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* here for videos [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlrS_2vRYBHtzPwu2WOLSCVQ modeling some of these techniques and correcting student errors on SAT Reading section practice tests (by Michael Bromley)] | * here for videos [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlrS_2vRYBHtzPwu2WOLSCVQ modeling some of these techniques and correcting student errors on SAT Reading section practice tests (by Michael Bromley)] | ||
== Reading Practice == | |||
* SAT reading section engages students in difficult and unfamiliar text | |||
** in science, social studies, fiction, and journalism | |||
* many teachers and prep tutors recommend that students engage in general reading in preparation | |||
** this is fine advice, but it's too general to be useful | |||
* instead, we recommend that students become constant readers of fiction and non-fiction across multiple disciplines | |||
* more specifically, since the SAT Reading section uses excerpts, | |||
** identify the sources of released and practice tests | |||
** search titles or text extracts on academic databases (J-STOR, etc.) | |||
** engage difficult short stories from | |||
*** Sake, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce or Henry James | |||
*** learn the historical context of these stories as well<br /> | |||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
* SAT Reading Section Test Directions: | * SAT Reading Section Test Directions: | ||