SAT Prep 2:15 - 3:30
Agenda 2:15 - 2:30: Basics ❏ 2:35 - 2:40: Tips ❏ 2:40 - 2:50: Study Resources ❏ 2:50 - 3:05: Sample Questions ❏ 3:05 - 3:15: Naviance Test Prep ❏ 3:15 - 3:30: Practice Time ❏
Test Format and Timing: 3 hours (+ 50 min.)
Reading Test ● Basics: read passages & interpret info. graphics to answer multiple-choice questions. ● Types of passages: 1 literary, 1 government, 1 science, 1 social science (some passages are paired) ● Skills tested: locate a piece of information or an idea stated directly, make inferences, analyze use of evidence, analyze word choice, use context clues, examine hypotheses, interpret data, consider implications. ● Not required: math skills or specific background knowledge.
Writing & Language ● Basics: read, find mistakes and weaknesses, and fix them. All questions are multiple choice & based on passages and/or info. graphics. ● To answer some questions, you’ll need to look closely at a single sentence. Others require reading the entire piece and interpreting a graphic. ● Skills measured: improve the way passages develop information and ideas w/ evidence; enhance concision, precision, or style through word choice; make “editorial decisions”; make changes to enhance structure; fix convention errors.
Math ● Basics: mostly multiple-choice, some grid-ins, 1 section w/ calculator, 1 w/o. ● Some parts of the test include several questions about a single scenario. ● Topics: algebra (linear equations & systems), problem-solving & data analysis, manipulation of complex equations, some geometry & trig. ● Skills tested: fluency, conceptual understanding, applications.
Overarching Features ● Find the meanings of words in context ● Interpret, synthesize, and use evidence found in a wide range of sources ● Problems grounded in real-world contexts ● U.S. Founding Documents and the Great Global Conversation
Tips The questions are usually easier at the beginning of a set. Answer the easier questions first. Mark questions you have skipped in your booklet. Eliminate “wrong” answers. Look for the best answer. Guess: Don’t leave any blanks.
Tips Skim the reading passages. Use line numbers to find answers. Look for key question terms: “however”; “still”; except.” Look for correctness and clarity for grammar answers. Memorize common math formulas.
Resources College Board SAT Page Khan Academy Question of the Day (Kaplan, College Board, Varsity Tutors) *Naviance
Structure of Rhetorical Analysis ● Include a clear and direct thesis statement for your introduction ● Main focus should be on body paragraphs and answering the prompt ○ Identify their argument and discuss how it is put together. Do not take a position. ○ The author uses specific diction , tone , and syntax in their essay. Analyze these to help you explain how they have constructed their argument. ● The more evidence you use, the better your analysis! Can you support your claim with evidence? Can you explain why that evidence is relevant to your claim?
Sample Essay You are analyzing how the author uses these in their essay
Focuses on persuasive Clear thesis Focuses on the elements the author Uses Evidence statement author’s main idea uses (body (body paragraph) (introduction) (throughout) paragraph)
Math! Calculator Permitted! Choice A is correct. Multiplying the number of cups The recommended daily calcium intake for a of milk by the amount of calcium each cup 20-year-old is 1,000 milligrams (mg). One cup contains and multiplying the number of cups of of milk contains 299 mg of calcium and one juice by the amount of calcium each cup contains cup of juice contains 261 mg of calcium. gives the total amount of calcium from each Which of the following inequalities represents source. the possible number of cups of milk m and The student must then find the sum of these two cups of juice j a 20-year-old could drink in a numbers to find the total amount of calcium. Because the question asks for the calcium from day to meet or exceed the recommended these two sources to meet or exceed the daily calcium intake from these drinks alone? recommended daily intake, the sum of these two products must be greater than or equal to 1,000.
Calculator Not Permitted! If 1/2X+1/3Y=4, what is the value of 3X+2Y?
Sample Reading Question: Go to tinyurl.com/SATRP The description in the first paragraph indicates that what Ethan values most about Mattie is her A) fitness for farm labor. B) vivacious youth. C) receptive nature. D) freedom from worry.
Sample Reading Question Key Choice C is the best answer. Lines 4–8 mention many of Mattie’s traits: she is friendly (“smiled and waved”), eager (“jumped down with her bundles”), easygoing (“she ain’t a fretter”), and energetic (“like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth”). However, the trait that appeals most to Ethan, as suggested by it being mentioned last in the paragraph, is her openness to the world around her: “She had an eye to see and an ear to hear: he could show her things and tell her things, and taste the bliss of feeling that all he imparted left long reverberations and echoes he could wake at will” (lines 11–13).
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