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1
National Classical Etymology Exam
  • How NGHS Can Use the NCEE to Improve Its SAT
    Scores

2
Gwinnett SAT Scores (2010)
3
The Gap
4
We Can Close This Gap
5
Closing the Gap with the National Classical
Etymology Exam
  • Fifty multiple choice questions
  • Latin and Greek Derivatives
  • Online (http//www.quia.com/quiz/2930643.html)
  • Forty-five minutes
  • Can be given any day in November, and at
    different times during the day
  • Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals are awarded,
    along with certificates that we can download

6
NCEE Pilot
  • Thirty-nine NGHS Latin III students took the
    NCEE on November 26th, 2010.
  • Many of these students took the SAT on December
    4th.
  • Seventeen won awards on the NCEE.
  • Those who took the SAT reported that their
    recently acquired knowledge from the NCEE helped
    them on five- ten questions.

7
Proposal
  • Language Arts students intensively study Latin
    and Greek roots October 31st-November 3rd.
  • LA students take the National Classical
    Etymology Exam on November 4th.
  • LA students take the SAT immediately thereafter,
    on November 5th.
  • NGHS testing population benefits from the added
    study (thirty or more points).
  • NGHS SAT scores improve / NGHS WSA score
    improves.

8
Curriculum of Study
  • Complement the LA vocabulary/root study already
    in place, NOT add to an already packed LA
    calendar.
  • Teach roots, rather than words
  • Teach word construction, rather than
    deconstruction
  • Teach efficiently

9
What We Do Now
  • Twenty words of unrelated meaning are introduced
    in a list (each week or so)
  • Differentiated activities reinforce the meaning
    of these twenty words (contextual
    fill-in-the-blank, synonyms, etc.)
  • At the end of each unit, students have learned
    fifteen-twenty words to proficiency

10
What We Can Do With the NCEE
  • Lists of related root prefixes, infixes, and
    suffixes are introduced
  • Students observe and define English words that
    are based on these roots
  • Lists that can number into the dozens off of just
    a few roots
  • For example

11
Prefixes
  • e/ex out of, from (export)
  • in in, into on not (import)
  • de down, from, away (deport)
  • re back, again anew (report)
  • con/co together, with (conscript)
  • ad to, towards, near (ascribe)
  • per through, badly (pervasive)
  • cap/cip/capt/cept take

12
Resulting Vocabulary From One Base Root (cap)
  • except, exception
  • incapable, incapacitate, inception, incipient
  • deceive, deceit, deceptive, deception
  • receipt, receive, reception, receptacle
  • conceit, conceive, concept, conception,
  • accept, acceptance, acceptable
  • perceive, perceptive, perception
  • What other language features are apparent?

13
Curriculum A
  • - A root is given (with examples) over the
    announcements each day.
  • - LA classes reinforce that root briefly in
    class each day
  • - On Fridays, LA teachers reinforce the weeks
    total of roots briefly

14
Curriculum A
  • - Two weeks prior to the test, LA teachers
    increase instructional focus on roots
    (Start-Up, Bell Ringer, Warm-Down, etc.)
  • - Monday through Thursday before the test, all
    LA instruction is focused on Latin and Greek
    roots study
  • - The Exam is taken on Friday
  • - The SAT is taken on Saturday

15
Implementation Calendar
  • Pre-Planning Discuss with LA Leads
  • August LA Leads discuss with LA dept. and
    counselors discuss SAT registration
  • September (first week) Students register for
    SAT and reserve computer labs for the NCEE
  • October 3rd Register students for the NCEE
  • Week of Exam Implement Instructional
  • Calendar and train staff for NCEE
  • Nov. 4th NCEE (SAT the next day)

16
Why This Will Work
  • Motivation to earn a better score on the SAT
  • Motivation to earn an award for college
    application
  • Economy of effort
  • Brief period of focus
  • No threat of failure on the NCEE

17
Expectations
  • 25-30 of the testing population (125-150
    students) can put an academic achievement on
    their college applications
  • SAT Verbal scores will rise by thirty points on
    average, with some gains as much as twice that
  • SAT Writing scores will benefit, albeit in a
    less measurable way

18
What We Must Do For This To Work
  • LA staff buy-in
  • Counseling staff buy-in
  • Student body buy-in
  • Find funds (3/student)
  • Students sign up for the SAT early, and request
    North for testing site

19
Questions
  • Follow Curriculum A or a modified version?
  • What grade level do we test?
  • Do we test all students in the grade or only
    certain sections?
  • What materials do we use?
  • How do we pay for this?
  • How do we encourage SAT registration?

20
The Gap
21
The Gap is Closed
22
Thank You
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