Tests are standardized. Students are not.
SAT Preparation Program
for Collingwood School
Preparing for the March 5th SAT
Academic Approach has partnered with Collingwood School to offer an SAT preparation program to its students
planning to take the March 5th, 2016 SAT exam. Because we understand and appreciate your students’
demanding academic and co-curricular commitments, we have conveniently scheduled 24 hours of instruction on
Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 1pm on Collingwood’s campus. A diagnostic exam and two practice exams
will also be administered on three Saturdays from 9am to 12:30pm. Please see the syllabus on page two for lesson
information and exact class and test dates.
Each student who signs up for a course will receive the following:
Highly-Customized Classroom Instruction
Collingwood School’s choice to partner with Academic Approach is based on the shared philosophy that the most
efficient and effective approach to meeting individual student’s needs is through highly-customized classroom
instruction. Each Academic Approach course begins with a diagnostic test, from which the data is used to drive
and tailor classroom instruction. Subsequent diagnostic tests enable instructors to measure student progress and
realign instruction according to the most prevalent and immediate test preparation needs of the entire class, as
determined by a score-report analysis.
Expert Instructors
Academic Approach believes test preparation is an opportunity to engage students in real learning. Academic
Approach instructors are warm and supportive teaching professionals who know how to motivate and engage
students while conducting an effective classroom experience that improves scores, is academically enriching, and,
just as importantly, is fun.
Homework
To make the most of this course, homework will be assigned after each lesson with the expectation that students
will complete it for the following weekend course. Completing the homework allows students the opportunity to
practice applying on their own the skills and methods learned in the course and to ask relevant questions in the
next session.
Communication and Support
Collingwood School’s University Guidance staff and Academic Approach understand and appreciate that in order
for a program to succeed parents often require information and guidance. Academic Approach directors will
supervise and ensure the high quality of all programs and will alert you to absences, provide access to online score
reports, and support your needs along the way.
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Tests are standardized. Students are not.
March SAT Prep Syllabus
Date
Lessons
Saturday, January 16
9am–12:30pm
Diagnostic Exam (SAT TA01)
Saturday, January 23
9am–1pm
Reading: Grasp/Prove/Eliminate
Sunday, January 24
9am–1pm
Writing: Sentence Construction, Commas
Math: Creative Strategies and Application
Math: Procedures: Manipulations,
Ratios and Percents
Homework
“Citizens United,”
“Feudalism in the Middle Ages”
“Avocado: The Forgotten Fruit,”
“Manned Mission to Mars”
PAM 9, PSDA 1, PSDA 2, PSDA 3
Saturday, January 30
9am–12:30pm
Practice Test (SAT TB01)
Saturday, February 13
9am–1pm
Test Review
“Mercury Emissions”
Writing: Principles of Editing
PSDA 4, PSDA 5, HOA 1,
HOA 2, HOA 3, HOA 8, HOA 9,
PAM 13
Math: Data Analysis and Probability, Functions
Sunday, February 14
9am–1pm
Writing: Establishing Transitional Flow
“Transcontinental Railroad,”
“The Battle of Agincourt”
Math: Systems of Equations,
Quadratic Functions
HOA 4, HOA 5, PAM 1, PAM 3,
PAM 5, PAM 6, PAM 11
Reading: Application 1
Saturday, February 20
9am–12:30pm
Practice Test (SAT TC01)
Saturday, February 27
9am–1pm
Test Review
“Women in Print Media”
Reading: Application 2
Math: Data Driven Items
Writing: About the Essay
Sunday, February 28
9am–1pm
Saturday, March 5
Writing: Verb Agreement and Tense,
Pronoun Agreement and Case
“The Useful Dandelion,”
“Colony Collapse Disorder”
Math: SOHCAHTOA, Math Timed Practice
ATM 7
Official SAT
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