Act And Sat Reading And Mathematics Strategies

Quick Strategies for a 200-to-400 test improvement score.

What you'll learn

Students who are taking the ACT or SAT Reading section. This course is designed for people who feel they need more practice on the SAT.

Some people will finish in 4 weeks. Others will need six weeks. Students will watch a video before attempting items that are similar to actual questions.

Project risks include students who need to take the test within one month. Students need a minimum of two months' of studying. Do not rush through this course.

Case Study: Student A has not scored well on an aptitude test since he, or she, was in elementary school. The student's confidence is undermined.

Student B is a straight-A student with the inability to pass test due to test anxiety and/or the ability to attain perfection. Students who need perfection.

Requirements

Completed ninth grade

Description

This course includes over 80 questions with a reading comprehension example.  Students must be able to decipher between the two most prominent choices on any aptitude test, especially the ACT and the SAT.   Test questions are structured like those in the real Scholastic Aptitude Test.   There are questions that allow you to use comparison-and-contrast strategies.   Students may work at their own pace.  Question-and-answer sessions will occur on Friday evenings.  Students may email me and wait for a maximum 48-hour response time.  Usually,  I can respond within 48 hours. Students must practice some of the questions on their own.  Students must be able to provide a rationale for why they chose an answer.   Students will learn the composition of real ACT and SAT questions.Here is a sample passage:        Márquez used magical realism to explain how frivolous and disturbing situations had twists of magic, or twists of impossible elements in the stories. For example, in the novella, “No One Writes to the Colonel,” Salma Hayek plays a character, Julia. As a girlfriend of the colonel’s deceased son, she explains how her boyfriend, Agustin, died in a protest of the government. The protest was against tyranny, lack of resources after a war, and most importantly, against the new regime that distributed funds to the people. Ironically, the murderer of Agustin is never found or punished. Márquez’s theme of tyranny is upheld when governmental authorities search the streets for insurgents. A corollary theme of “No One Writes to the Colonel” is the inefficiency of the police to find Agustin’s murderer. Additionally, the colonel is waiting for his pension. The money from the pension does not come and his wife’s asthma worsens. The colonel waits for a letter to resolve these issues. The letter, as the title implies, does not arrive. The consequences of war include his son’s unresolved homicide and the colonel’s wife receives no money for her asthma medication.As in this movie, “No One Writes to the Colonel,” Márquez uses a central theme, such as the result of depression, war, and famine resulting from political upheaval. The major theme of Márquez, the result of political upheaval, is the chaos and the injustices that are rarely resolved. Márquez’s novel, The Autumn of the Patriarch, symbolically demonstrates the political upheaval of guerilla warfare and hegemony. The patriarch, the president, is murdered slowly. Márquez alludes to a doppelganger. The president is actually a creation of a plastic surgeon. Before his death, his home is gassed and he and his family refuse to leave the palace, as a gesture of maintaining their power while another government usurps this power. In “No One Writes to the Colonel,” political upheaval led to depression, war, and famine.     Dr. Kendra Orr, Author  Here is an example of the questions given:  1. The author of the article on “Influence in Business” would most likely agree with which of the following statements?a) Political influence increases as a person gains wealth.b) The only people who should run for political office should be wealthy persons.c) The integration of products depends on the demand consumers make to have the product.d) Wealthy persons are the only people who contribute to either political party.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction, Tips for Taking the SAT, and Practice

Lecture 1 Introduction: What are You Looking for on any achievement test?

Lecture 2 Analyzing Words to Understand Sentence Structure

Lecture 3 SAT Video Practice Reading

Lecture 4 SAT Mathematics Reducing and Factoring

Lecture 5 Mathematics Practice for Exam Review Polynomials and Math and Geometry

Lecture 6 Word Etymologies and Root Words

Section 2: Actual SAT Examples Reading and Grammar

Lecture 7 SAT Analysis––Look at the way the author writes paragraphs.

Lecture 8 Look at how to reason through a negative word choice or a positive word choice.

Section 3: Final and 50 Questions on SAT [(Math=20 Questions) (Reading=30 Questions)]

Lecture 9 Final Thoughts for the SAT

Students who need to take an aptitude test for college admittance.,Students who have trouble reading under timed conditions.,Students who know Algebra I and Algebra II although they forget some strategies for learning.