This month my book club selected Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte. We usually read New York Times bestsellers, but decided we needed a change. Wuthering Heights is a novel I’ve started a few times in the past, but never managed to get past the first few chapters. This time I was motivated to finish. After the [...]
Vocabulary is so much more than a Friday quiz in English class or a pile of flashcards used to prepare for the SAT. Like it or not, we are judged on how we present ourselves to others and vocabulary plays a crucial role. “He sounds like he knows what he’s talking about.” “I’m not sure [...]
“So how many words have you learned?” “Is your vocabulary list as long as mine?” “Do you have piles and piles of vocabulary flashcards?” Maybe you have heard friends talk about “SAT vocabulary” and heard that you can improve your score by learning more words. While a strong vocabulary is helpful on the SAT, especially [...]
Today I’m going to share a video from my online SAT success program. This clip gives some great strategies for decoding unfamiliar vocabulary words. 50% of a student’s SAT Reading score is based on knowledge of vocabulary. The Sentence Completion questions are purely vocabulary based and the College Board has found plenty of ways to [...]
