SAT 2400 Preparation - Writing, Critical Reading, and Vocabulary Building - Resource Guide 2005

Sep 14, 2026

Resource guide for SAT 2400 preparation focused on writing, critical reading, and vocabulary development. Provides general SAT overview alongside specific lesson plans, strategies, student resource sheets, and suggested timelines for each assessed area. Includes supplemental materials designed for deeper course work, such as college search activities. Establishes semester frameworks for yearlong and 9-week after-school formats, plus summer school pacing. Includes acknowledgements and a detailed yearlong course outline with weekly pre-tests, instruction sequence, and practice sessions.

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Reading Time1 h 16 min

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YEARLONG SAT COURSE OUTLINE

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SAT 2400 PREPARATION Writing, Critical Reading, and Vocabulary Building Resource Guide 2005 The SAT An Introduction This resource guide includes general Scholastic Achievement Test information, specific lesson plans, strategies, student resource sheets, and suggested timelines for each of the assessed areas, as well as supplementary materials for in-depth course work that includes the college search. While the guide is comprehensive, it is not prescriptive; thus, teachers are free to modify materials to make the resource guide their “personal” guide. The plans that follow provide a framework for the semester course, the yearlong course, as well as a structural design for the 9-week after school course, and the summer school course. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The development of the SAT 2400 Preparation Writing, Critical Reading, and Vocabulary resource guide was a team effort between the Secondary Language Arts’Office and Howard County teachers under the supervision of Chris Paulis, Coordinator of Language Arts, and Zeleana S. Morris, Secondary English Resource Teacher. Special thanks are extended to the curriculum writers: Chadrenne Cox, Long Reach High School Alexia Isacco, Long Reach High School Holly Pascuillo, Centennial High School Linda Pieplow, Clarksville Middle School Eileen Stone, Hammond High School Linda Storey, River Hill High School Chuck Struhar, Long Reach High School YEARLONG SAT COURSE OUTLINE WEEK 1 MONDAY Pre-Test TUESDAY Pre-Test WEDNESDAY Pre-Test THURSDAY Pre-Test FRIDAY Pre-Test (Test scores recorded and goals set) WEEK 3 MONDAY What is the SAT? How is the test scored? TUESDAY Pacing/Target scores WEDNESDAY Section rules/Order of difficulty Guessing/Process of elimination THURSDAY Introduction to the writing section The Essay Identifying sentence errors Improving paragraphs Improving sentences FRIDAY Explanation of holistic scoring of essay Official SAT…103-118 Sample student essays Official SAT…118-135 WEEK 5 MONDAY Vocabulary: “Words for Daily Life” Mastering…41 Introduction to critical reading section Sentence completions: key word techniques Mastering…69 TUESDAY Passage-based reading: Introduction/Types of questions/Order of difficulty Mastering…126 WEDNESDAY Critical reading: Finding the main idea Mastering…135-141 Sentence completions: Definition techniques Mastering…75 THURSDAY Essay practice: Writing topic \#1 FRIDAY Critical reading: Finding the Main Idea Mastering…142-146 Identifying sentence errors: Official SAT…137-148 WEEK 7 MONDAY Vocabulary: The Mighty Prefix: Mastering…. 50 Usage: Subject/Verb agreement HoCo Resource Guide…88-91 TUESDAY Critical reading: Vocabulary in context: Mastering…147-153 Identifying sentence errors: Official SAT…149-151 WEDNESDAY Usage: Subject/Verb agreement HoCo Resource Guide…92-93 Critical reading: Recognizing a paraphrase: Mastering…154 THURSDAY Essay practice: Writing topic \#2 FRIDAY Critical reading: Putting it all Together: Mastering…162-164 Sentence completions: Opposites/Contrasts Mastering…80 WEEK 9 MONDAY Vocabulary: Roots and Branches Mastering…57 Grammar: Parallel structure HoCo Resource Guide 53-57 TUESDAY Critical reading: Making inferences: Mastering…238-243 Improving sentences: Official SAT…153-160 WEDNESDAY Critical reading: Making inferences: Mastering…244-247 Grammar: Parallel structure HoCo Resource Guide 58-63 THURSDAY Essay practice: Writing topic \#3 FRIDAY Critical reading: Short passages Official SAT…57-59 Improving sentences: Official SAT…160-166 WEEK 11 MONDAY Vocabulary: Synonym clusters: Mastering…p. 62 Usage: Pronouns HoCo Resource Guide…68-73 TUESDAY Critical reading: Attitude, mood, tone Mastering…248-253 Improving paragraphs…Official SAT 169-174 WEDNESDAY Critical reading: Attitude, Mood, Tone Mastering….254-257 Usage: Pronouns HoCo Resource Guide…74-75 Usage: Pronouns THURSDAY Ess

FAQs

What does the SAT 2400 Preparation resource guide include?

It includes general SAT information plus specific lesson plans, strategies, student resource sheets, and suggested timelines for writing, critical reading, and vocabulary. It also provides supplemental materials for deeper course work such as college search.

How is the yearlong course structured in the guide?

The guide offers a framework for a semester course, a yearlong course, and also a structural design for a 9-week after-school course and a summer school course. The yearlong outline is organized by weeks with assigned activities.

What activities appear in the early weeks of the yearlong outline?

Week 1 uses pre-tests with recorded test scores and goal setting. By Week 3, the outline includes instruction on what the SAT is, test scoring, pacing/target scores, and introductions to the writing section and essay.

Sep 14, 2026

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