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SAT® Reading & Writing Spring 1


Class
Purchase for $595

Preparation for the March 3rd, 2026 Test Date
Schedule: Thursday nights from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
January 15, 22 & 29, 2026
February 5, 12 & 26, 2026

The Masterpiece Academy’s SAT Reading and Writing program—headquartered in One Loudoun and serving students across Northern Virginia—is a hybrid, flexible, and highly personalized solution designed for all students, regardless of their skill level or starting point. Learners can attend classes in person or online, and every session is recorded, ensuring they never miss a class and can review lessons at any time.

Each student begins with a comprehensive diagnostic test, enabling our certified and licensed teachers to build an individualized learning plan that targets personal strengths and areas for improvement. This ensures that every learner receives tailored guidance to achieve meaningful growth in their SAT score.

Our hybrid model combines the engagement of live, interactive instruction with the convenience of accessing recorded lessons at your convenience. Within our advanced Learning Management System, students practice in a digital SAT environment that mirrors the official College Board testing platform, enabling them to build confidence, develop pacing skills, and become familiar with the test long before test day.

Students are taught using official College Board materials along with our own expertly developed curriculum, providing the most authentic SAT® practice paired with strategic lessons that deepen understanding and mastery of Reading and Writing skills.

In addition to live classes, students gain access to self-paced strategy lessons, guided practice sets, unit tests, and full-length digital SAT exams. This well-rounded structure offers both the accountability of real-time teaching and the flexibility to reinforce learning independently.

Perfect for students throughout Northern Virginia who seek accessibility, personalization, and comprehensive digital SAT readiness, our SAT Reading & Writing program provides expert instruction, targeted practice, and high-quality preparation tailored to support every student’s success.

Ideal For:

  • Students who want a structured, interactive learning environment are preparing for the SAT®.
  • 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. Meeting Details

Class Details

1 section
Meeting Details

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.

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

3. Getting Started

3 sections
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.

18 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® 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
Literary Details Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 25 min
Central Ideas in Poetry Focus Lesson 2 & Guided Practice 30 min
Nonfiction Details Focus Lesson & Guided Practice 34 min
Central Ideas Focus Lesson 3 & Guided Practice 30 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

20 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
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

6 sections
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
6 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

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.

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

10. Digital SAT® Full-Length Practice Test

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
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