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Prepfest COURSE CATALOG PREPARATION FOR THE OCTOBER 5th SAT September 22 - October 4, 2013
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Table of contents
Critical Reading
Critical Reading................................................................................................................................................ 3
CR 101
CR 101 Passage Strategy: 2-Track Mind.....................................................................................................3
Passage Strategy: 2-Track Mind
Sessions:
CR 102 Question Strategy.............................................................................................................................3
CR 151 Double Passages..............................................................................................................................3
9/22/13 Sunday 9/27/13 Friday
CR 152 Advanced Question Strategy...........................................................................................................3
CR 201 Sentence Completion Strategy.......................................................................................................4
In this micro-course, we’ll practice implementing the 2-Track Mind strategy for Critical Reading passages, concentrating on identifying big ideas early in a passage to make it easier to stay focused on what’s important throughout the passage. We’ll also practice answering questions that relate to these big ideas.
CR 251 Decoding Advanced Sentence Completions.................................................................................4
CR 312 Test 1 & 2 Review: Critical Reading................................................................................................4
CR 334 Test 3 & 4 Review: Critical Reading................................................................................................4
CR 350 Test 5 Review: Critical Reading.......................................................................................................5
Math...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
MATH 101 Arithmetic .....................................................................................................................................5
MATH 111 Algebra..........................................................................................................................................5
MATH 121 Geometry: Shapes........................................................................................................................5
MATH 122 Coordinate Geometry..................................................................................................................6
MATH 131 Word Problems.............................................................................................................................6
MATH 161 Algebra: Advanced Questions.....................................................................................................6
MATH 201 Math Strategy...............................................................................................................................6
MATH 251 Advanced Math Strategy.............................................................................................................7
MATH 312 Test 1 & 2 Review: Math...............................................................................................................7
MATH 334 Test 3 & 4 Review: Math...............................................................................................................7
MATH 350 Test 5 Review: Math.....................................................................................................................7
Writing.................................................................................................................................................................. 8
WRITING 101 Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs.............................................................................................8
WRITING 111 Pronouns and Noun Agreement.............................................................................................8
WRITING 121 Sentence Structure.................................................................................................................8
WRITING 151 Advanced Grammar................................................................................................................8
WRITING 201 Essay Strategy.........................................................................................................................9
WRITING 211 Multiple Choice Strategy........................................................................................................9
WRITING 261 Advanced Multiple Choice Strategy......................................................................................9
WRITING 312 Test 1 & 2 Review: Writing......................................................................................................9
WRITING 334 Test 3 & 4 Review: Writing....................................................................................................10
WRITING 350 Test 5 Review: Writing...........................................................................................................10
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All times in Central
5:00-6:20 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
CR 102
Question Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll practice working through Critical Reading passage questions by anticipating possible responses to the questions and eliminating answer choices that don’t match our anticipations. To refine our elimination tactics, we’ll focus on finding out-of-scope answer choices.
9/23/13 Monday 6:30-7:50 10/1/13 Tuesday 9:30-10:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
CR 151
Double Passages
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll practice the divide and conquer strategy on Critical Reading double passages, employing the 2-track mind approach to reading each passage and the anticipation/elimination approach to answering questions applicable to each passage individually and questions applicable to the two passages together.
9/24/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
CR 152
Advanced Question Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the strategies tackling the double reading passages. We will also address the more common difficult passage-based reading question types, such as Infer/Imply, Roman Numerals, and LEAST/EXCEPT/NOT.
9/25/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50 9/30/13 Monday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Critical reading score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
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CR 201
CR 350
Sentence Completion Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will hone their sentence completion strategy, first reviewing how to anticipate correct answers for sentence completions, then practicing process of elimination to get rid of wrong answer choices and determine the correct answers. This micro-course will cover both one-blank and two-blank sentence completions.
9/26/13 Thursday 5:00-6:20 9/29/13 Sunday 9:30-10:50 10/2/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
Decoding Advanced Sentence Completions
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will tackle the more challenging sentence completion questions, including those two-blank sentences in which blanks can’t be isolated. We will also examine those sentence completions with more difficult vocabulary in the answer choices.
9/23/13 Monday 9:30-10:50 10/3/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Critical reading score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
CR 312
Test 1 & 2 Review: Critical Reading
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed critical reading problems from tests 1G and 2G. We will review selected Sentence Completions and the necessary strategic tactics to answer them effectively, as well as reading passages and questions whose ideas are more complex or nuanced.
9/22/13 Sunday 8:00-9:20 9/25/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 1G and 2G
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 3G and 4G
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed critical reading problems from test 5G. We will review selected Sentence Completions and the necessary strategic tactics to answer them effectively, as well as reading passages and questions whose ideas are more complex or nuanced.
9/30/13 Monday 5:00-6:20 10/3/13 Thursday 9:30-10:50
All times in Central
MATH MATH 101
Arithmetic
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the basic concepts of arithmetic most commonly found on the SAT, exponent rules, and a brief ISME review of function problems, ratios, and percent change. We will then review properties of prime numbers, ratios, functions (including weird symbol functions), and percent change.
9/22/13 Sunday 6:30-7:50 9/29/13 Sunday 8:00-9:20 10/1/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
MATH 111
Algebra
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will review typical algebra concepts and problems. We will begin with simultaneous equations, functions, and multiple function problems, and review distance, median/mode, and absolute value.
9/23/13 Monday 6:30-7:50 9/30/13 Monday 8:00-9:20 10/3/13 Thursday 5:00-6:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
CR 334
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed critical reading problems from tests 3G and 4G. We will review selected Sentence Completions and the necessary strategic tactics to answer them effectively, as well as reading passages and questions whose ideas are more complex or nuanced.
Sessions:
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 5G
CR 251
Test 3 & 4 Review: Critical Reading
Test 5 Review: Critical Reading
Sessions:
All times in Central
9/26/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50 9/29/13 Sunday 5:00-6:20
MATH 121
Geometry: Shapes In this micro-course, we’ll work through practice problems involving rectangles (including shifting dimensions), triangles (including angle measures, Pythagorean Theorem, and special right triangles), circles (including sector area and arc length), polygons, areas of shaded regions, and figures inscribed in other figures.
Sessions:
All times in Central
9/24/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50 9/27/13 Friday 9:30-10:50 9/29/13 Sunday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
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5
MATH 122
MATH 251
Coordinate Geometry
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work through practice problems involving coordinates in one dimension (calculating distances on horizontal and vertical lines) and two dimensions (calculating length of diagonal lines, identifying missing coordinates, using coordinates to find area/ perimeter of basic geometric figures) and slopes (including parallel and perpendicular lines).
9/23/13 Monday 5:00-6:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Advanced Math Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will tackle some more challenging math problem-types (such as Functions with graphs, Multiple Functions, Absolute Value, Combination/Permutation, Probability) and review how students can use the two “non-math” approaches of Backsolving and Plug and Chug to maximize score potential, along with reviewing when it’s ok to skip a question.
9/27/13 Friday 5:00-6:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
Prerequisites: Math reading score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
MATH 131
MATH 312
Word Problems
Sessions:
During this micro-course, students will translate word problems into mathematic expressions, and then solving those questions using a variety of methods and strategies.
9/25/13 Wednesday 5:00-6:20
All times in Central
10/1/13 Tuesday 5:00-6:20
Prerequisites: None
All times in Central
Test 1 & 2 Review: Math
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the most commonly missed math problems from tests 1G and 2G. We will review math problem types including (but not limited to): slope, absolute value, logic word problems, triangles (rule of 180, Pythagorean formula, angle properties), weird symbol function problems, sequence/series, average, scientific notation, and other various problem types from arithmetic, geometry, algebra I and II.
9/22/13 Sunday
All times in Central
6:30-7:50
9/25/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 1G and 2G
MATH 161
Algebra: Advanced Questions
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work through more challenging versions of practice problems involving basic concepts such as average, rate, ratios/ proportions, and percent change. We’ll also work through more advanced concepts such as simultaneous equations, FOIL identities, exponents, absolute value inequalities, and multiple functions.
9/24/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50 9/27/13 Friday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
MATH 334
Test 3 & 4 Review: Math
Sessions:
9/26/13 Thursday 9:30-10:50
Prerequisites: Math score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
In this micro-course, we will review the most commonly missed math problems from tests 3G and 4G. We will review math problem types including (but not limited to): exponent rules, multi-variable word problems, triangles (rule of 180, side length rules, and angle properties), minimum/maximum, least common factors, set problems, and other various problem types from arithmetic, geometry, algebra I and II.
MATH 201
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 3G and 4G
Math Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will review the basics students should always be using as they work through the various math sections on the SAT. We will break down the ISME elements and also go over the two “non-math” approaches of Backsolving and Plug and Chug.
9/26/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20 9/30/13 Monday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
All times in Central
All times in Central
MATH 350
Test 5 Review: Math
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the most commonly missed math problems from test 5G. We will review math problem types including (but not limited to): exponent rules, multi-variable word problems, triangles (rule of 180, side length rules, and angle properties), minimum/maximum, least common factors, set problems, and other various problem types from arithmetic, geometry, algebra I and II.
9/29/13 Sunday 8:00-9:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 5:00-6:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice test 5G 6
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WRITING
WRITING 201
WRITING 101
Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Sessions:
During this micro-course, students will review the use of the “grammar ear” to find mistakes in verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Students will practice anticipating correct answers for improving sentences, and eliminating correct answers when identifying sentence errors.
9/22/13 Sunday 9/30/13 Monday
All times in Central
8:00-9:20 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
Essay Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will demonstrate how, with the write strategy, the essay can basically write itself. Students will review the I-B-C structure of an essay, what makes a perfect thesis, and how the Rule of Abraham Lincoln can be applied to any essay question.
9/23/13 Monday 8:00-9:20 9/25/13 Wednesday 9:30-10:50 9/26/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
WRITING 211
WRITING 111
Pronouns and Noun Agreement
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will review the use of their “grammar ear” to find mistakes in pronoun number and case, and will practice drawing lines from the pronoun to the antecedent to hone this skill. Students will also briefly cover noun agreement.
9/23/13 Monday 8:00-9:20 10/1/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 9:30-10:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
Multiple Choice Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work on applying the Identifying Sentence Errors strategy and the Improving Sentences strategy to questions where errors aren’t necessarily obvious and enhancing these strategies to find such errors. We’ll also review Improving Paragraphs strategy and questions.
9/24/13 Tuesday 9:30-10:50 10/3/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
WRITING 261 WRITING 121
Sentence Structure
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work on specific sentence structure error types: run-ons, fragments, lack of parallelism, and misplaced modifiers. The focus will be on Improving Sentences questions (which will require us to fix the errors), but we will also practice finding these errors in Identifying Sentence Errors.
9/24/13 Tuesday 5:00-6:20 10/1/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Advanced Multiple Choice Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will review the strategies for both Identifying Sentence Errors and Improving Sentences as they pertain to the more difficult grammar issues found on the SAT. Students will focus on being “testsmart” to determine how (and if) to answer these harder questions and help ensure the best possible score.
9/25/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20 10/3/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Writing score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
Prerequisites: None
WRITING 312 WRITING 151
Advanced Grammar
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll tackle the more challenging grammar errors which commonly appear in the SAT writing sections: parallelism, idioms, logical comparisons, noun agreement, wordiness/redundancy, and misplaced modifiers.
9/24/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20 9/29/13 Sunday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: Writing score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
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All times in Central
Test 1 & 2 Review: Writing
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed writing problems from tests 1G and 2G. We will cover writing problem types including logical connectors, misplaced modifiers, passive voice, subject/verb agreement, pronoun number, idiom usage, and verb tense.
9/22/13 Sunday 9:30-10:50 9/26/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 1G and 2G
9
WRITING 334
Test 3 & 4 Review: Writing
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed writing problems from tests 3G and 4G. We will cover writing problem types including logical comparisons, noun agreement, subject/verb agreement, idiom usage, misplaced modifiers, gerunds, and comparative phrases.
9/30/13 Monday
All times in Central
9:30-10:50
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 3G and 4G
WRITING 350
Test 5 Review: Writing
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed writing problems from test 5G. We will cover writing problem types including who vs. whom, misplaced modifies, logical comparisons, pronoun number, subject/verb agreement, idiom usage, and diction.
10/1/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50 10/3/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice test 5G
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Prepfest COURSE CATALOG PREPARATION FOR THE OCTOBER 5th SAT September 22 - October 4, 2013
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Table of contents
Critical Reading
Critical Reading................................................................................................................................................ 3
CR 101
CR 101 Passage Strategy: 2-Track Mind.....................................................................................................3
Passage Strategy: 2-Track Mind
Sessions:
CR 102 Question Strategy.............................................................................................................................3
CR 151 Double Passages..............................................................................................................................3
9/22/13 Sunday 9/27/13 Friday
CR 152 Advanced Question Strategy...........................................................................................................3
CR 201 Sentence Completion Strategy.......................................................................................................4
In this micro-course, we’ll practice implementing the 2-Track Mind strategy for Critical Reading passages, concentrating on identifying big ideas early in a passage to make it easier to stay focused on what’s important throughout the passage. We’ll also practice answering questions that relate to these big ideas.
CR 251 Decoding Advanced Sentence Completions.................................................................................4
CR 312 Test 1 & 2 Review: Critical Reading................................................................................................4
CR 334 Test 3 & 4 Review: Critical Reading................................................................................................4
CR 350 Test 5 Review: Critical Reading.......................................................................................................5
Math...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
MATH 101 Arithmetic .....................................................................................................................................5
MATH 111 Algebra..........................................................................................................................................5
MATH 121 Geometry: Shapes........................................................................................................................5
MATH 122 Coordinate Geometry..................................................................................................................6
MATH 131 Word Problems.............................................................................................................................6
MATH 161 Algebra: Advanced Questions.....................................................................................................6
MATH 201 Math Strategy...............................................................................................................................6
MATH 251 Advanced Math Strategy.............................................................................................................7
MATH 312 Test 1 & 2 Review: Math...............................................................................................................7
MATH 334 Test 3 & 4 Review: Math...............................................................................................................7
MATH 350 Test 5 Review: Math.....................................................................................................................7
Writing.................................................................................................................................................................. 8
WRITING 101 Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs.............................................................................................8
WRITING 111 Pronouns and Noun Agreement.............................................................................................8
WRITING 121 Sentence Structure.................................................................................................................8
WRITING 151 Advanced Grammar................................................................................................................8
WRITING 201 Essay Strategy.........................................................................................................................9
WRITING 211 Multiple Choice Strategy........................................................................................................9
WRITING 261 Advanced Multiple Choice Strategy......................................................................................9
WRITING 312 Test 1 & 2 Review: Writing......................................................................................................9
WRITING 334 Test 3 & 4 Review: Writing....................................................................................................10
WRITING 350 Test 5 Review: Writing...........................................................................................................10
2
All times in Central
5:00-6:20 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
CR 102
Question Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll practice working through Critical Reading passage questions by anticipating possible responses to the questions and eliminating answer choices that don’t match our anticipations. To refine our elimination tactics, we’ll focus on finding out-of-scope answer choices.
9/23/13 Monday 6:30-7:50 10/1/13 Tuesday 9:30-10:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
CR 151
Double Passages
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll practice the divide and conquer strategy on Critical Reading double passages, employing the 2-track mind approach to reading each passage and the anticipation/elimination approach to answering questions applicable to each passage individually and questions applicable to the two passages together.
9/24/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
CR 152
Advanced Question Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the strategies tackling the double reading passages. We will also address the more common difficult passage-based reading question types, such as Infer/Imply, Roman Numerals, and LEAST/EXCEPT/NOT.
9/25/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50 9/30/13 Monday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Critical reading score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
3
CR 201
CR 350
Sentence Completion Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will hone their sentence completion strategy, first reviewing how to anticipate correct answers for sentence completions, then practicing process of elimination to get rid of wrong answer choices and determine the correct answers. This micro-course will cover both one-blank and two-blank sentence completions.
9/26/13 Thursday 5:00-6:20 9/29/13 Sunday 9:30-10:50 10/2/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
Decoding Advanced Sentence Completions
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will tackle the more challenging sentence completion questions, including those two-blank sentences in which blanks can’t be isolated. We will also examine those sentence completions with more difficult vocabulary in the answer choices.
9/23/13 Monday 9:30-10:50 10/3/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Critical reading score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
CR 312
Test 1 & 2 Review: Critical Reading
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed critical reading problems from tests 1G and 2G. We will review selected Sentence Completions and the necessary strategic tactics to answer them effectively, as well as reading passages and questions whose ideas are more complex or nuanced.
9/22/13 Sunday 8:00-9:20 9/25/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 1G and 2G
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 3G and 4G
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed critical reading problems from test 5G. We will review selected Sentence Completions and the necessary strategic tactics to answer them effectively, as well as reading passages and questions whose ideas are more complex or nuanced.
9/30/13 Monday 5:00-6:20 10/3/13 Thursday 9:30-10:50
All times in Central
MATH MATH 101
Arithmetic
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the basic concepts of arithmetic most commonly found on the SAT, exponent rules, and a brief ISME review of function problems, ratios, and percent change. We will then review properties of prime numbers, ratios, functions (including weird symbol functions), and percent change.
9/22/13 Sunday 6:30-7:50 9/29/13 Sunday 8:00-9:20 10/1/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
MATH 111
Algebra
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will review typical algebra concepts and problems. We will begin with simultaneous equations, functions, and multiple function problems, and review distance, median/mode, and absolute value.
9/23/13 Monday 6:30-7:50 9/30/13 Monday 8:00-9:20 10/3/13 Thursday 5:00-6:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
CR 334
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed critical reading problems from tests 3G and 4G. We will review selected Sentence Completions and the necessary strategic tactics to answer them effectively, as well as reading passages and questions whose ideas are more complex or nuanced.
Sessions:
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 5G
CR 251
Test 3 & 4 Review: Critical Reading
Test 5 Review: Critical Reading
Sessions:
All times in Central
9/26/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50 9/29/13 Sunday 5:00-6:20
MATH 121
Geometry: Shapes In this micro-course, we’ll work through practice problems involving rectangles (including shifting dimensions), triangles (including angle measures, Pythagorean Theorem, and special right triangles), circles (including sector area and arc length), polygons, areas of shaded regions, and figures inscribed in other figures.
Sessions:
All times in Central
9/24/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50 9/27/13 Friday 9:30-10:50 9/29/13 Sunday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
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5
MATH 122
MATH 251
Coordinate Geometry
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work through practice problems involving coordinates in one dimension (calculating distances on horizontal and vertical lines) and two dimensions (calculating length of diagonal lines, identifying missing coordinates, using coordinates to find area/ perimeter of basic geometric figures) and slopes (including parallel and perpendicular lines).
9/23/13 Monday 5:00-6:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Advanced Math Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will tackle some more challenging math problem-types (such as Functions with graphs, Multiple Functions, Absolute Value, Combination/Permutation, Probability) and review how students can use the two “non-math” approaches of Backsolving and Plug and Chug to maximize score potential, along with reviewing when it’s ok to skip a question.
9/27/13 Friday 5:00-6:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
Prerequisites: Math reading score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
MATH 131
MATH 312
Word Problems
Sessions:
During this micro-course, students will translate word problems into mathematic expressions, and then solving those questions using a variety of methods and strategies.
9/25/13 Wednesday 5:00-6:20
All times in Central
10/1/13 Tuesday 5:00-6:20
Prerequisites: None
All times in Central
Test 1 & 2 Review: Math
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the most commonly missed math problems from tests 1G and 2G. We will review math problem types including (but not limited to): slope, absolute value, logic word problems, triangles (rule of 180, Pythagorean formula, angle properties), weird symbol function problems, sequence/series, average, scientific notation, and other various problem types from arithmetic, geometry, algebra I and II.
9/22/13 Sunday
All times in Central
6:30-7:50
9/25/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 1G and 2G
MATH 161
Algebra: Advanced Questions
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work through more challenging versions of practice problems involving basic concepts such as average, rate, ratios/ proportions, and percent change. We’ll also work through more advanced concepts such as simultaneous equations, FOIL identities, exponents, absolute value inequalities, and multiple functions.
9/24/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50 9/27/13 Friday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
MATH 334
Test 3 & 4 Review: Math
Sessions:
9/26/13 Thursday 9:30-10:50
Prerequisites: Math score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
In this micro-course, we will review the most commonly missed math problems from tests 3G and 4G. We will review math problem types including (but not limited to): exponent rules, multi-variable word problems, triangles (rule of 180, side length rules, and angle properties), minimum/maximum, least common factors, set problems, and other various problem types from arithmetic, geometry, algebra I and II.
MATH 201
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 3G and 4G
Math Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will review the basics students should always be using as they work through the various math sections on the SAT. We will break down the ISME elements and also go over the two “non-math” approaches of Backsolving and Plug and Chug.
9/26/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20 9/30/13 Monday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
All times in Central
All times in Central
MATH 350
Test 5 Review: Math
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review the most commonly missed math problems from test 5G. We will review math problem types including (but not limited to): exponent rules, multi-variable word problems, triangles (rule of 180, side length rules, and angle properties), minimum/maximum, least common factors, set problems, and other various problem types from arithmetic, geometry, algebra I and II.
9/29/13 Sunday 8:00-9:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 5:00-6:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice test 5G 6
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WRITING
WRITING 201
WRITING 101
Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Sessions:
During this micro-course, students will review the use of the “grammar ear” to find mistakes in verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Students will practice anticipating correct answers for improving sentences, and eliminating correct answers when identifying sentence errors.
9/22/13 Sunday 9/30/13 Monday
All times in Central
8:00-9:20 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: None
Essay Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will demonstrate how, with the write strategy, the essay can basically write itself. Students will review the I-B-C structure of an essay, what makes a perfect thesis, and how the Rule of Abraham Lincoln can be applied to any essay question.
9/23/13 Monday 8:00-9:20 9/25/13 Wednesday 9:30-10:50 9/26/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
WRITING 211
WRITING 111
Pronouns and Noun Agreement
Sessions:
In this micro-course, students will review the use of their “grammar ear” to find mistakes in pronoun number and case, and will practice drawing lines from the pronoun to the antecedent to hone this skill. Students will also briefly cover noun agreement.
9/23/13 Monday 8:00-9:20 10/1/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20 10/2/13 Wednesday 9:30-10:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
Multiple Choice Strategy
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work on applying the Identifying Sentence Errors strategy and the Improving Sentences strategy to questions where errors aren’t necessarily obvious and enhancing these strategies to find such errors. We’ll also review Improving Paragraphs strategy and questions.
9/24/13 Tuesday 9:30-10:50 10/3/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: None
WRITING 261 WRITING 121
Sentence Structure
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll work on specific sentence structure error types: run-ons, fragments, lack of parallelism, and misplaced modifiers. The focus will be on Improving Sentences questions (which will require us to fix the errors), but we will also practice finding these errors in Identifying Sentence Errors.
9/24/13 Tuesday 5:00-6:20 10/1/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Advanced Multiple Choice Strategy
Sessions:
This micro-course will review the strategies for both Identifying Sentence Errors and Improving Sentences as they pertain to the more difficult grammar issues found on the SAT. Students will focus on being “testsmart” to determine how (and if) to answer these harder questions and help ensure the best possible score.
9/25/13 Wednesday 8:00-9:20 10/3/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Writing score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
Prerequisites: None
WRITING 312 WRITING 151
Advanced Grammar
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we’ll tackle the more challenging grammar errors which commonly appear in the SAT writing sections: parallelism, idioms, logical comparisons, noun agreement, wordiness/redundancy, and misplaced modifiers.
9/24/13 Tuesday 8:00-9:20 9/29/13 Sunday 6:30-7:50
Prerequisites: Writing score of 600+ on most recent practice exam
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All times in Central
Test 1 & 2 Review: Writing
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed writing problems from tests 1G and 2G. We will cover writing problem types including logical connectors, misplaced modifiers, passive voice, subject/verb agreement, pronoun number, idiom usage, and verb tense.
9/22/13 Sunday 9:30-10:50 9/26/13 Thursday 6:30-7:50
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 1G and 2G
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WRITING 334
Test 3 & 4 Review: Writing
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed writing problems from tests 3G and 4G. We will cover writing problem types including logical comparisons, noun agreement, subject/verb agreement, idiom usage, misplaced modifiers, gerunds, and comparative phrases.
9/30/13 Monday
All times in Central
9:30-10:50
Prerequisites: Completion of practice tests 3G and 4G
WRITING 350
Test 5 Review: Writing
Sessions:
In this micro-course, we will review commonly missed writing problems from test 5G. We will cover writing problem types including who vs. whom, misplaced modifies, logical comparisons, pronoun number, subject/verb agreement, idiom usage, and diction.
10/1/13 Tuesday 6:30-7:50 10/3/13 Thursday 8:00-9:20
All times in Central
Prerequisites: Completion of practice test 5G
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