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SAT/ACT Prep Scope and Sequence
(Not in sequential order)
English/Language Arts Strands
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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
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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
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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
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Vocabulary Study
NA
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Study of at least 250 recommended SAT
words
Quizzes
The Official SAT
Study Guide
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Usage/Mechanics (Improving Sentences,
Identifying sentence errors)
o Punctuation
o Basic grammar and usage
o Sentence structure
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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
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Rhetorical Skills (Improving Paragraphs)
o Strategies
o Organization
o Style
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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
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The Essay
NA
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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
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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
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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
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Mathematics Strands
• Number and operations
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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
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The Real ACT Prep
Guide
act.org
Classwork
Practice tests
results
NA
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Algebra
o Elementary algebra
o Intermediate algebra
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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
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Geometry
o Coordinate geometry
o Plane geometry
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Volume, Area and perimeter and
circumference
Pythagorean theorem
Properties of isosceles, equilateral and right
triangles
Parallel and perpendicular lines
Geometric visualization
Slope
Similarity
Transformations
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Data analysis, statistics and probability
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Data interpretation
Statistics (mean, median, mode)
Probability
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Trigonometry
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Right triangles
Values and properties of trigonometric
functions
Graphing trigonometric functions
Use of trigonometric identities
Solving trigonometric equations
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Unit tests
Number2.com
Collegeboard.com
act.org
Classwork
Practice tests
results
NA
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