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SAT® Reading & Writing Winter 1


Class
Krishna Cart
Purchase for $745

Adaptive, comprehensive, dynamic, and Flexible Student Grouping Based on Assessment Tests and designed by Licensed Educators and Curriculum Developers with graduate degrees in Education. Mock tests will simulate and target the new digital SAT® by Collegeboard. February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 6, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.


Includes:

12.5 hours of small-group instruction (3 to 7 students)
Access to recorded live sessions of Reading and Writing
Partial Self-Paced Materials (Strategy Focus Lessons and Guided Practice Sets)
4 Unit Tests of Self-Paced Materials
Full-Length Tests

Benefits:

Live, Interactive Learning: Benefit from 10 hours of live instruction with experienced educators who provide real-time feedback, guidance, and personalized support.

Comprehensive Test Prep: Gain exclusive access to carefully curated self-paced instructional videos and guided practice sets, which allow you to deepen your understanding at your own pace beyond the live sessions.

Proven Strategies for Success: Master key test-taking strategies, including how to tackle challenging reading, writing, and grammar sections with confidence.

Flexible Learning Environment: Attend classes from anywhere, with the added flexibility of accessing self-paced materials on your schedule to review and reinforce key concepts.

Targeted Practice Sets: Apply what you’ve learned with SAT-style practice questions designed to simulate actual test scenarios and improve your performance.

Personalized Feedback: Receive individualized feedback during the live sessions to ensure you're addressing your unique strengths and weaknesses and maximizing your potential for score improvement.

Bundled Value: Save money by enrolling in a program combining live expert instruction and access to high-quality self-paced materials, offering you the best of both worlds at a fraction of the cost.

Features:

  1. 12,5 hours of Live Instruction: Engage in interactive, expert-led classes covering key SAT®.

  2. Access to Exclusive Self-Paced Materials: For a well-rounded preparation experience, enjoy portions of our self-paced curriculum, including instructional videos and guided practice sets.

  3. Real-Time Q&A Sessions: Participate in live Q&A sessions during each class, where you can ask questions and receive immediate instructor answers.

  4. SAT®-Specific Guided Practice Sets: Practice with SAT®question types in a structured way, honing your skills with detailed answer explanations.

  5. Flexible Scheduling: You can choose when and how you study, using a blend of live instruction and self-paced materials, fitting your preparation around your other commitments.

  6. Detailed Progress Tracking: Track your progress through practice sets and feedback, ensuring that you focus on the areas where you need the most improvement.

  7. Comprehensive Resource Library: Access additional study resources, such as cheat sheets, strategy guides, and practice exercises, to help you prepare effectively for test day.

Ideal For:

  • Students are preparing for the SAT® who want a structured, interactive learning environment.
  • Learners who value the flexibility of self-paced study combined with the personal touch of live instruction.
  • Students aim to boost their scores with focused practice and expert strategies.

Here is the class outline:

1. Zoom Link and Class Recordings

Class Zoom Link
SAT RW Class Recordings

2. SAT® and PSAT® Reading and Writing Diagnostic Tests

39 min

These assessment modules are prerequisites for this course for us to help identify your strengths and needs and guide the instruction. The items here are different than the Free SAT Practice Tests that you might have taken.

Section Duration
SAT® and PSAT® Reading and Writing Diagnostic 39 min

3. Getting Started

The New SAT® Skills & Demands
Class Code for SAT® RW Prep in Khan Academy
Diagnostic Results Analysis and Plan

4. SAT® and PSAT® READING: INFORMATION & IDEAS UNIT

7 hrs, 18 min

1. COMMAND OF EVIDENCE: Textual: Scientific Research & Literary 2. COMMAND OF EVIDENCE: Quantitative: Data-Supported & Data Completion 3. INFERENCE: Poetry, Literary & Nonfiction.

Section Duration
UNIT OVERVIEW: INFORMATION & IDEAS 1 min
I. COMMAND OF EVIDENCE: TEXTUAL AND QUANTITATIVE 1 min
SAT® and PSAT® Literary Textual Evidence Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 34 min
SAT® and PSAT® Scientific Textual Evidence Lesson & Guided Practice 40 min
SAT® and PSAT® Quantitative Evidence Intro and Question Types 7 min
SAT® and PSAT® Quantitative Evidence Focus Lesson 1 and Guided Practice 30 min
SAT® and PSAT® Quantitative Evidence Focus Lesson 2 and Guided Practice 30 min
SAT® and PSAT® Quantitative Evidence Focus Lesson 3 and Guided Practice 30 min
II. CENTRAL IDEAS AND DETAILS OVERVIEW 4 min
Central Ideas in Literary Passages Focus Lesson 1 & Guided Practice 30 min
Central Ideas in Poetry Focus Lesson 2 & Guided Practice 30 min
Central Ideas Focus Lesson 3 & Guided Practice 30 min
Nonfiction Details Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 34 min
Literary Details Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 25 min
III. INFERENCE 2 min
Inference in Poetry Focus Lessons and Guided Practice 40 min
Inference-Conclusion in Nonfiction Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 40 min
INFORMATION AND IDEAS UNIT TEST (30 Items) 30 min

5. SAT® READING: CRAFT & STRUCTURE UNIT

6 hrs, 25 min

1. WORDS-IN-CONTEXT 2. TEXT STRUCTURE AND PURPOSE 3. CROSS-TEXT CONNECTIONS

Section Duration
UNIT OVERVIEW: CRAFT & STRUCTURE 2 min
I. WORDS-IN-CONTEXT INTRO & THE FOUR STRATEGIES 6 min
Context Clues & Vocabulary Strategies Practice (8 Items) 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 1 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 2 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 3 10 min
Words-in-Context Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 20 min
II. TEXT STRUCTURE & PURPOSE 5 min
Text Structure Types and Signal Words Focus Lesson 45 min
Text Structure Type Discussion 1 7 min
Text Structure Type Discussion 2 7 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Overall Structure of the Text 30 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Overall Text Structure in Poetry 25 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Mastering Part-to-Whole Questions in Literary Fiction 30 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Mastering Part-to-Whole Text Structure in Nonfiction 30 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: How to Answer the SAT® Main-Purpose Passage Questions 40 min
SAT® and PSAT® Main Purpose Practice Sets Fiction and Nonfiction (25 Items) 30 min
III. CROSS-TEXT CONNECTIONS 3 min
Focus Lesson: Mastering Cross-Text Connection Passage Types 30 min
CRAFT & STRUCTURE UNIT TEST 35 min

6. SAT® and PSAT® WRITING: EXPRESSION OF IDEAS

1 hr, 27 min

1. RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS 2. TRANSITIONS

Section Duration
UNIT OVERVIEW: EXPRESSION OF IDEAS 3 min
I. RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS 3 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Rhetorical Synthesis 25 min
II. TRANSITIONS 8 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Transitions 18 min
UNIT TEST: SAT® and PSAT® WRITING. EXPRESSION OF IDEAS (25 Items) 30 min

7. SAT® and PSAT® WRITING. Standard English Conventions: Forms, Structure & Sense

1 hr, 8 min
Section Duration
UNIT OVERVIEW: FORM, STRUCTURE & SENSE 1 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement 13 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Verb Forms 13 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Subject-Modifier Placement 18 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Pronoun-Antecedent 13 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Plural & Possessive Nouns 10 min

8. SAT® and PSAT® WRITING: Standard English Conventions: Boundaries

3 hrs, 16 min

These are curated lessons, resources, and skill-builders about boundaries (punctuation), their complexities, and how they are tested in PSAT and SAT. They also involve several test-taking strategies and tips after each focus lesson. Have a notebook in front of you because you will reflect on some test-taking tips and be required to write them down in the Discussion Board.

Section Duration
Overview: Standard English Conventions. Boundaries 1 min
Boundaries: Lesson & Resources 7 min
Sample Boundaries Question 3 min
SAT® and PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Punctuation. 6 min
SAT® and PSAT® Practice: Punctuation Practice (16 Items) 20 min
Punctuation Marks Infographics: SAT® and PSAT® 1 min
Punctuations Infographics 2: SAT® and PSAT® 1 min
Independent and Dependent Clauses and Punctuation 4 min
Boundaries and Linking Clauses 9 min
SAT® and PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Boundaries and Linking Clauses 7 min
SAT® and PSAT® Practice: Boundaries and Linking Clauses (10 Items) 12 min
Sentence Supplements and Punctuations 11 min
SAT® and PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Boundaries and Supplements 8 min
SAT® and PSAT® Practice: Boundaries & Supplements (11 Items) 12 min
Focus Lesson: Commas, Semicolons and Colons 3 min
Ten Comma Rules: SAT® and PSAT® Resource 1 min
Semicolon and Dash 1 min
Colon 1 min
SAT® and PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies: Commas and Dashes 8 min
SAT® and PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies: Semicolon 7 min
Hyphen 1 min
Hyphens En Dash and Em Dashes Handout 1 min
SAT® and PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Punctuating Lists 4 min
SAT® and PSAT® Practice: Boundaries Unit Test (32 Items) 32 min
UNIT TEST: Standard English Conventions (33 Items) 35 min

9. SAT®/PSAT® Reading and Writing Midterm Test

39 min
Section Duration
SAT® and PSAT® Reading and Writing Midterm 39 min

10. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests A

Reading and Writing Module A.1
Reading and Writing Module A.2
Module Discussion: Tips and Techniques
Reading and Writing Module A.3
SAT® Reading and Writing Module A.4

11. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests B

1 hr, 50 min
Section Duration
Reading and Writing Module B.1 39 min
Reading and Writing Module B.2 39 min
Discussion: Tips and Techniques
Full Length Practice 1 for SAT® by The Masterpiece Academy 32 min
Full Length Practice 2 SAT® by The Masterpiece Academy

12. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests C

Reading and Writing Module C.1
Reading and Writing Module C.2
Discussion: Tips and Techniques

13. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests D

Reading and Writing Module D.1
Reading and Writing Module D.2

14. Timed-Test Simulation. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests E

Timed Test Simulation: SAT® Reading and Writing E.1
Timed Test Simulation: SAT® Reading and Writing E.2
Final Discussion: Last-Minute Tips and Techniques
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