This workshop will take a deep dive into how to most effectively use the desmos to save time and energy on the SAT. Typically, at least 50% of the questions on any given module can be approached with desmos. This workshop will get you comfortable with recognizing desmos-friendly questions, as well as some of the little known desmos tools that can help you solve the toughest questions.

Cost: $90*; if cost is a barrier, please contact Annick.

*15% discount if all 4 summer workshops are pre-purchased.

The standard english conventions domain of the verbal module is typically where students have the most gaps in their knowledge. This workshop not only teaches the concepts necessary to do well on this section but also illuminates how to rigorously approach questions based on repetitive patterns created by test makers. The ability to recognize these patterns and implement a specific approach can help students gain more points while also move them through the questions more quickly.

Concepts covered: Punctuation Rules, Apostrophes, Subject-Verb agreement, Verb Tense, Verb Form, Subject-Modifier Placement, Subject-Pronoun agreement.

Cost: $90*; if cost is a barrier, please contact Annick.

*15% discount if all 4 summer workshops are pre-purchased.

This workshop will take a deep dive into the first half of the verbal module (the reading questions). Here’s a few of the topics we’ll cover:

• how to approach the questions with an Active Reading strategy

• how to precisely identify evidence for your answer to the words in context questions

• the anatomy of function of the underlined portion questions, and how to eliminate wrong answers quickly

• a quick trick/tip for overall structure questions

• common test-maker patterns in the answers for main idea, main purpose, and logically completes questions

• the three types of command of evidence questions, and the specific approach for each one

• how to quickly tackle command of evidence (data) questions when time is running out

• strategies for pacing and running low on time for the second hard verbal module

Cost: $90*; if cost is a barrier, please contact Annick.

*15% discount if all four summer workshops are pre-purchased

The last few questions from Math Module 1 and many of the questions from the hard Math Module 2 contain some exquisitely difficult questions! This workshop is about understanding the patterns to difficulty and knowing how to spot them. While some hard math questions do test high level concepts (e.g. trig cofunctions like sinx = cosy), others are challenging for different reasons. For instance, a math question may be testing a very basic and fundamental concepts such as a factored form of a polynomial and function notation. However, if it’s presented with a bunch of strange constants and variables (e.g. if g(t) = (t – 24)(t – 7)(t + 8), and h(w) = g(t) + 4, what is the sum of all possible w values when g(t) = 0?), some students get scared :) This workshop is about exposing the common ways that test makers spice up hard questions. It will also review the commonly tested concepts/question types that occur near the end of the second hard module.

Students will receive a 50-question problem set with an answer key as a supplement to this course.

Cost: $90*; if cost is a barrier, please contact Annick.

*15% discount if all 4 summer workshops are pre-purchased.