Reading SAT
What is the best way of remembering what a paragraph in the passage was about?
Taking Paragraph notes that will state the central idea of the paragraph.
What are some basic tips you could use for the Writing portion of the SAT?
Tip #1: Don’t avoid the “no change” answers
Tip #2: Pace yourself
Tip #3: The semicolon trick
Tip #4: Understand dependent vs independent clauses
Tip #6: Read it out loud
Tip #7: Don’t change verb tenses
Tip #8: Know your transition words
Tip #9: Eliminate duplicate answers
Tip #10: Practice!
What are some websites we could use to do a Mock test of the SAT?
College Board Bluebook and Khan Academy
What are the ways you should map the passage?
Circling Date
Double Underlining Signal words
Boxing Names
What are some easy tips that can help boost your Writing SAT score?
What are some ways you can practice for the SAT test?
What are the best ways you could approach a Reading question that has an underlined word?
1.Go Back to the passage to find the underlined word
2.Make up your own version of the word/phrase using context clues in the surrounding sentences.
3.Cover then Uncover the choices, and find a match to your prediction in the choices.
How can you improve on the writing portion of the SAT?
Answering practice problems and going back to review any that were difficult will help you understand where your weakness is.
What are the sections in the Math portion of the SAT?
No calculator
15 multiple choice, 5 grid-ins (25 minutes)
Calculator
30 multiple choice, 8 grid-ins (including one Extended Thinking question) 55 minutes
Total=58 questions (80 minutes)