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.
