The SAT I Video Review Course

Three 120-minute videos and a 224 page student workbook prepare students for Critical Reading, Math, and Writing Skills sections of the SAT I.  The student workbook also contains vocabulary building practice for standardized tests.  Easy to implement. 

The new 2005 SAT Video Review Course includes the following features:

• 120-minute Mathematics videotape that includes more Algebra II concepts

• 120-minute Critical Reading videotape that features additional techniques for analyzing short reading passages

• new 120-minute Writing Skills videotape that covers strategies for multiple-choice questions and techniques for the 25-minute Essay component of the new SAT

• expanded student workbook with additional practice exercises

The SAT I Video Review Course

The course price, $399, includes three 120-minute videotapes plus a package of 10 student workbooks.  Extra student workbooks are $13.50 each.

Course Description and Lesson Plans

This course has been designed to provide the information needed to prepare students for the SAT I.  The two 120 minute videotapes and the 160 page student workbook cover strategies for the Verbal and Quantitative sections of the SAT I.  

The workbook contains practice problems presented on the video along with one full-length practice examination with answer explanations for all questions.  The workbook also contains a special section for vocabulary building with exercises for over 1500 moderate to difficult vocabulary items frequently tested on standardized tests.

The Workbook contains the following lesson plans:

• Critical Reading Lesson Plan

• Math Lesson Plan

• Writing Skills Lesson Plan

• Vocabulary Building Lesson Plan

The test-taking strategies, sample problems, and practice test can be covered in approximately 16-20 hours.

Outline of Video Programs

Video Program 1: Mathematics Sections

• Directions 

• Test-taking Strategies 

• Multiple-Choice Questions

• Advanced Mathematics Multiple-Choice Questions

• Student-Produced Response Questions

Video Program 2:  Critical Reading Sections

• Directions

• Sentence Completion Strategies

• Critical Reading Short Paragraphs

• Critical Reading Strategies for Long Passages

Video Program 3:  Writing Skills Sections

• Directions

• Identifying Sentence Errors Strategies

• Improving Sentences Strategies

• Improving Paragraph Strategies

• The SAT Essay and the ACT Writing Test

Workbook Table of Contents

The 224 page student workbook contains the following sections:

• Lesson Plans

• What Every Student, Teacher, and Parent Should Know about the SAT I

• Mathematics Sections Video Problems

• Critical Reading Sections Video Problems

• Writing Skills Sections Video Problems

• The SAT Essay and the ACT Writing Test

• SAT Practice Test One + Explanations for all Problems

• Eloquence Vocabulary Building

• Eloquence Practice Quizzes

• Last Minute Strategies for the SAT 

How to Use this Course

This course is designed to be implemented quickly by teachers, counselors, or principals.  Furthermore, the course can be used by individual students, in library or media facilities.  The videotapes present strategies and practice problems.  Course administrators are instructed to pause the videotape when a problem is presented while students attempt to solve the problem.  Then, course administrators can play the videotape so students can listen to an explanation of how the problem is solved.  This interactive format continues throughout the course.

One common way that schools have used these materials is to designate time for three workshops, either after-school, on weekends, or on in-service days.  The strategies and practice problems on the videotapes and in the workbook can be organized as follows:

Workshop 1

Mathematics Sections Strategies and Practice Problems (using the videotape and student workbook).  This workshop takes approximately 3 to 4 hours.

Workshop 2

Critical Reading Sections Strategies and Practice Problems (using the videotape and student workbook).  This workshop takes approximately 3 to 4 hours.

Workshop 3

Writing Skills Sections Strategies and Practice Problems (using the videotape and student workbook).  This workshop takes approximately 3 to 4 hours.

Workshop 4

SAT I Practice Test.  Students can take, score, and review a full-length SAT I Practice Test using the material in the student workbook. This workshop also takes approximately 4 hours.

Other schools have incorporated this course into regular English and Math classes.  In this manner, the material on the videotape can be supplemented by teachers.

New SAT 2005

The new SAT Video Review Course includes the following features:

• 120-minute Mathematics videotape that includes more Algebra II concepts

• 120-minute Critical Reading videotape that features additional techniques for analyzing short reading passages

• new 120-minute Writing Skills videotape that covers strategies for multiple-choice questions and techniques for the 25-minute Essay component of the new SAT

• expanded student workbook with additional practice exercises