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SAT/ACT Preparation - Part 1

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Are you preparing for the SAT and the ACT tests that are a part of the evaluation package for applicants for universities and colleges throughout the U.S.? Then this should be the ideal course for you. 
Both the ACT and the SAT contain verbal and math question types and this course provides all the information required to do well on the verbal questions of the ACT and the new SAT. This course will provide you with a grammar and usage review specifically keeping in mind the rules that you'll be tested on in the ACT. You'll also learn how to manage your time on reading comprehension passages and the passages in the science test. And if you opt for the ACT essay test, our course will show you how to do your best writing in the short period of time you'll be given. In 2005, the SAT verbal questions have also changed and the lessons in this course prepare you for those changes in the new verbal sections known as Writing and Critical Reading.

This course also provides you with suggestions on time management, anxiety relief, scoring, and general standardized test-taking; along with weekly assignments to assess your newfound knowledge. Completing this course will prepare you to excel in all sections of your undergraduate college entrance exams and enable you with the means to achieve your best potential score.            

Topics covered / Highlights

The topics covered in each new monthly course session include:

Week 1
Wednesday - Lesson 01

•    Understanding the general makeup of both the ACT and SAT so you’ll know exactly what you’re getting into on the test day.
•    Learning how to relax when you start feeling panicky, how to eliminate wrong answers that the tests try to entice you into choosing, how to guess when you aren't sure of the right answer, and how much time to spend on each question.
•    Becoming more familiar with the kinds of questions that test your verbal skills.

Friday - Lesson 02

•    Developing the tools you need to develop your own personal reading strategy.
•    How to glide through even the most tiresome reading topics by focusing on what’s important and ignoring what isn't.
•    How to eliminate answers that hook other unprepared test-takers.
•    How to spot the distracters the test-makers use to make wrong answers seem right.

Week 2
Wednesday - Lesson 03

•    Exploring the ACT reading comprehension passages that have appeared on past tests to give you a step-by-step approach for getting the most information from the passages in the least amount of time.
•    Practicing your skills on actual ACT reading test questions and getting the opportunity to discuss your efforts with your instructor and other classmates.

Friday - Lesson 04
•    Rehearse for your SAT passage reading performance by completing practice tests created by actual SAT test-makers.
•    Understanding the most efficient way to read through SAT passages and getting a detailed analysis of reading questions.
•    Understanding just what a question is looking for and how to weed through all of the possible answer choices to pick out the right ones.  

Week 3
Wednesday - Lesson 05

•    Exploring the SAT sentence completion questions that test your reading ability and your knowledge of vocabulary.
•    How to improve your vocabulary without memorizing boring word lists.
•    Understanding the tactics you need to dissect each sentence to extract its exact meaning so you'll know just what answer choice makes it whole.

Friday - Lesson 06
•    Review the grammar rules that are most commonly tested on the ACT and SAT.
•    Focus on the kinds of errors the tests like to see if you know, especially the ones you might be least familiar with, and learn how to spot them and correct them. 

Week 4
Wednesday - Lesson 07

•    How the ACT tests your knowledge.
•    Detailed understanding of how to approach ACT English questions.
•    Understand what you need to pay attention to and what you can disregard when you’re examining each of the paragraphs for errors. 

Friday - Lesson 08

•    How to tackle each of the three different multiple-choice question types to test your grammar and English usage skills in SAT.
•    Learn what types of errors crop up most commonly in the identifying errors questions so you can focus your attention on what’s important.
•    Understand how you can spot errors in the improving sentences questions just by noticing what types of words are underlined in the questions.
•    Learn which questions are best to skip if you notice that you’re running short of time.

Week 5
Wednesday - Lesson 09

•    Learn how to develop a specific plan for writing a complete analysis of a topic within a specified time period. This has become important as writing an essay is a new skill tested on the ACT and SAT. 
•    Learn how you can put your thoughts together in a cohesive and interesting essay. 

Friday - Lesson 10

•    How to compose a sample essay and share it with your instructor and classmates for review.
•    Get the chance to read what other test-takers write and provide them with your enlightened commentary!

Week 6
Wednesday - Lesson 11

•    Exploring in detail the science questions on the ACT that involve more reading than calculating.
•    How to excel on questions that test your verbal skills.
•    How to accurately read graphs and charts.
•    How to extract a bunch of information about experiments without wasting too much time on reading through the unnecessary material.

Friday - Lesson 12
•    Review all of the tips and strategies you’ll need to know to do your best on the verbal questions on the ACT and SAT.
•    Understand the elements of each question type, review what you should focus on, and learn how to best spend your study until you enter the exam site and appear for it.

Who can attend this ?

Anyone who is interested to prepare for the SAT and the ACT tests that are a part of the evaluation package for applicants for universities and colleges throughout the U.S. can attend this course.

Pre requisites

Students enrolling for this course require the following:

• Internet access
• Email
• One of the following browsers: 
•    Mozilla Firefox 
•    Microsoft Internet Explorer (9.0 or above)
•    Google Chrome
•    Safari
• Adobe PDF plug-in (a free download obtained at Adobe.com)

What am I going to get from this Class ?

Completing this course will prepare you to excel in all sections of your undergraduate college entrance exams and enable you with the means to achieve your best potential score.

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Benjamin N. Gialloreto has graduated from the Drexel University with a BS in Computer Science and the Loyola (New Orleans) School of Law.

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