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AMERICAN EDUCATION SERIES: A TYPICAL WHATSAPP TUTORIAL WITH ONE OF OUR SAT STUDENTS

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Below is a 'relay' of the WhatsApp posts of a popular Lagos-based SAT tutor during a WhatsApp class he had with one of his students.
The lesson was on the best strategies for tackling the SAT Reading Test.
The student's responses ain't posted here.
If you are interested in having such online classes or private/home tutorials in preparation for exams such as the SAT(1 & 2), IGCSE, Checkpoint, SSCE(WAEC & NECO), UTME(JAMB), Common Entrance exams into prestigious secondary schools, etc, contact Teacher Femi (DeProf) of the Be-Noble Home School, Lagos on 08168974531.
Thank you.

Now, let's start the SAT English class on WhatsApp.

.......... I like you to know that *the higher your English vocabulary prowess, the better you will do in both the Reading and Writing tests of the SAT.*


So, later on I'll test your vocabulary prowess, determine your level and work on it accordingly.

Vocabulary prowess here refers to how many English words you know their *meanings, synonyms, antoynms and the things they can imply either directly or indirectly.*

..... you have to *know that your answer to each question, especially for the Reading test, is right there in the passage.*


Now, let me tell you how to easily locate your answer in an SAT Reading test.
The option that says exactly the same thing as what you have in the relevant portion of the passage is the correct answer. And there is only one such answer choice or option per question. No matter how any of the other choices seem to be correct, it is actually faulty. It is faulty either because it has said more than what you have in the relevant portion of the passage or because it has said less.



Believe me this is a very powerful secret for tackling the SAT Reading test successfully. I have just given it out free of any charge.

But one tricky thing about the correct answers is that the examiners hardly present them in 'direct' words'. They will rather use synonyms or 'implied words' to the words used in the passage.

The words used in the passages are the 'direct' words. But they won't present the correct answers using those 'direct' words. They will use their 'nearest in meaning' or what I call their 'implied' words.

When tackling the Reading test, I always advise my students to begin with the 'Command of Evidence' or 'COE' questions. They are easily identified. I'll tell you more about them later on.

TO BE CONTINUED SOON.




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