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SAT®/PSAT® Reading & Writing 12 Hours, One-on-One


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Purchase for $1975

Premium 12-Hour, One-on-One Includes:

12 Hours of Personalized, One-on-One Instruction:
Receive dedicated, one-on-one instruction tailored specifically to your learning style and needs. This personalized attention ensures you focus on the areas that matter most to your success, with real-time feedback and guidance from expert tutors.

Full Access to Self-Paced Modules:
Enjoy complete access to our comprehensive self-paced SAT/PSAT modules, featuring hours of instructional videos, guided practice sets, and SAT/PSAT-style questions. These materials will allow you to reinforce learning between your one-on-one sessions.

Customized Study Plan:
We design a personalized study plan based on your initial diagnostic test and individual goals. This ensures you're on the most effective path toward improving your score.

Exclusive Practice Sets for Live Instruction:
Access additional practice sets that are customized to complement your live instruction sessions. These practice sets are designed to reinforce the strategies and skills covered in your one-on-one sessions.

Ongoing Performance Tracking:
You can benefit from progress assessments after each session to track your improvements. Your tutor will monitor your performance, adjust the instruction, and focus on areas that need further development.

Test-Taking Strategies and Time Management Techniques:
Learn proven SAT/PSAT test-taking strategies, such as managing your time effectively and confidently approaching the most challenging sections.

Full-Length SAT/PSAT Practice Tests:
Access multiple full-length SAT/PSAT practice tests to simulate actual exam conditions. This helps you gauge your progress and adjust your strategies before test day.

24/7 Access to Study Resources:
In addition to your live instruction, you’ll have round-the-clock access to our resource library, which includes study guides, cheat sheets, video lessons, and additional practice questions.

Flexible Scheduling:
Choose session times that work best for you. This will allow you to create a study schedule that fits around your commitments while maximizing the efficiency of your one-on-one prep.

Premium Benefits:

  • Customized Instruction: Tailored lessons to focus on your strengths and weaknesses, ensuring targeted improvement in the shortest amount of time.
  • Self-Paced Reinforcement: Continue learning at any time with our robust self-paced curriculum, allowing for ongoing practice between your personalized lessons.
  • Increased Accountability: Combining one-on-one tutoring and ongoing progress tracking keeps you accountable and on track to reach your goals.
  • Exclusive Materials: Access to extra practice sets unavailable in other packages ensures you’re fully prepared with additional resources designed to challenge and enhance your skills.

Ideal For:

  • Students who want personalized, expert guidance to boost their SAT/PSAT scores with customized instruction.
  • Learners looking for the flexibility to balance live instruction with self-paced study.
  • Students who benefit from extra practice sets and exclusive one-on-one attention ensure maximum preparedness for test day.

Here is the class outline:

1. SAT® 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.

1 section
Section Duration
SAT® Reading and Writing Diagnostic 39 min

2. Getting Started

3 sections
Study Schedule and Timeline
Class Code for SAT® RW Prep in Khan Academy
The New SAT® Skills & Demands

3. SAT®/PSAT® READING: INFORMATION & IDEAS UNIT

10 hrs, 7 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
PSAT® Literary Textual Evidence Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 34 min
PSAT® Practice: Literary Textual Evidence 21 min
PSAT® Scientific Textual Evidence Lesson & Guided Practice 40 min
PSAT®: Scientific Textual Evidence 25 min
PSAT® Quantitative Evidence Intro and Question Types 7 min
PSAT® Quantitative Evidence Focus Lesson 1 and Guided Practice 30 min
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) 27 min
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

4. PSAT®/SAT® READING: CRAFT & STRUCTURE UNIT

10 hrs, 13 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) 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 1 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 2 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 3 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 4 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 5 10 min
Discussion and Class Practice 6 10 min
Words-in-Context Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 20 min
Words in Context Practice Sets (20 Items) 27 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
Text Structure Type Discussion 3 7 min
Text Structure Type Discussion 4 7 min
Text Structure Type Practice Sets 27 min
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) 25 min
Part-to-Whole-Practice Set: Fiction & Nonfiction (15 Items) 25 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
Cross-Text Connections Practice Sets (20 Items) 30 min
CRAFT & STRUCTURE UNIT TEST 35 min

5. PSAT® WRITING: EXPRESSION OF IDEAS

3 hrs, 33 min

1. RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS 2. TRANSITIONS

12 sections
Section Duration
UNIT OVERVIEW: EXPRESSION OF IDEAS 3 min
I. RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS 3 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Rhetorical Synthesis 25 min
Rhetorical Synthesis: Average to Challenging (15 Items) 23 min
Rhetorical Synthesis Practice Set : Emphasis (10 Items) 12 min
Rhetorical Synthesis Practice: Comparison (10 Items) 13 min
Rhetorical Synthesis Practice Per Category. (15 Items) 20 min
II. TRANSITIONS 8 min
Focus Lesson & Guided Practice: Transitions 18 min
Transition Practice Set 1 (24 Items: 3 Items Per Transition Type) 30 min
Transition Practice Set 2 (20 Items Mixed) 28 min
UNIT TEST®: PSAT WRITING. EXPRESSION OF IDEAS (25 Items) 30 min

6. PSAT®/SAT® WRITING. Standard English Conventions: Forms, Structure & Sense

1 hr, 8 min
12 sections
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
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)

7. PSAT®/SAT® 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.

25 sections
Section Duration
Overview: Standard English Conventions. Boundaries 1 min
Boundaries: Lesson & Resources 7 min
Sample Boundaries Question 3 min
PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Punctuation. 6 min
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
PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Boundaries and Linking Clauses 7 min
PSAT® Practice: Boundaries and Linking Clauses (10 Items) 12 min
Sentence Supplements and Punctuations 11 min
PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Boundaries and Supplements 8 min
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
PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies: Commas and Dashes 8 min
PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies: Semicolon 7 min
Hyphen 1 min
Hyphens En Dash and Em Dashes Handout 1 min
PSAT® Test-Taking Strategies. Punctuating Lists 4 min
PSAT® Practice: Boundaries Unit Test (32 Items) 32 min
UNIT TEST: Standard English Conventions (33 Items) 35 min

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

39 min
1 section
Section Duration
SAT® Reading and Writing Midterm 39 min

9. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests A

5 sections
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

10. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests B

1 hr, 50 min
5 sections
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

11. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests C

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

12. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Tests D

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

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

3 sections
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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