- 8 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Recording: English Grammar Fundamentals & Test-Taking Techniques recording
- Password: 2023
- PDF used during session: English Grammar Fundamentals & Test-Taking Techniques .pdf
- EZ ACT Grammar Review:
- Print to follow along with video: Comma Rules 1-Pager
- Watch and understand (19mins): Comma Rules Video
- AGAIN! English Drill & Review
- Step 1. Print: English P1 & English P2
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (6mins): Attacking Your English HW video
- Step 3. Watch and Understand (3mins): English: The First 60secs video
- Step 4. Grab the passage 1 print-out and follow along with:
- Passage 1 Beat-Down video (27mins)
- Step 5. Watch and Understand (2mins): Be Honest and Circle Your Weaknesses video
- Step 6. Watch and Understand (8mins): Go the Extra Mile: Review Non-Underlined Areas video
- Step 7. Grab passage 2 (P2), set a timer for 9mins, and work the passage
- When finished, COMPLETELY circle the P2 questions on which you wouldn’t bet $100
- Step 8. Open and Fully Review (5mins): SOLUTIONS English Passage 1 & SOLUTIONS English Passage 2
- 7 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Recording: Math Fundamentals & Test-Taking Techniques recording
- Password: 2023
- PDF used during session: Math Fundamentals & Test-Taking Techniques .pdf
- Hard Math Circles Review:
- Step 1. Print: Geometry Drill: Circles – Lengths & Degrees
- Step 2a. Identify your weaknesses (5-10mins)
- Step 2b. Now grab the doc and Watch along with (37mins): VIDEO SOLUTIONS: Circles – Lengths and Degrees
- Step 3. Review & Understand (5-10mins): SOLUTIONS: Circles – Lengths and Degrees
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Hard Math Circles Review:
- Step 1. Print: Geometry Drill: Circles – Circumference & Area
- Step 2a. Identify your weaknesses (5-10mins)
- Step 2b. Now watch Qs that gave you trouble: VIDEO SOLUTIONS: Circles – Circumference & Area
- Step 3. Review & Understand (5-10mins): SOLUTIONS: Circles – Circumference & Area
- Try not to fall behind
- ACT Math Samples: If you are all caught up:
- Review (no need to print Solutions): ACT Math Samples Review with SOLUTIONS
- Watch and Understand only the Qs that gave you trouble (38mins): SOLUTIONS ACT Math Samples Review
- 6 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Recording: Reading Fundamentals & Test-Taking Techniques recording
- Password: 2023
- PDF used during session: Reading Fundamentals & Test-Taking Techniques .pdf
- Reading Drill & Review
- Step 1. Print and review (2mins): 4-Step Reading Cheat Method
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (3mins): Reading: The 1st 60secs video
- Step 3. Print out and watch along with next video: Passage 1 and its Questions
- Step 4. Watch and Understand (39mins): Reading: Passage 1 Breakdown video
- Step 5. Review (no need to print) written Passage 1 Solutions and analyze the simple, quick notes and dirty answer choices
- More Reading Drill & Review
- Step 1. Print and review (2mins): 4-Step Reading Cheat Method
- Step 2. Again, Watch and Understand (3mins): Reading: The 1st 60secs video
- Step 3. Print out and follow the steps from passage 1’s Breakdown video: Passage 3 and its Questions
- Step 4. Review (no need to print) written Passage 3 Solutions and analyze the simple, quick notes and dirty answer choices
- Step 5. Print out and follow the previous steps from Tuesday’s passage 1 Breakdown video: Passage 4 and its Questions
- Step 6. Review (no need to print) written Passage 4 Solutions and analyze the simple, quick notes and dirty answer choices
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Reading Review: How to Beat the Old, Ugly Dual Passage
- Step 1. Review or Print the: 4-Step Reading Method
- Step 2. Print and follow along using the steps below: Old, Ugly Dual Passage
- Step 3. Watch and Understand (3mins): The 4-Step Method for UGLY DUAL Passages
- Step 4. Watch and Understand (3mins): Step 1. Hit That Blurb
- Step 5. Watch and Understand (17mins): Step 2. Attack the Qs
- Step 6. Watch and Understand (24mins): Step 3. Skim and Quick-Note
- Step 7. Watch and Understand (4mins): Step 4. Attack Answers from Bottom Up
- Dual Reading Passage Drill
- Step 8. Print out and repeat the Steps 4-7: Passage 2 and its Questions
- Step 9. Review (no need to print) written Passage 2 Solutions and analyze the simple, quick notes and dirty answer choices
- 5 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Beating the EZ Science Passages
- Step 1. Print out and follow along with Steps 2 and 3: Full Science Section
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (16mins): ACT Science: The 1st 60secs Video
- Step 3. Watch and Understand (20mins): Attacking the 2 EZ Passages
- Notice how the test-makers are trying to get you to bite on bait
- Notice how my quick notes are simple words to give me the basic main idea of the paragraphs
- Step 4. Fully review (3-5mins): Full ACT Science Section Solutions
- Beating the MED Science Passages
- Step 1. Use your print-outs from yesterday’s Step 1.
- Step 2. Again, Watch and Understand (16mins): ACT Science: The 1st 60secs Video
- Step 3. Watch and Understand (23mins): Attacking the 2 Medium Passages
- Notice how the test-makers are trying to get you to bite on bait
- Notice how my quick notes are simple words to give me the basic main idea of the paragraphs
- Step 4. Fully review (3-5mins): Full ACT Science Section Solutions
- Beating the HARD Science Passages
- Step 1. Watch and Understand (23mins): Attacking the 2 Hard Passages
- Notice how the test-makers are trying to get you to bite on bait
- Notice how my quick notes are simple words to give me the basic main idea of the paragraphs
- Step 2. Fully review (3-5mins): Full ACT Science Section Solutions
- Step 1. Watch and Understand (23mins): Attacking the 2 Hard Passages
- 4 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Grammar Passage Review (40mins):
- Part A. The Basics
- Step 1. Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Step 2. Review and Understand (5mins): Grammar Rules Cheat Sheet
- determine which grammar rules still feel rusty and get to know them better
- Part B. The 1st 60secs – Create Your New Order of Difficulty
- Step 1. Print and follow along with next step: Full Grammar Section
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (5mins): The 1st 60secs – Grammar Section Vid
- Part C. My 1st Passage
- Step 1. Print and follow along with next step: Grammar Test P4 (my 1st passage)
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (29mins): Grammar P4 Breakdown Vid
- Step 3. Watch and Understand (6mins): Things You Do Right After You Work A Passage
- Step 4. Methodically review (5-7mins): Grammar P4 SOLUTIONS
- Part D. May 2nd Passage
- Step 1. Print and follow along with next step: Grammar Test P3 (my 2nd passage)
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (29mins) Grammar P3 Breakdown Vid
- Step 3. Watch and Understand (6mins): Things You Do Right After You Work A Passage
- Step 4. Methodically review (5-7mins): Grammar P3 SOLUTIONS
- Part E. Be Diligent: Own it!
- Step 1. Watch and Understand (3mins): Now What?!?!
- Part A. The Basics
- 3 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Recording: Math & Science Practice Test & Review recording
- Password: 2023
- PDF used during session: Math & Science Practice Test & Review .pdf
- More Math: If you are all caught up:
- Again, Practice on ACT Math EZ Qs 1-21
- Review the Solutions for ACT Math Qs 1-21
- Watch (60mins – no need to watch entire video/just hit the Qs that gave trouble):
- Again, Practice on ACT Math MED Qs 22-40
- Review the Solutions for ACT Math Qs 22-40
- Watch (60mins – no need to watch entire video/just hit the Qs that gave trouble)
- Again, Practice on ACT Math HARD Qs 41-60
- Review the Solutions for ACT Math Qs 41-60
- Watch (60mins – no need to watch entire video/just hit the Qs that gave trouble):
- Again, Practice on ACT Math EZ Qs 1-21
- Recording: Math & Science Practice Test & Review recording
- 2 DAYS UNTIL SEP ACT
- Clear your mind and get in FOCUS
- Recording: SMART ACT Test-Day Strategies: Putting It All Together!
- Password: 2023
- PDF used during session: SMART ACT Test-Day Strategies: Putting It All Together!
- Grammar Passage Drills:
- Part A. The Basics
- Step 1. Again, Review and Understand (5mins): Grammar Rules Cheat Sheet
- determine which grammar rules still feel rusty and get to know them better
- Step 1. Again, Review and Understand (5mins): Grammar Rules Cheat Sheet
- Part B. My 3rd Passage Drill
- Step 1. Print: Grammar Test P5 (my 3rd passage)
- Step 2. Make sure your Later (L) Questions (Q) are labeled
- Step 3. Set a timer for 5mins
- When the timer sounds, write down the # of Qs left
- Step 4. Reset your timer for 4mins and finish the passage
- Step 5. Watch and Understand (6mins): Things You Do Right After You Work A Passage
- Step 6. Methodically review (5-7mins): Grammar P5 SOLUTIONS
- Part C. My 4th Passage Drill
- Step 1. Print: Grammar Test P1 (my 4th passage)
- Step 2. Make sure your Later (L) Questions (Q) are labeled
- Step 3. Set a timer for 5mins
- When the timer sounds, write down the # of Qs left
- Step 4. Reset your timer for 4mins and finish the passage
- Step 5. Watch and Understand (6mins): Things You Do Right After You Work A Passage
- Step 6. Methodically review (5-7mins): Grammar P1 SOLUTIONS
- Part D. Be Diligent: Own it!
- Step 1. Watch and Understand (3mins): Now What?!?!
- Part A. The Basics
- MORE ACT Science Section:
- Clear your mind and make it fun!
- For fun! A quick Science Drill to get familiar with your test-day Science Strategy:
- Step 1. Print out the Practice Science Attachment (with answer key) and follow along with Step 2.
- Step 2. Watch and Understand (35mins): ACT Science Test Strategies
- notice how number of Questions per passage
- think of how worn you will feel when you reach this 4th section of the ACT
- you will receive a 5min break before this section; get up and take that break
- Start at the 4min:40sec mark and Watch: Part 1 Real World ACT Science Strategy video General Steps for Science Section: Get your game face on during the 5min break before the section!
- Decide whether you will work on only 5 passages or all 6 (or 4)
- Start! Write down your Start, End, and 5min Warning Times
- Immediately determine your Order of Difficulty
- Attack each passage by 1st getting a simple understanding of the charts and graphs
- Then ATTACK the Questions and its answers from the Bottom-Up!
- Never hug Questions!
- Any Question that doesn’t refer to the chart or graph, go fetch the answer in within the text of the passage
- Step 3. Watch Part 2 Real World ACT Science Strategy video
- 1 DAY UNTIL SEP ACT
- Hard Grammar Passage Drill:
- Part A. The Basics
- Step 1. Again, Review and Understand (5mins): Grammar Rules Cheat Sheet
- determine which grammar rules still feel rusty and get to know them better
- Step 1. Again, Review and Understand (5mins): Grammar Rules Cheat Sheet
- Part B. My LAST (5th) Passage Drill
- Step 1. First Watch (36mins): Attacking The UGLY Passages
- Step 2. Print: Grammar Test P2 (my LAST (5th) passage)
- Step 3. Make sure your Later (L) Questions (Q) are labeled
- Step 4. Set a timer for 5mins
- When the timer sounds, write down the # of Qs left
- Step 5. Reset your timer for 4mins and finish the passage
- Step 6. Watch and Understand (6mins): Things You Do Right After You Work A Passage
- Step 7. Methodically review (5-7mins): Grammar P2 SOLUTIONS
- Part E. Be Diligent: Own it!
- Step 1. Watch and Understand (3mins): Now What?!?!
- Part A. The Basics
- BE DONE PREPPING BY 6PM!
- Step 1. Open and completely review (3-5mins): Very Important & Smart Things To Do Before the ACT
- Step 2. Review (2-3mins): ACT Test-Day Strategies
- Step 3. Review and Understand (2-3mins): The 1st 60secs for the ACT
- Hard Grammar Passage Drill:
