ACT test tip, importance of Vocabulary for SAT

I've noticed that for math questions, often the last answer is the obvious answer. Before evaluating expressions for answers A, B, C, and D, look at answer E and see if it's the obvious answer.

I've been asking students to report vocabulary progress every week.  More than half of my students say, "I didn't get to it this week, but I plan to do more next week."  Not a good answer.  I realize that most students are already overloaded.  But I also realize that critical reading scores are SO dependent on vocabulary that students need to set up a schedule for learning SAT words.  Find 5 minutes a day.

New tools

I've made "half" test sections for SAT Critical Reading and Math. If an SAT students comes in fifteen minutes early, he or she can take a "half" test in 12.5 minutes, and then we can go over it at the beginning of the hour. Several students have honed their ability to "work against the clock" and have made significant score improvement.  Come on in and give a try.

(I'm working on a similar project for the ACT.  It will be coming soon.)