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SAT Reading Prep Course

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19 sessions

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This series ended on August 27, 2021. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

The goal of this series is to help you improve your score and feel confident about the SAT Reading test.  There will be 10 sessions -- 1 orientation, 4 on reading comprehension, 2 on strategies for questions, and 3 for exam practice -- as well as office hours sessions to answer any remaining questions and review homework.  This series will be about a month long, and will finish in time for the August 28 SAT.  

I will be focusing primarily on reading comprehension and strategies for answering the questions.  I will also go over study tips and useful resources you can use.  There will be a lot of practice, and the last session will be a full, timed SAT Reading section from a past exam. 

HOMEWORK: Since time management is not my strength, you guys will likely need to finish class activities as homework (sorry).  I will try and keep required homework to less than 15 minutes.  There will also be optional vocabulary work and (possibly) challenge assignments.  We will go over required homework during the next class and optional work during office hours.

About me:  My name is Serena and I've been running SAT sessions on schoolhouse.world for about 3-4 months.  I am a rising HS senior and got a high score on the SAT.

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Hi guys! I'm a current college freshman studying Computer Science. I've been a part of SHW for a while (almost 2 years!) and primarily tutor SAT prep, AP prep, and math. I enjoy being a little silly goofy in my sessions, so it's guaranteed to be a fun time. Warning: 95% chance of sessions running overtime.

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

New policy (starting July 28): Let me know in advance if you will miss a session and I will send you the slides + work. I've decided that I won't remove people for missing sessions, but please try to attend most of the sessions! The sessions build off of one another, so missing sessions may make it a bit harder for you to keep up.

Office hours are optional!

SESSION 1

28

Jul

SESSION 1

Orientation

Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCJul 28, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

This session will be an overview of expectations for the course, resources you can use for studying, and tips for studying.  We will be doing a pretest to identify areas of strength and weakness that I will use to help plan out the course and track improvement.  

SESSION 2

30

Jul

SESSION 2

SAT Reading & Writing

Fri 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM UTCJul 30, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM UTC

Reading Comprehension Session 1:  A General Guide
This session will be a general guide to reading comprehension.  We will look through excerpts similar in level to those on the SAT reading exam and work on understanding the main ideas, claims, and strategies used by the author.  We will work through an example and then have practice time.  

Whatever you don't finish during class will be homework that we will go over during the next class.

SESSION 3

2

Aug

SESSION 3

SAT Reading & Writing

Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM UTCAug 2, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM UTC

Reading Comprehension Session 2: the Science and Social Science passages
This session will be focusing on strategies for understanding the Science and Social Science passages.  This includes general comprehension, tips for annotating, and how to actually figure out what the author's claims and purpose is.  There will be a guided example(s) and time for practice.  

SESSION 4

3

Aug

SESSION 4

Office Hours

Tue 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM UTCAug 3, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM UTC

Come if you have questions, need help, or want to discuss the optional homework.
Plan / schedule:
Going over passage from Orientation session
Questions from previous sessions (for people who didn't get to ask a question or missed the session and have questions)
Challenge Homework #1 (discussion, questions, answers)
Challenge Homework #2 (answers, questions)
Open Question Time (can review any of above or answer any other questions)

SESSION 5

4

Aug

SESSION 5

SAT Reading & Writing

Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCAug 4, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Reading Comprehension Session 3: Literature
I will cover strategies for understanding the literature passage and also provide some classic book recommendations that are interesting and can be useful for studying :).  I will go over how to annotate this passage and things to keep in mind while reading.

SESSION 6

5

Aug

SESSION 6

Office Hours

Thu 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM UTCAug 5, 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM UTC

Come if you have questions, need help, or want to go over the optional homework!

SESSION 7

6

Aug

SESSION 7

SAT Reading & Writing

Fri 6:00 PM - 7:20 PM UTCAug 6, 6:00 PM - 7:20 PM UTC

Reading Comprehension Session 4:  The History Passage
I will be covering how to understand the history passage.  This session is a little longer because we will be working through several examples together and doing a longer practice.

SESSION 8

16

Aug

SESSION 8

SAT Reading & Writing

Mon 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTCAug 16, 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTC

Strategies for Questions + the test
I will cover the types of questions that appear + strategies for answering them.  I will also cover some general test taking tips.  After this, we will do 1-2 timed practice passages (depending on time remaining).

SESSION 9

16

Aug

SESSION 9

Office Hours

Mon 11:30 PM - Tue, 12:00 AM UTCAug 16, 11:30 PM - Aug 17, 12:00 AM UTC

Office Hours for either of the past two sessions.  Come if you have questions, need help, or want to go over homework answers.

SESSION 10

17

Aug

SESSION 10

Office Hours

Tue 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM UTCAug 17, 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM UTC

Come if you have questions, need help, or want answers to the optional homework!

SESSION 11

18

Aug

SESSION 11

SAT Reading & Writing

Wed 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTCAug 18, 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTC

Strategies for the Paired Passage!
The paired passage is pretty different from the rest of the test, so I'm devoting a whole session to it.  I will cover how to read, understand, and annotate the passages, as well as strategies for the questions.  We will work through an example and have time at the end for practice.

SESSION 12

19

Aug

SESSION 12

Office Hours

Thu 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM UTCAug 19, 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM UTC

More time to go over any questions you may have had from the practice on the 18th as well as answer general questions.

SESSION 13

20

Aug

SESSION 13

Review

Fri 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTCAug 20, 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTC

Review Session #1
These next few sessions will be devoted to timed practice passages.  
In this session, we will do a History, Social Science, and Literature passage with no breaks to simulate a mini SAT Reading Section.  We will go over the questions at the end.

SESSION 14

23

Aug

SESSION 14

Review

Mon 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTCAug 23, 9:00 PM - 10:20 PM UTC

Review Session #2
We will do 2 paired passages and a science passage.  Like the first, this will be timed and we will review answers at the end.

SESSION 15

24

Aug

SESSION 15

Office Hours

Tue 12:00 AM - 12:30 AM UTCAug 24, 12:00 AM - 12:30 AM UTC

Come if you have questions on either of the past two review sessions or on anything else we've done.

SESSION 16

25

Aug

SESSION 16

Review

Wed 9:30 PM - 10:40 PM UTCAug 25, 9:30 PM - 10:40 PM UTC

Review Session #3
Full SAT Reading Test Practice!  We will do a timed SAT reading section to simulate the actual test.  There will be some time for questions, but really the main goal of this session is to give you all a sense as to how the test will be and catch any remaining areas of weakness.

SESSION 17

26

Aug

SESSION 17

Review

Thu 12:00 AM - 1:10 AM UTCAug 26, 12:00 AM - 1:10 AM UTC

REPEAT for people who can't do the earlier one.  
Review Session #3
Full SAT Reading Test Practice!  We will do a timed SAT reading section to simulate the actual test.  There will be some time for questions, but really the main goal of this session is to give you all a sense as to how the test will be and catch any remaining areas of weakness.

SESSION 18

26

Aug

SESSION 18

SAT Reading & Writing

Thu 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTCAug 26, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTC

Going over answers from the SAT Reading Test Practice.  PLEASE ATTEND!!  I will be going over the most missed questions and any requests.

SESSION 19

27

Aug

SESSION 19

SAT Reading & Writing

Fri 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCAug 27, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

REPEAT for people who can't do the earlier time.
Going over answers from the SAT Reading Test Practice (and any previous review session after we're done going over the test).  PLEASE ATTEND!!  I will be going over the most missed questions and any requests.

Come if you have questions on any of the passages from any past review session!

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Jul 28 - Aug 27

5 weeks

30 - 80 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Wednesdays

6:00PM

Mondays

9:00PM

Thursdays

9:00PM