SAT ELA in the Classroom: Integrating Assessments, Standards, and Instruction

by A-List Education

Overview

Bring SAT ELA prep into the classroom to enhance student learning! In this new copublication from Routledge and test-prep experts A-List Education, you’ll learn how the updated SAT exam is closely aligned with the Common Core, making it easy to weave test prep into your curriculum and help students hone the skills they need for college readiness. The book is filled with practical examples of how the Common Core State Standards are connected to specific sections, question types, and strategies applicable to the SAT, so you can simultaneously prepare your students for the test while improving their reading, writing, and language skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138668294
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/26/2016
Series:	A-List SAT and ACT Series
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

A-List Education is an educational services provider serving more than 50,000 students with tutoring programs across the U.S. as well as in the UK, Dubai, Switzerland, and China.

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Introduction and Overview

1. About the SAT

Format

Reading

Writing and Language

Essay

Changes to the Test

2. Alignment with Common Core ELA Standards

Reading

Key Ideas and Details

Craft and Structure

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Writing

Text Types and Purposes

Production and Distribution of Writing

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Range of Writing

Language

Conventions of Standard English

Knowledge of Language

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Progressive Skills

Other Topics

3. Reading Assignments

Choosing a Passage

Writing the Questions

Giving the Assignment

Sample Passage

Sample Questions

Answers and Explanations

4. Writing Assignments

Format

Practice Tests

Revision

Expand the Assignment

Essay Assignment Summary

Appendix: All ELA Alignment Tables

How to Read the Tables

Reading CCR Anchor Standards

Reading Standards for Literature

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Writing CCR Anchor Standards

Writing Grades 11-12 Standards

Language CCR Anchor Standards

Language Grades 11-12 Standards

Progressive Skills

Additional Resources

Editorial Reviews

This book shows content-area teachers how test preparation materials can supplement their classroom instruction rather than replacing their usual subject-specific content. This integrated approach for test prep will be more meaningful for students by making the learning and practice test questions more relevant. This book assists teachers in developing an integrated approach to test prep instead of feeling that test prep is an 'extra' requirement that steals time from their content study.” –Karen Benningfield, Supervisor of Secondary Instruction, White County Schools, Sparta, Tennessee

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