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Bellringer # 161Bellringer # 161

1. All students need to set priorities for 1. All students need to set priorities for theirselves.theirselves.

2. I think the priorities I have set for me are 2. I think the priorities I have set for me are good ones, but the ones my brother has set for good ones, but the ones my brother has set for hisself are strange.hisself are strange.

3. Spending time on studies is a higher priority 3. Spending time on studies is a higher priority for myself than it is for Ralph.for myself than it is for Ralph.

Corrections: 1) change theirselves to Corrections: 1) change theirselves to themselves 2) change me to myself and hisself themselves 2) change me to myself and hisself to himself 3) change myself to meto himself 3) change myself to me

Bellringer # 162Bellringer # 162

1. Information presented by tables, graphs, and 1. Information presented by tables, graphs, and charts are often clear and easy to understand.charts are often clear and easy to understand.

2. Complex relationships that might be difficult 2. Complex relationships that might be difficult to understand in a written description is to understand in a written description is sometimes easy to present in a graphic format.sometimes easy to present in a graphic format.

Corrections: 1) change are to is 2) change is to Corrections: 1) change are to is 2) change is to areare

Bellringer # 163Bellringer # 163

1. Objective test questions that have only one 1. Objective test questions that have only one correct answer are easier to grade than essay correct answer are easier to grade than essay questions.questions.

2. Essay questions require more work on the 2. Essay questions require more work on the part of the examinee the test taker and the part of the examinee the test taker and the person scoring the test.person scoring the test.

Corrections: 1) Objective test questions Corrections: 1) Objective test questions (questions that have only one correct answer) (questions that have only one correct answer) … 2) (the test taker)… 2) (the test taker)

Bellringer # 164Bellringer # 164

1. Some people dread taking standardized 1. Some people dread taking standardized tests, they panic at the thought of one. I don’t tests, they panic at the thought of one. I don’t understand such fear, I like knowing the right understand such fear, I like knowing the right answer for every question is on the page, all I answer for every question is on the page, all I have to do is choose it.have to do is choose it.

Corrections: period after tests, fear, and Corrections: period after tests, fear, and semicolon after page.semicolon after page.

Bellringer # 165Bellringer # 165

1. In any section of a standardized test the 1. In any section of a standardized test the easiest questions tend to appear first.easiest questions tend to appear first.

2. Near or at the end of the section the 2. Near or at the end of the section the questions get much harder.questions get much harder.

3. While working through one of these tests 3. While working through one of these tests first answer all the questions that seem easy.first answer all the questions that seem easy.

Corrections: 1) comma after test 2) comma Corrections: 1) comma after test 2) comma after section 3) comma after testsafter section 3) comma after tests