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SAT/ACT Prep Scope and Sequence (Not in sequential order) English/Language Arts Strands • • • • Vocabulary Study Usage/Mechanics (Improving Sentences, Identifying sentence errors) o Punctuation o Basic grammar and usage o Sentence structure Rhetorical Skills (Improving paragraphs) o Strategies o Organization o Style The Essay Critical Reading Strands • • Sentence completion o Knowledge of the meanings of words o Logical use of vocabulary in sentence context Passage-based reading using various content areas o Reasoning skills o Deriving explicit and implicit meanings o Drawing conclusions o Making comparisons Mathematics Strands • • • • • Number and operations Algebra o Elementary algebra o Intermediate algebra Geometry o Coordinate geometry o Plane geometry Data analysis, statistics and probability o Data interpretation o Statistics o Probability Trigonometry o Right triangle trigonometry SAT/ACT Prep Scope and Sequence One Semester Huge concept (Not in sequential order) Objectives/concepts TEKS Topics (not in sequential order) Suggested Resources Assessments TAKS Objectives The Real ACT Prep Guide Unit tests NA English/Language Arts Strands • Vocabulary Study NA • Study of at least 250 recommended SAT words Quizzes The Official SAT Study Guide • Usage/Mechanics (Improving Sentences, Identifying sentence errors) o Punctuation o Basic grammar and usage o Sentence structure • • • • • Recognize faults in grammar and usage Recognize effective sentences that follow the conventions of standard written English Recognize and identify sentence-level errors Understand grammatical elements and structures and how they relate to each other in a sentence Recognize correctly formed grammatical structures ScoreWrite Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT2005 Kaplan Barron’s Number2.com • Rhetorical Skills (Improving Paragraphs) o Strategies o Organization o Style • • • • • • • Edit and revise sentences in the context of a paragraph or entire essay Organize and develop paragraphs in a coherent and logical manner Apply the conventions of standard written English Communicate ideas clearly and effectively Improve a piece of writing through revision and editing Clearly express ideas through sentencecombining and use of transitional words and phrases Improve coherence of ideas within and among paragraphs Collegeboard.com act.org Classwork Practice tests results • The Essay NA • • • Develop a point of view on an issue presented in an excerpt Support your point of view using reasoning and examples from your reading, studies, experience or observations Follow the conventions of standard written English • • Sentence completion o Knowledge of the meanings of the words o Logical use of vocabulary in context Knowledge of the meanings of words Ability to understand how the different parts of a sentence fit together logically ScoreWrite Kaplan Barron’s Number2.com Collegeboard.com • • Passage-based reading using various content areas o Reasoning skills o Literal comprehension o Deriving explicit and implicit meanings o Drawing conclusions o Making comparisons • • • • • Mathematics Strands • Number and operations • • • • • • • • NA Determine the meanings of words from their context in the reading passage Understand significant information directly stated in the passage Synthesize and analyze information as well as to evaluate the assumptions made and the techniques used by the author Identify cause and effect Make inferences Recognize main idea, tone and follow the logic of an analogy or an argument Arithmetic word problems Properties of integers Rational numbers Logical reasoning Sets Counting techniques Sequences and series Elementary number theory Unit tests Quizzes The Official SAT Study Guide Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT2005 Critical Reading Strands • The Real ACT Prep Guide act.org Classwork Practice tests results NA • Algebra o Elementary algebra o Intermediate algebra • • • • • • • • • • • • Substitution and simplifying algebraic expressions Properties of exponents Word problems Linear equations and inequalities Systems of equations and inequalities Quadratic equations] Rational and radical equations Equations of lines Absolute value Direct and inverse variations Concepts of algebraic functions Newly defined symbols The Real ACT Prep Guide Quizzes The Official SAT Study Guide ScoreWrite Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT2005 Kaplan Barron’s • Geometry o Coordinate geometry o Plane geometry • • • • • • Volume, Area and perimeter and circumference Pythagorean theorem Properties of isosceles, equilateral and right triangles Parallel and perpendicular lines Geometric visualization Slope Similarity Transformations • • • Data analysis, statistics and probability • • • Data interpretation Statistics (mean, median, mode) Probability • Trigonometry • • Right triangles Values and properties of trigonometric functions Graphing trigonometric functions Use of trigonometric identities Solving trigonometric equations • • • Unit tests Number2.com Collegeboard.com act.org Classwork Practice tests results NA