1. What is pseudocode?
    1. Pseudo
    1. History -- Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from pseudEs, from pseudesthai to lie; akin to Armenian sut lie and probably to Greek psychein to breathe
    2. Pronunciation: (sOO'dO) — adj.
    3. Definition – 1. a combining form meaning "false," "pretended," "unreal,"

2. Not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham.
3. Almost, approaching, or trying to be.
    1. Code
    1. History -- Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin caudex, code trunk of a tree, document formed originally from wooden tablets. Date: 14th century
    2. Pronunciation: (kOd), —n., v.
    3. Definition -- 1 : a systematic statement of a body of law; especially : one given statutory force
      2 : a system of principles or rules <moral code>
      3 a : a system of signals or symbols for communication b : a system of symbols (as letters or numbers) used to represent assigned and often secret meanings
      4 : Genetic Code
      5 : a set of instructions for a computer
    1. Pseudocode
    1. History -- Greek from pseuds, false, from pseudein, to lie.
    2. Pronunciation -- (sOO'dO kOd)
    3. Definition – 1. A notation resembling a programming language but not intended for actual compilation. It usually combines some of the structure of a programming language with an informal natural-language description of the computations to be carried out. It is often produced by CASE systems as a basis for later hand coding.

2. A basic set of instructions used to complete a task, or action.

  1. How to create a pseudocode.
    1. Define task.
    2. Think of steps needed to complete the task.
    3. Write them down in order.
    4. Finally put them in a list such as: [Note: give directions, and examples of a,b,c,d]
    1. recipe / directions
    2. a diagram
    3. chart form
    4. chronological order in which steps need to be completed.
    1. Use to complete task.
  1. Interactively explain pseudocode. Ask questions, force answers from students. Draw & explanation of diagram.