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Reading Practice for SAT and School

SAT Score Range

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15 sessions

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+130

This series ended on August 22, 2021. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

The goal of this 8-week series is to build your general reading comprehension skills for success on both the SAT and in school with your fellow schoolhouse.world learners. Each week looks like: 1. Main session (Sunday 11am US/Pacific) - Similar to my previous sessions with a practice passage, debrief, and brief discussion of strategy. 2. Optional office hours (Saturday 10am US/Pacific) - Slower-pace sessions where I go over the optional reading homework and the SAT Writing section. Good reading skills and good writing skills go hand in hand. 3. Optional reading homework - Material to help you further practice your reading skills on your own time. 4. Optional vocabulary homework - Learn ~20 words per week that you will commonly see in more advanced texts. For the optional homework, DM me and you'll receive feedback! To remain in this series, you must fill out the intro survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYCK34ec87k1Kgss6hNKPVdAKO9U-yFYJCHyyPWwBs1Tkpow/viewform?usp=sf_link.

Tutored by

Dickson T 🇺🇸

Senior Tutor

Certified in 16 topics

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Teaching Saturdays at 9am US/Pacific. I’m a software engineer and a former CS TA in college. Looking forward to helping you achieve your learning goals and appreciate the usefulness of what you’re learning!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

While all sessions are optional, you may be withdrawn to make room for other students if you do not attend the weekly session or participate in a homework thread.

SESSION 1

4

Jul

SESSION 1

Orientation

Orientation

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCJul 4, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Introduction of the "Reading Practice for SAT and School" series! We will briefly cover series logistics: the optional reading homework, vocabulary homework, and office hours. Science: Timed test of Khan Academy SAT Practice Science passage "The Interior of the Earth" and debrief. Strategy: Discussion of study/motivation tips for the summer, including ideas from Daniel Pink's "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us".
SESSION 2

10

Jul

SESSION 2

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCJul 10, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

Optional session to ask questions about last session's passage or the optional reading/vocab homework. It's also a great time to meet your fellow schoolhouse.world learners!
SESSION 3

11

Jul

SESSION 3

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCJul 11, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

History timed passage. Strategy: Implications and reasoning, with exercises from the LSAT and other history passages.
SESSION 4

17

Jul

SESSION 4

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCJul 17, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

Optional session to ask questions about last session's passage or the optional reading/vocab homework. It's also a great time to meet your fellow schoolhouse.world learners!
SESSION 5

18

Jul

SESSION 5

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCJul 18, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Literature timed passage. Strategy: Walkthrough of example literature analysis as scored on the AP Literature exam, so you have an idea of what to look for when reading closely and what your writing should look like.
SESSION 6

24

Jul

SESSION 6

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCJul 24, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

Optional session to ask questions about last session's passage or the optional reading/vocab homework. It's also a great time to meet your fellow schoolhouse.world learners!
SESSION 7

25

Jul

SESSION 7

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCJul 25, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Social Science timed passage. Strategy: Habits/routines, including ideas from Charles Duhigg's "The Power of Habit".
SESSION 8

31

Jul

SESSION 8

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCJul 31, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

We will go over the following in order: 1) any remaining questions from last week's passage, 2) the optional reading homework, 3) SAT writing tips, 4) SAT writing passage.
SESSION 9

1

Aug

SESSION 9

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCAug 1, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Science timed passage. Strategy: Walkthrough of a research paper. We'll discuss how to read one, and how you might go about writing one.
SESSION 10

7

Aug

SESSION 10

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCAug 7, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

We will go over the following in order: 1) any remaining questions from last week's passage, 2) the optional reading homework, 3) SAT writing tips, 4) SAT writing passage.
SESSION 11

8

Aug

SESSION 11

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCAug 8, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

History timed passage. Strategy: TBD.
SESSION 12

14

Aug

SESSION 12

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCAug 14, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

We will go over the following in order: 1) any remaining questions from last week's passage, 2) the optional reading homework, 3) SAT writing tips, 4) SAT writing passage.
SESSION 13

15

Aug

SESSION 13

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCAug 15, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Literature timed passage. Strategy: TBD
SESSION 14

21

Aug

SESSION 14

Office Hours

Office Hours

Sat 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTCAug 21, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM UTC

We will go over the following in order: 1) any remaining questions from last week's passage, 2) the optional reading homework, 3) SAT writing tips, 4) SAT writing passage.
SESSION 15

22

Aug

SESSION 15

Other Topics

Other Topics

Sun 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTCAug 22, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UTC

Conclusion of the "Reading Practice for SAT and School" series! First, we will review every technique we covered in the series. Second, we will apply those strategies together to a history passage from Practice Test #1. (You may have seen it before. The focus is on showing you how the strategies work.) Third, you will attempt a social science passage on your own. Finally, we will go over the answers to the second passage.

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Jul 4 - Aug 22

8 weeks

60 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Sundays

6:00PM

Saturdays

5:00PM