Dr. B's SAT: Tips & Tricks to Immediately Raise Your Score

In this lecture you'll learn:

1. How to tackle the tricks on different types of Reading Comprehension questions, including:

-Specific Detail questions

-Main Idea questions

-General Detail questions

-Inference/Synthesis questions

2. That you don’t have to answer questions in Reading Comp passages in order! I’ll give you the best order in which to answer these questions (hint: do the easiest ones first)

3. How to avoid tricky answer choices

Assignment: This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Reading Test, questions 42-52 on pg. 18-21 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Reading Comp section on SAT Practice Test 6.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1. Step-by-step strategy behind Reading Comprehension questions, including:

-Specific Detail Strategy

-General Detail Strategy

-Double Questions Strategy

2. How to figure out where in the passage the answer will most likely be found (hint: you won’t have to read the whole thing to answer the questions!)

3. How to think of your own answer before matching it up to the answer choices.

4. How to cross out unlikely answer choices and make better guesses.

5. What to do if you’re short on time.

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Reading Test, questions 42-52 on pg. 18-21 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Reading Comp section on SAT Practice Test 7.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1. How to answer Reading Comp questions when you are given two passages, including:

-Questions about the relationship between the passages

-Two Passage Specific Detail questions

-Two Passage Main Idea questions

-Two Passage General Detail questions, including “double” questions

2. How to keep the two passages straight in your mind (hint: read as little of them as possible!)

3. In what order to tackle two passage questions.

4. How to get around tricky answer choices on two passage questions.

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 1 Reading Test, questions 42-52 on pg. pg. 14-16 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Reading Comp section on SAT Practice Test 3.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1. How to navigate Writing questions, including:

-NO CHANGE/Change questions

-“Should we add/delete this sentence?” questions

-Combining Sentences questions

-“Where should we put this sentence?” questions

-Charts and Graphs questions

2.How to deal with tricky answer choices (hint: don’t look at them until the last minute!)

3. How to think of your own answer before matching it up to the answer choices.

4.How to cross out unlikely answer choices in order to make better guesses.

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Writing Test, questions 23-33 on pg. 29-32 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Writing section on SAT Practice Test 1.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1. The best order in which to do Writing questions in (hint: from easiest to hardest!)

-NO CHANGE/Change (easiest)

-“Should we add/delete this sentence?”

-Combining Sentences

-“Where should we put this sentence?”

-Charts and Graphs (hardest)

2. When to skip doing a question

3. Step-by-step strategy for different Writing question types

4. How to deal with tricky answer choices in science writing

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Writing Test, questions 1-11 on pg. 22-25 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Writing section on SAT Practice Test 3.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1.How to tackle the tricks on different types of Math No Calculator questions, including:

-Multiple Choice

-Open Response (worth more points)

-Word Problems

2. How to avoid getting tricked by answer choices (hint: write down what you’re solving for!)

3. How get the most points for your time

4. What to do if you get stuck in the middle of a problem

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Math No Calculator, questions 1-20 on pg. 38-46 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Math No Calculator section on SAT Practice Test 1.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1. Strategies for different question types, including:

-Crossing out and guessing

-Backsolving

-Picking numbers

2. How to make sure you’re answering the question asked

3. How to make the most of your time (hint: you don’t have to solve all the way to choose the right answer!)

4. How to make the best use of scratch paper

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Math No Calculator, questions 1-20 on pg. 38-46 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Math No Calculator section on SAT Practice Test 3.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1.How to tackle the tricks on different types of Math Calculator questions, including:

-Multiple Choice

-Open Response (worth more points)

-Tables/Charts/Graphs with multiple questions

-Word Problems

2. When to use your calculator (hint: you don’t always need it!)

3. How to recognize math questions that don’t require any math

4. How get the most points for your time

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Math Test - Calculator, questions 1-38 on pg. 48-65 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Math Test -Calculator section on SAT Practice Test 1.

In this lecture you’ll learn:

1. Strategies for different question types, including:

-Multiple Choice strategies

-Open Response strategies

-Multiple Question strategies

-Word Problem strategies

2. How to save time by

-Crossing out and guessing

-Backsolving

-Picking numbers

3. How to deal with tricky answer choices (hint: make sure you’re answering the question asked)

4. How to practice under test conditions

This lesson looks at SAT Practice Test 5 Math Calculator, questions 1-38 on pg. 48-65 (link below). After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete Math Calculator section on SAT Practice Test 3.

In this lecture you’ll learn whole test tips you can use whether you’re working on Reading, Writing or Math, including:

1. How to analyze your guessing strategy (hint: you may have to guess against your hunch!)

2. Time management tips to maximize the number of questions you get right

3. How to tackle test anxiety leading up to and during the SAT

After watching the lecture, practice the tips and tricks by doing a complete SAT Practice Test under as close to test conditions as possible on SAT Practice Test 10. Find a quiet place, time yourself for each section, take only the breaks allowed by the test. Use SAT Practice Test 10. Check the Answer Explanations for Practice Test 10 to see how you did. This will give you a good idea of how you will do on the actual test.

Please fill out the google form, Dr. B's SAT Benchmark so I can see how you did.

Bonus Full Test Practice

As a bonus, SAT Practice Test 8 with Answer Explanations is also included for you to have another chance for full-length practice.

Bonus Math Practice

Go back to SAT Practice Tests #5, #6 and #7. Complete the Math No Calculator sections (25 minutes each). Each test also has Math Calculator sections (55 minutes each)

Bonus Writing Practice

Go back to SAT Practice Tests #6 and #7. Complete the Writing sections. Check your answers to see how you did.