This course will prepare students for the SAT Reading Comprehension and Writing & Language multiple-choice sections, as well as the SAT Essay. In this 16-session (a total of 24 hours) class, we will review how the verbal sections are structured and scored and familiarize you with the types of passages and questions you’ll see. More importantly, we will present you with specific strategies to help you get the correct answer quickly so you can raise your SAT Verbal score.
Course Schedule:
Session 1: Thursday July 9 @ 5pm-6:30
Familiarize yourself with the SAT Verbal Sections, including the test structure, what topics you need to know, and how the test is scored. A Verbal Diagnostic will be given for homework to measure your current level of preparedness. Drill and practice.
Session 2: Saturday July 11 @ 1pm-2:30
Review the diagnostic exam. Drill and practice.
Session 3: Thursday July 16 @ 5pm-6:30
Learn about the different types of passages, questions, and answers for the Reading Comprehension section. Drill and practice.
Session 4: Saturday July 18 @ 1pm-2:30
Learn highly efficient reading strategies, like the Chunking Method, to help answer questions correctly and quickly. Learn about how to mark up a passage for Reading Comprehension. Drill and practice.
Session 5: Thursday July 23 @ 5pm-6:30
Review the skills and strategies we’ve learned for the Reading Comprehension section, and show how to mark up and chunk different types of reading passages, and how to use strategies such as summarizing, underlining, and notating to increase comprehension of a passage. Drill and practice.
Session 6: Saturday July 25 @ 1pm-2:30
Learn how to expand vocabulary through word roots, especially from those words derived from Latin or Greek, and give advice about how to determine a vocabulary word’s meaning through context clues. Drill and practice.
Session 7: Thursday July 30 @ 5pm-6:30
Review the facts you need to know for the Writing and Language section, including an in-depth look at the rules of Grammar and Punctuation. Drill and practice.
Session 8: Saturday August 1 @ 1pm-2:30
Continue to learn the rules of Grammar and Punctuation, as well as strategies for answering questions about passage organization. Review the rules behind crafting sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Learn how to apply these rules to questions about passage organization and grammar. Drill and practice.
Session 9: Thursday August 6 @ 5pm-6:30
Review the approach to scientific passages, including how to synthesize scientific findings and apply quantitative analysis to understand charts, graphs, maps, and other infographics. Drill and practice.
Session 10: Saturday August 8 @ 1pm-2:30
Review the approach to narrative passages, including how to identify literary devices and chunk fiction effectively.
Review the approach to humanities passages, including how to detect the author’s point of view and main claims of the arguments presented, especially for paired passages. Drill and practice.
Session 11: Thursday August 13 @ 5pm-6:30
Complete at least 1 high-difficulty SAT Reading Passage as a group, applying all the strategies you’ve learned into timed practice.
Session 12: Saturday August 15 @ 1pm-2:30
Complete SAT Writing & Language Passages as a group, putting all the strategies and rules of grammar and punctuation you have learned into timed practice. Drill and practice.
Session 13: Thursday August 20 @ 5pm-6:30
Complete one reading and two writing passages individually. Review answers as a group and assign passages or sample questions to target areas of improvement. Drill and practice.
Session 14: Saturday August 22 @ 1pm-2:30
Understand the demands of the SAT Essay and how it is scored, review samples of previously scored SAT Essays, and learn strategies for writing a stronger response. Complete an essay for homework.
Session 15: Thursday August 27 @ 5pm-6:30
Review and edit samples of student-written essays. A final SAT Verbal Diagnostic will be administered to measure your progress.
Session 16: Friday August 28 @ 4pm-5:30
(Since Saturday August 29 is an SAT Test Day, we will meet on Friday this week.) Review the answers from the Final Diagnostic and answer any questions. Review strategies for overcoming test anxiety, how to stay calm and succeed on test day.
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