SAT I Verbal Preparation Part 1 (Vocabulary / Critical Reading)
This course is designed to prepare students to take the new SAT I Verbal test, a comprehensive multiple choice and writing exam. Areas of verbal acuity included in the SAT I Verbal are sentence completion, critical reading, Standard English grammar, and a 25 minute essay. Part 1 of the course will provide expert instruction in vocabulary development, sentence completion, and critical reading. It is the opinion of the MCA Director, Mrs Cheri Sabraw, that this part of the SAT I Verbal (Part 1) is the more difficult of the two parts. The instructor will lecture on these topics and discuss test-taking strategies. Students will memorize SAT vocabulary and practice the above named skills. Students will take 5 practice tests and learn MCA strategies for achieving the type of score needed for admission into the university level.
SAT I Math Preparation
This course is designed to prepare students to take SAT Math I test, a comprehensive multiple-choice exam. Areas of math included in the SAT I Math are fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, inequalities, exponentials, probability and statistics, averages (mean, median, mode), functions, solving equations, sequences and series, lines/ planes/ triangles/ quadrilaterals/ circles/ polygons, areas and volumes, two and three dimensional coordinates, and logic and word problems. The instructor will lecture on these topics and discuss test-taking strategies. Students will practice the above named skills and solve selected problems from practice tests and other teacher designed materials. Students will take 5 practice tests.
SAT II Math IIC Preparation
The instructor will use the SAT II Math II C Barron’s prep book and supplementary material to guide honors track students in their preparation for the May or June SAT II Math II C tests. He will cover functions, from function notations to multivariable functions; polynomial functions, from linear to inequalities; trigonometric functions, from arc/angles to triangles; miscellaneous relations and functions, from conic sections to polar. One half of each of our classes during the last three years has scored perfect 800’s on this test.
SAT II Biology Preparation
The SAT II Biology course will prepare students in the areas of cellular and molecular biology, ecology, genetics, organismal biology, and evolution. Students will take a diagnostic test upon entering the class, review all components of the test, study major topics in biology, and then take 5 practice tests.
