
Apply a three-area framework for the verbal section—words in context (vocabulary), reading comprehension, and grammar (standard English conventions)—ignoring distractors to simplify prep and improve question mapping.
Master words-in-context by circling the logical connector, underlining the target, and selecting the word that best fits the sentence context for the new digital SAT reading and writing module.
Learn direct details in the new digital SAT reading section by reformulating the question, underlining exact evidence in the passage, and choosing the option that matches directly—no inference.
Learn macro main idea questions by reading every sentence and selecting the option that connects all sentences into a single main point, using examples like reCAPTCHA and Jane Eyre.
Learn macro questions on sentence function by establishing a main idea and identifying the underline sentence's function. Follow steps: establish main idea, eliminate false choices, connect to the main idea.
Master logic questions in the new digital sat reading and writing module by learning to support or weaken a claim, circle the claim, and eliminate inconsistent or irrelevant choices.
Learn to tackle completion questions by circling the logical connector, underlining the target content, and eliminating irrelevant choices, with practice examples and emphasis on reading the entire text.
Label transition types, underline target content, and choose options that match the logical connection (contrast, addition, causation, illustration). Memorize common transition words and apply precise meanings.
Learn to synthesize data from charts and tables to support a claim, using a calm, methodical approach: underline the goal, eliminate false choices, and pick the evidence-aligned option.
Master synthesis fact pools on the digital SAT verbal section by outlining the goal, marking relevant facts, and choosing the option with the most overlap.
Explore the seven parts of speech—nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions—and learn their functions with examples for the sat writing section.
Explore verbals in depth, including gerunds, infinitives, present and past participles, and how they transform verbs into nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
Explore how clauses form sentences, identify subjects and verbs, and distinguish complete clauses from fragments, including rules for prepositions, modifiers, and who/that clauses.
Learn how to join clauses using fanboys and subordinating conjunctions, with proper punctuation. Explore semicolons and colons to connect clauses and recognize correct versus incorrect joins.
Learn to use commas, semicolons, colons, and dashes; understand when to pause, join clauses, and handle lists with correct punctuation.
Master subject-verb agreement by identifying the true subject, ignoring nouns after prepositions, and matching plural subjects with are and singular with is.
Master pronoun and noun agreement by examining antecedents, number, singular/plural references, and possessive forms with examples like they, it, and their.
Learn how tense and tense agreement work in English, including when mixed tenses are acceptable, and master the simple past, present perfect, and past perfect for time markers and durations.
Master dangling modifiers by identifying phrasal modifiers at the start of a clause and ensuring the subject is directly adjacent, with quick, practice-ready examples.
Explore adjective clauses and relative pronouns in this module, including who, whom, which, that, and whose, with guidance on when to use each and restrictive versus nonrestrictive clauses.
Explore appositive phrases (positives), their comma-delimited structure, and how to determine when the appositive or the main noun should be the focus, with examples from Jane, a student.
Explore parallel structure in lists, ensuring each item shares the same grammatical form, and learn to fix nonparallel items using fanboys and proper comma placement.
Master parallelism in comparisons by ensuring you compare equal elements, using phrases like the price of tomatoes is higher than that of potatoes.
Learn how correlative pairs maintain parallel structure, including not only… but also, either… nor, and between… and. Memorize these pairs and practice keeping grammatical parallelism in sentences.
Many students struggle with the SAT because they feel like there is more than one correct answer. If this sounds like you, then this is the course for you! Every single question on the SAT has a clear answer that can be uncovered if you follow the right steps. In this course, I will show you how each question can be solved in just 2 or 3 simple steps.
I divide the reading and writing section into three broad categories:
Words-in-context (Vocabulary)
Reading Comprehension
Grammar
This course will teach you how to tackle every single question type so that you can quickly and confidently pick the right answer each and every time.
I have multiple perfect scores in the SAT and ACT and have unlocked the secret of how the College Board designs their test questions. Over the past two decades I have taught thousands of my students the secrets to the test and am sharing the lessons I have learned with you here in this course. To be successful, you will also need to practice these skills to refine your ability to execute them on test day. I strongly recommend doing all the practice tests on the College Board website and Khan Academy, only after watching all my lessons.