Info on Test Prep Classes
General Description:
I am happy to now be offering test prep classes for the ACT, PSAT, and SAT English, Reading, and Writing tests.
I will also include general testing skills specific to the overall tests.
My primary teaching source will be Kaplan, with information from additional sources as deemed necessary.
I will be holding the 3-class sessions 3 separate times in the fall and 4 separate times in the spring. *If these dates do not fit into your student’s schedule, please Click Here to contact Shelly about scheduling test-prep classes for individual students.
Class Feedback:
Class Plans:
Class 1/Thursday:
General Test-Taking Strategies: Triaging Questions, Pacing, Intelligent Guessing, etc.
English Skills: Grammar and Punctuation Rules, Word Choice (Verbs, Pronouns, Modifiers, Idioms)
Class 2/Friday:
English Skills 2: Wordiness (Rhetorical Skills), Connections (Cause-and-Effect and Contrast), Writing Strategy, and Organization
Reading Skills: Details, Inference, Generalizations/Conclusions, Author’s Function/Purpose, Vocab-In-Context, Writer’s View
Class 3/Saturday:
Writing the ACT Essay: The Four Steps to Writing the Timed Argumentative Essay for the ACT or SAT. This session will include writing instruction and writing an essay as a class. Also included is my evaluation of a practice essay written at home and emailed to me. (*Notice that the ACT and SAT Writing Test class times are different, as the test parameters are different.)
Spring 2020 Session Dates and Deadlines
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID VIRUS RESTRICTIONS
Spring 2020 – 2nd Session (for Spring ACT/SAT test dates)
Thursday and Friday (No Saturday Writing Class) – March 26-27, 1:30pm-3:30pm*
Registration deadline for the March 26-27 session is Sunday, March 22.
Spring 2020 – 3rd Session (for Spring ACT/SAT test dates)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday – June 4-6, 1:30pm-3:30pm*
*SAT Writing on 3rdday is 11:00 – 1:00/ACT Writing on 3rdday is 1:30 – 3:30
Registration deadline for the June 4-6 session is Sunday, May 31.
Spring 2020 – 4th Session (for Spring ACT/SAT test dates)
Thursday and Friday (No Saturday Writing Class) – June 4-6, 1:30pm-3:30pm*
Registration deadline for the July 9-10 session is Sunday, July 5.
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