SAT® Prep • Series
Reading Practice for SAT and School
PL
DT
Dickson T
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.
Series Details
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.
✋ 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While all sessions are optional, you may be withdrawn to make room for other students if you do not attend the weekly session or participate in a homework thread.
Dates
July 4 - August 22
Learners
133 / 200
Total Sessions
15
About the Tutor
PL
DT
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!
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Upcoming Sessions
0
Past Sessions
15
4
Jul
O
Session 1
Orientation
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".
10
Jul
OH
Session 2
Office Hours
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!
11
Jul
OT
Session 3
Other Topics
History timed passage.
Strategy: Implications and reasoning, with exercises from the LSAT and other history passages.
17
Jul
OH
Session 4
Office Hours
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!
18
Jul
OT
Session 5
Other Topics
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.
24
Jul
OH
Session 6
Office Hours
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!
25
Jul
OT
Session 7
Other Topics
Social Science timed passage.
Strategy: Habits/routines, including ideas from Charles Duhigg's "The Power of Habit".
31
Jul
OH
Session 8
Office Hours
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.
1
Aug
OT
Session 9
Other Topics
Science timed passage.
Strategy: Walkthrough of a research paper. We'll discuss how to read one, and how you might go about writing one.
7
Aug
OH
Session 10
Office Hours
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.
8
Aug
OT
Session 11
Other Topics
History timed passage.
Strategy: TBD.
14
Aug
OH
Session 12
Office Hours
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.
15
Aug
OT
Session 13
Other Topics
Literature timed passage.
Strategy: TBD
21
Aug
OH
Session 14
Office Hours
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.
22
Aug
OT
Session 15
Other Topics
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.