Subject: PrepMatters Session Report
From: "PrepMatters" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:35:09 +0000

PrepMatters session report for Maisy Biden.

Session Information
Session Entry Date: 09/28/18 11:54 am EDT
Length: 1 hr
Subject: TP - ACT
Attendance: Attended

Parent Note:

Student Note:

For math, go 10% slower:

1. Read SLOWLY.

2. Underline key words.

3. Put work on paper.

4. When you finish, REREAD!

Right triangle:

A^2 + B^2 = C^2

Obtuse Triangle:

A^2 + B^2 < C^2

Acute Triangle:

A^2 + B^2 > C^2

In a triangle, each side must be less than the SUM of the other sides. If two sides are 5 and 7, the third side must be LESS than 12.

Same rule in any polygon, each side must be LESS SUM of the other sides.

For percent problems, use a RATIO:

X%/100% = #is/#of

20 is 30% of what #?

30%/100% = 20 (is)/x (of)

Then, cross-multiply.

Tonight: Spend a few minutes each night reviewing corrections from English and math. Then, do a timed passage (not section) of reading and/or science to feel in control.

Saturday morning – be awake! Go for a run(?), listen to psych music, take a shower, drive fast with windows, whatever gets you up and awake. Get your swagger on!

Do/redo one timed English passage to warm up.

Circle your answers on the booklet and BUBBLE in batches. Saves time, avoids misbubbling, and is less taxing with less back-and-forth.

English 70 min

• Read everything. Context matters.

• Read “out loud.” Mumble, mumble, mumble!

• Iowa: simple is good.

5 min break: refuel!

Math 90 min:

• Write out your work. Do not rush!

Ask “what’s the easiest way to do this?”

• Back-solve (use their answers).

• Pictures are DRAWN to SCALE – trust what you see!

• Plug in #s!

• Calculator: i.e. turn fractions to decimals

5 minute break: Move and refuel!

Reading 55 min

• Slow is fast: When given line #s, read above and below to get all the clues.

The answers are all there!

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5 minute break: Move and refuel!

Science 55 min

• “Make haste slowly," not rushing or, perhaps more so, not FEELING like you are rushing. Read the intros to get the big picture.

• Be really attentive to units of measurement.

• Lastly, the right answer will NEVER be inconsistent with your common sense or what you have learned in school. So, TRUST yourself! In fact, some of the "hypothetical" questions can only be done by your logic.

Essay 60 minutes

• As many examples as you have time for. Write 2+ pages.

• Ideally each in its own paragraph.

• Be clear on your position and your reasons.

• For the perspective you support, go “deeper.” Expand on the benefits of you proposal, if adopted, or problems if it isn’t.

Swing for the fences! you want to either get a higher score or lower score. If higher, Woohoo! If lower, use what you already have. Go big!