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Series Details
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.
✋ 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!
Dates
July 28 - August 27
Learners
61 / 75
Total Sessions
19
About the Tutor
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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.
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Upcoming Sessions
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Past Sessions
19
28
Jul
O
Session 1
Orientation
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.
30
Jul
SW
Session 2
SAT Reading & Writing
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.
2
Aug
SW
Session 3
SAT Reading & Writing
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.
3
Aug
OH
Session 4
Office Hours
Come if you have questions, need help, or want to discuss the optional homework.
Plan / schedule:
1. Going over passage from Orientation session
2. Questions from previous sessions (for people who didn't get to ask a question or missed the session and have questions)
3. Challenge Homework #1 (discussion, questions, answers)
4. Challenge Homework #2 (answers, questions)
5. Open Question Time (can review any of above or answer any other questions)
4
Aug
SW
Session 5
SAT Reading & Writing
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.
5
Aug
OH
Session 6
Office Hours
Come if you have questions, need help, or want to go over the optional homework!
6
Aug
SW
Session 7
SAT Reading & Writing
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.
16
Aug
SW
Session 8
SAT Reading & Writing
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).
OH
Session 9
Office Hours
Office Hours for either of the past two sessions. Come if you have questions, need help, or want to go over homework answers.
17
Aug
OH
Session 10
Office Hours
Come if you have questions, need help, or want answers to the optional homework!
18
Aug
SW
Session 11
SAT Reading & Writing
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.
19
Aug
OH
Session 12
Office Hours
More time to go over any questions you may have had from the practice on the 18th as well as answer general questions.
20
Aug
R
Session 13
Review
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.
23
Aug
R
Session 14
Review
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.
24
Aug
OH
Session 15
Office Hours
Come if you have questions on either of the past two review sessions or on anything else we've done.
25
Aug
R
Session 16
Review
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.
26
Aug
R
Session 17
Review
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.
SW
Session 18
SAT Reading & Writing
Going over answers from the SAT Reading Test Practice. PLEASE ATTEND!! I will be going over the most missed questions and any requests.
27
Aug
SW
Session 19
SAT Reading & Writing
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!