Reading & Writing Group A

Mon and Wed, 4:00–6:00 PM UTCTeacher: Sam Carter

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Last class

Wed, Nov 4 · 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Boundaries: commas, semicolons, colons

Emma Walker
Liam Harper
Zoe Morrison
Jack Sullivan

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Sessions

17 so far

Wed, Nov 4
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Boundaries: commas, semicolons, colons
Ran short on time near the end of the module, so the last three questions were reviewed in class.
3 present, 1 absent
Mon, Nov 2
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Inferences from short passages
Marked the evidence line in every passage before choosing an answer, and accuracy held up.
3 present, 1 late
Wed, Oct 28
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Command of evidence: quantitative
Annotated two passages together and compared each main-idea sentence.
All present
Mon, Oct 26
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Cross-text connections
Spent the session on transitions and stopped changing answers at the last second.
3 present, 1 late
Wed, Oct 21
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Text structure and purpose
Went back over last week's homework mistakes before starting new material.
All present

Show 12 earlier classes

Mon, Oct 19
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Words in context: tone and precision
Pacing improved on the second module; two question types were flagged for extra practice.
3 present, 1 absent
Wed, Oct 14
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Timed module practice + review
Slowed down on the harder items and starred the questions to redo at home.
All present
Mon, Oct 12
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Central ideas and details
Finished the timed set with time to spare and reviewed every miss.
All present
Wed, Oct 7
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Rhetorical synthesis from notes
Reviewed homework results and picked the three skills to drill before the next practice test.
All present
Mon, Oct 5
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Transitions and logical flow
Read each question stem first; careless misses dropped by the end of the set.
All present
Wed, Sep 30
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Form, structure and sense: verb agreement
Walked through the rhetorical synthesis questions, focusing on what the notes actually support.
All present
Mon, Sep 28
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Boundaries: commas, semicolons, colons
Sorted the wrong answers from the last practice test by skill.
3 present, 1 late
Wed, Sep 23
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Inferences from short passages
Practiced skimming a passage in under a minute and rereading only for evidence.
All present
Mon, Sep 21
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Command of evidence: quantitative
Built a short checklist for verb agreement and tested it on a mixed set.
1 present, 1 late, 2 absent
Wed, Sep 16
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Cross-text connections
Timed warm-up of ten questions, then a slower second pass on every miss.
All present
Mon, Sep 14
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Text structure and purpose
Went through the hardest cross-text question line by line.
3 present, 1 absent
Wed, Sep 9
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Words in context: tone and precision
Worked the words-in-context set aloud, explaining why each choice fit the tone.
All present