This workshop is conceived with the same principles of instructional design, and by the same group of experienced educators that have kept Taming the SAT the quality choice since 1982.
The 6 hour workshop explores all aspects of SAT-I writing section. But the training does not end at the end of the workshop day. Students have access to a secure area of Taming the SAT website, and at their leisure may write three additional, timed essays. All essays are scored and annotated by two professional graders.
During the course of the day students learn strategies for taming all parts of the Writing section.
- Sentence error questions
- Sentence improvement questions
- Paragraph improvement questions
- The 25-minute student produced Essay
Students will practice all these topics and more.
For most students producing a timed essay is very stressful. We offer a variety of proven coping strategies.
- Practicing with essay prompts. What to do in those critical minutes before writing. Brainstorming and planning the essay.
- Constructing strong, relevant paragraphs that support a viewpoint
- Methods for anticipating the Essay assignment and preparing in advance
- Strategies based on the scoring guidelines used by the College Board
- Spotting potential traps and avoiding common errors.
What your son or daughter will receive
- A Writing Exercise booklet. These are exercises practiced during the workshop day.
- A Writing Study Guide book. A source book that summarizes the points made in the workshop plus much more. The book has sections on SAT Essay Writing, pertinent Grammar and Usage Review, Critical Thinking, and extensive, useful reference material.
- A password to more practice. At the end of the workshop day students produce a 25-minute handwritten essay. This essay is self-scored by students.
- After the workshop the student is emailed a password to more practice. Students, at a time convenient to them, will compose three additional, timed essays on our secure website. These essays will be graded, and annotated by two professional graders.
This workshop takes an in-depth look at the Writing section with major emphasis on the 25-minute essay which includes:
- Strategies for the multiple choice sentence error, sentence improvement, and paragraph improvement questions
- Practice with essay prompts, brainstorming, pacing
- Practical, advance preparation methods for anticipating the essay assignment
- Learning how to score an essay using the College Board guidelines ? an important self-study tool
- Students produce an essay paragraph by paragraph to develop a sense of pacing
- Students write another 25-minute essay; this essay is self-scored using the skills acquired in the workshop.
- Students write three additional, timed, essays online; essays are scored and annotated
- All essays are graded by two professional readers
- Students receive: Writing Exercises booklet, Writing Study Guide book, and obtain access to our website to write three additional essays
Instructions: Click on the individual names or click on a Taming the SAT icon to view details and register a workshop. After you make a selection, click the "add a cart" button. Prices for workshops are as follows in the chart below:
| TYPE OF WORKSHOP | LENGTH | FEE |
| Basic (Verbal & Math) | 12 hours | $275 |
| Writing | 6 hours | $160 |
| Combo (Verbal, Math & Writing | 18 hours | $390 |
| Verbal only | 6 hours | $160 |
| Math only | 6 hours | $160 |
| Verbal or Math & Writing | 12 hours | $295 |
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