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SAT®/PSAT® Reading and Writing SPRING


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Purchase for $595

Comprehensive. Dynamic and Flexible Student Grouping. Designed by Licensed Educators and Curriculum Developers with graduate degrees in Education. Mock tests will be used to simulate and target the new digital SAT®/PSAT® by Collegeboard.

Here is the class outline:

1. Getting Started

14 min

Demands of the Test. Discussion of the Test Contents Distribution. Analysis and Discussion of the Diagnostic Test.

2 sections
Section Duration
The New SAT® Skills & Demands 7 min
Diagnostic Results Analysis and Plan 7 min

2. Zoom Link and Class Recording

2 sections
Class Zoom Link
SAT RW Class Recordings

3. SAT® Reading and Writing Diagnostic Test

This assessment module is a prerequisite and requirement for this course so that we can help identify your strengths and needs and guide the instruction. The items here differ from the Free SAT Practice Tests you might have taken.

1 section
SAT® Reading and Writing Diagnostic

4. SAT® WRITING: Standard English Conventions: Boundaries

2 hrs, 41 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.

24 sections
Section Duration
Overview: Standard English Conventions. Boundaries 1 min
Boundaries: Lesson & Resources 7 min
Sample Boundaries Question 3 min
SAT & PSAT Test-Taking Strategies. Punctuation. 6 min
SAT & 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 & PSAT Practice: Boundaries and Linking Clauses (10 Items) 12 min
Sentence Supplements and Punctuations 11 min
SAT & PSAT Test-Taking Strategies. Boundaries and Supplements 8 min
SAT & 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 & PSAT Test-Taking Strategies: Commas and Dashes 8 min
SAT & PSAT Test-Taking Strategies: Semicolon 7 min
Hyphen 1 min
Hyphens En Dash and Em Dashes Handout 1 min
SAT & PSAT Test-Taking Strategies. Punctuating Lists 4 min
SAT® and PSAT® Practice: Boundaries Unit Test (32 Items) 32 min

5. SAT® READING: INFORMATION & IDEAS UNIT

9 hrs, 40 min

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

28 sections
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® Practice: Literary Textual Evidence 21 min
SAT® and PSAT® Scientific Textual Evidence Lesson & Guided Practice 40 min
SAT® and PSAT®: Scientific Textual Evidence 25 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
Quantitative Evidence Practice (15 Items) 21 min
II. CENTRAL IDEAS AND DETAILS OVERVIEW 4 min
Central Ideas in Literary Passages Focus Lesson 1 & Guided Practice 30 min
Central Ideas Literary Passage Practice Sets 10 min
Central Ideas in Poetry Focus Lesson 2 & Guided Practice 30 min
Central Ideas Poetry Practice Sets (10 Items) 10 min
Central Ideas Focus Lesson 3 & Guided Practice 30 min
Central Ideas Nonfiction Passage Practice Sets 10 min
Nonfiction Details Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 34 min
Details Practice Sets: Nonfiction (15 Items) 15 min
Literary Details Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 25 min
Details Practice Set: Literary Fiction and Poetry (24 Items)
III. INFERENCE 2 min
Inference in Poetry Focus Lessons and Guided Practice 40 min
Inference in Poetry Practice Sets (15 Items) 15 min
Inference-Conclusion in Nonfiction Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 40 min
Inference-Conclusion in Nonfiction Practice Sets (15 Items) 15 min
INFORMATION AND IDEAS UNIT TEST (30 Items) 30 min

6. SAT® READING: CRAFT & STRUCTURE UNIT

3 hrs, 33 min

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

33 sections
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)
Discussion and Class Practice 1
Discussion and Class Practice 2
Discussion and Class Practice 3
Discussion and Class Practice 4
Discussion and Class Practice 5
Discussion and Class Practice 6
Words-in-Context Focus Lesson & Guided Practice
Words in Context Practice Sets (20 Items)
II. TEXT STRUCTURE & PURPOSE
Text Structure Types and Signal Words Focus Lesson
Text Structure Type Discussion 1
Text Structure Type Discussion 2
Text Structure Type Discussion 3
Text Structure Type Discussion 4
Text Structure Type Practice Sets
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Overall Structure of the Text 30 min
Overall Structure of the Texts: Nonfiction Practice (15 Items) 15 min
Overall Structure of the Text Practice Sets: Fiction and Nonfiction (15 Items) 20 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Overall Text Structure in Poetry 25 min
Overall Text Structure: Poetry Practice Sets (15 Items) 15 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
Part-to-Whole Practice Set: Non-Fiction (15 Items)
Part-to-Whole-Practice Set: Fiction & Nonfiction (15 Items)
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)
III. CROSS-TEXT CONNECTIONS
Focus Lesson: Mastering Cross-Text Connection Passage Types
Cross-Text Connections Practice Sets (20 Items)
CRAFT & STRUCTURE UNIT TEST

7. SAT® WRITING: EXPRESSION OF IDEAS

1. RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS 2. TRANSITIONS

13 sections
UNIT OVERVIEW: EXPRESS OF IDEAS
UNIT OVERVIEW: EXPRESSION OF IDEAS
I. RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Rhetorical Synthesis
Rhetorical Synthesis: Average to Challenging (15 Items)
Rhetorical Synthesis Practice Set : Emphasis (10 Items)
Rhetorical Synthesis Practice: Comparison (10 Items)
Rhetorical Synthesis Practice Per Category. (15 Items)
II. TRANSITIONS
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Transitions
Transition Practice Set 1 (24 Items: 3 Items Per Transition Type)
Transition Practice Set 2 (20 Items Mixed)
UNIT TEST: SAT & PSAT WRITING. EXPRESSION OF IDEAS (25 Items)

8. SAT® WRITING. Standard English Conventions: Forms, Structure & Sense

1 hr, 8 min
13 sections
Section Duration
UNIT OVERVIEW: FORM, STRUCTURE & SENSE 1 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement (Encode the 3 Guided Practice Qs) 13 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Verb Forms (Encode the 3 Guided Practice Sets) 13 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Subject-Modifier Placement (encode the 3 Guided Practice Sets) 18 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Pronoun-Antecedent (encode the 3 guided practice sets) 13 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Plural & Possessive Nouns (encode the 3 Guided Practice Sets) 10 min
Verb Forms Practice Sets (15 Items)
Pronoun-Antecedent Practice Sets (15 Items)
Subject-Modifier Placement Practice Sets (15 Items)
Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Set (15 Items)
Plural and Possessive Nouns Practice Sets (15 Items)
UNIT TEST: Form, Structure & Sense (30 Items)
UNIT TEST: Standard English Conventions (33 Items)

9. SAT® Midterm Practice Test

Additional Practice Tests

1 section
SAT® Reading and Writing Midterm

10. Test-Taking Skills and Strategies Practice Sets

Full-Length Practice Sets

3 sections
Guided Practice 1 : SAT® Reading and Writing
Guided Practice 2: SAT® Reading and Writing
Guided Practice 3: SAT® Reading and Writing

11. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests A

7 sections
SAT® Full-Length Practice Set A
Reading and Writing Module A.1
Reading and Writing Module A.2
Reading and Writing Module A.3
Full Length Practice 1 for SAT® by The Masterpiece Academy
Full Length Practice 2 SAT® by The Masterpiece Academy
Module Discussion: Tips and Techniques

12. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests B

3 sections
Reading and Writing Module B.1
Reading and Writing Module B.2
SAT® Full_Length Module B.3

13. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests C

2 sections
Reading and Writing Module C.1
Reading and Writing Module C.2

14. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests D

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