Each arm can independently solve simple problems, such as identifying food by touch, without instruction from the central brain. This decentralized cognition challenges traditional definitions of how intelligence must be organized.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
B) The distribution of neurons in octopuses suggests that intelligence can be organized in ways different from the vertebrate model. ✔️
3. The Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean, flourished most prominently between the 2nd century BCE and the 14th century CE. Though silk was its namesake commodity, the routes also carried spices, precious metals, glassware, and — perhaps most consequentially — ideas. Buddhist teachings spread from India into China along these routes, while papermaking technology traveled from China westward, transforming record-keeping across continents.
According to the text, what is one example of an idea or technology that traveled along the Silk Road?
A) Silk weaving methods spread from China to India. ✖️
Prediction: The passage explicitly names two examples — Buddhism spreading from India to China, and papermaking traveling from China westward. D matches one of them word-for-word.
- Silk weaving methods aren't mentioned. Silk itself is named, but not its methods.
4. Critics of modern abstract art often dismiss it as something a child could produce. But this objection misunderstands the nature of artistic innovation. When Jackson Pollock began dripping paint across enormous canvases in the 1940s, he was not abandoning craft — he was inventing a new vocabulary for expression, one rooted in physical movement and chance. The apparent simplicity of the result conceals the rigor of the process.
Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence ("But this objection misunderstands the nature of artistic innovation.") in the text overall?
A) It introduces a counterargument that the rest of the text will develop. ✔️
5. When ravens encounter a food source too large to consume alone, they often emit distinctive calls that attract other ravens to the site. At first, this behavior puzzled biologists: why share food with competitors? Subsequent research revealed that the callers are often juveniles without established territories, while the ravens that arrive are typically other juveniles in similar situations. By calling, the young birds gain safety in numbers against territorial adults who might otherwise drive them away from the food. The behavior of the calling ravens suggests that, in this species, ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
C) cooperation can arise even when it appears to reduce individual benefit. ✔️
4/5 80%
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
Review:
3) A) Silk weaving methods spread from China to India. ✖️
Prediction: The passage explicitly names two examples — Buddhism spreading from India to China, and papermaking traveling from China westward. D matches one of them word-for-word.
- Silk weaving methods aren't mentioned. Silk itself is named, but not its methods.
-> ok. I thought I got this down because I learned about this last unit in my AP world history class :/
Redemption:
The Trans-Saharan trade routes, which peaked between the 8th and 17th centuries, facilitated the exchange of goods across the vast African desert. Salt mined in the north was carried south to trade for gold produced in West Africa, creating a vital economic link between regions. However, these trade caravans also served as conduits for culture: Muslim scholars traveling with the traders introduced Islamic law, literacy, and architectural styles to urban centers like Timbuktu, transforming them into globally recognized seats of learning.
According to the text, what was one cultural development brought to West African urban centers via Trans-Saharan trade?
- B) The spread of literacy and Islamic legal traditions.✅
NEXT TOPICCC!!!
I finshed yesterdays classes. Time to finally move onto what I'm supost to be learning today.
Step 4: Verbs
Oo, finally. This is really what I've been needing to learn.
Holy cow, that was so much information. I kinda kept dozing off throughout the video. Hopeful I was able to subconiosly retain some of that information 😅
1. The new librarian ____ every Tuesday morning, organizing returned books before the library opens.
D) arrives✔️
2. The brand new gaming consoles in the shop window ____ a remarkable amount of attention from passing teenagers.
A) draws ✖️
3. The director and her assistant ____ for the rehearsal an hour before anyone else even shows up.
A) arrive ✔️
4. The chef chopped the vegetables carefully, ____ them with a special blend of spices afterward.
D) seasoning✔️
5. The students gathered in the auditorium ____ the keynote speaker's presentation.
C) to hear ✔️
6. The exhausted runner, after completing the marathon in just under three hours, ____ a victory lap around the stadium.
D) took✔️
7. The committee, meeting weekly throughout the spring semester, ____ the new dress code policy at every session.
D) discusses✔️
8. The collection of rare vintage comic books ____ in the back of the antique shop, hidden away from casual browsers.
A) sit ✖️
9. Skibidi Rizz, the most chaotic internet trend of the decade, ____ no signs of going away any time soon.
D) shows✔️
10. Neither the head chef nor his sous chefs ____ ready for the surprise restaurant inspection that morning.
D) were✔️
8/10 80%
FAAAAAAAAAAAH UGH RAAAAAAAAAAAAH
ok that's enough. I still have 2 things left in my objective:
- Technique 3 - System of Equations
- And Step 3 - Command of Evidence
That'll all be added to tommrows objective of:
REVIEW EVERYTHING
Step 5: Verb Tense
Technique 4 - Ineq., Intercepts, and Vertices
Step 4 - Fiction, Stories, and Poems
Kapeesh kapash bakoom I'm out to bed 🥱😎✌️Good work
EDIT: (I forgot to put in my clocked out: 9:18)
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