Here’s a shocker: the SAT doesn’t give a rip what you think. They especially don’t care about your opinion about the critical reading passages. My students usually put their personal opinion smack in the middle of critical reading analyses: “Well, I don’t like dinosaurs, so I didn’t think that was important.” “I don’t think creative writing […]
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Get Tough with the Critical Reading Answer Choices
I was working with a student today who, like many of my students, was being too nice with the Critical Reading answers. Her thought process went something like this: “Well, A could be right since they mention nature in the passage. B could be right since they mention mathematical forms. C could be right since […]
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The Definitive SAT Critical Reading book
Want to ace the Critical Reading section? The Complete Guide to SAT Reading by Erica Meltzer will show you exactly how to do it. I *only* use the Official SAT Study Guide as a source for authentic SAT questions. However, I make two exceptions to this rule. And this is one of them. Erica has exhaustively […]
This pink pony can save your SAT critical reading score
I’ve been talking about pink ponies for years. It’s one of the most critical skills on the reading section on both the SAT and the ACT. Almost-right is good enough in school Apparently in schools, teachers just want you to get close to the right answer. They’ll give you partial or even full credit […]
A secret strategy to increase your SAT Critical Reading score
We don’t pay attention to boring things. I know this isn’t earth shattering information. 🙂 However, I’ve got a twist on it that you can use to increase your critical reading score. John Medina, author of the brilliant book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, lists 12 key ideas […]