2. By the time you leave this workshop,
we want you to be able to…
 Manage your time properly in a timed
essay
 Analyze the key terms in a writing
prompt
 Prewrite/brainstorm for your topic
 Choose a strong thesis for your essay
 Find quotes to bring to your exam

5.  Sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes
 Begin by focusing on your breathing and
making it slow and even
 Focus on your feet and how they feel. Let them
relax and become heavy.
 Relax each part of your body the same way.
Work your way up the body as you relax your
legs, stomach, chest, arms, shoulders, and head.
 This should take about 15 minutes, so make
time before the test

6.  Make sure to get enough sleep the night before
the test
 Eat a good breakfast on the morning of the test.
Try to get lots of protein to give you energy.
Avoid caffeine unless you’re used to drinking
it every day.
 Remember to think positively during the test!

8. This is a
wristwatch
Get one.

9. Prewriting- 10 minutes
Writing- 40 minutes
Proofreading- 10 minutes
Prewriting- 10 minutes
Writing- 45 minutes
Proofreading- 5 Minutes
Prewriting- 15 minutes
Writing- 40 minutes
Proofreading- 5 Minutes
Prewriting- 5 minutes
Writing- 40 minutes
Proofreading- 15 minutes
Prewriting- 5 minutes
Writing- 45 minutes
Proofreading- 10 minutes

12. An early
experience with
language
English
Gifted
Speeches
Class
Class
Ms. M
Spanish
School switch
Essays
“Adam the
Apple”

14. Analyze- to separate something into parts and then discuss those
parts and their meanings.
Classify- to arrange into groups on the basis of shared
characteristics.
Compare and contrast- to show similarities and their differences.
Criticize- to judge and discuss the merits and faults of your
subject.
Define- to explain or identify the nature or essential qualities of
your subject.
Discuss- to consider or examine by argument, comment or debate,
or to explore solutions.
Evaluate- to appraise the worth of an idea, comment, etc. and
justify your conclusion.

15. Explain- to make clear or intelligible something that needs to be understood or
interpreted.
Illustrate- to use specific examples or analogies to clarify or explain something.
Interpret- to define information through an explanation based on personal opinion.
Justify- showing or proving that something is valid or correct.
Prove- to present evidence that cannot be refuted logically or with other evidence.
Relate- to show the connections between two or more things.
Review- to reexamine, summarize, or reprise something.
Summarize- to briefly repeat the major points of something.
Support- to argue in favor of something.

17. 4
2
3
1
Compare and contrast the advantages and
disadvantages of online courses with those of
traditional classes.
Compare and contrast
Voting is an important issue in our society, yet many
students do not take the time to vote. Discuss why
you believe voting is or is not important for students.
Include the reasons why you think there is a low
voter turnout among college students. In addition,
what do you think are some important issues for
college students? Illustrate your ideas by using
examples from your own experiences/personal life.
Analyze a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a
creative work that has had an influence on you, and
explain that influence.
Analyze a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a
creative work that has had an influence on you, and
explain that influence.
Analyze a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a
creative work that has had an influence on you, and
explain that influence.
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you
have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its
impact on you.
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you
have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its
impact on you.
Voting is an important issue in our society, yet many
students do not take the time to vote. Discuss why
you believe voting is or is not important for students.
Include the reasons why you think there is a low
voter turnout among college students. In addition,
what do you think are some important issues for
college students? Illustrate your ideas by using
examples from your own experiences/personal life.
Voting is an important issue in our society, yet many
students do not take the time to vote. Discuss why
you believe voting is or is not important for students.
Include the reasons why you think there is a low
voter turnout among college students. In addition,
what do you think are some important issues for
college students? Illustrate your ideas by using
examples from your own experiences/personal life.

19. Evaluate and interpret the story.
Support your point with quotes.
Evaluate and interpret the story.
Support your point with quotes.

20. Summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born when the
ibis came to the bleeding tree. It's strange that all this is so clear
to me, now that time has had its way. But sometimes (like right
now) I sit in the cool green parlor, and I remember Doodle.
Doodle was about the craziest brother a boy ever had. Doodle
was born when I was seven and was, from the start, a
disappointment. He seemed all head, with a tiny body that was
red and shriveled like an old man's. Everybody thought he was
going to die.
Daddy had the carpenter build a little coffin, and when he was
three months old, Mama and Daddy named him William
Armstrong. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone.
When he crawled on the rug, he crawled backward, as if he were
in reverse and couldn't change gears. This made him look like a
doodlebug, so I began calling him 'Doodle.' Renaming my brother
was probably the kindest thing I ever did for him, because nobody
expects much from someone called Doodle.