1st Edition
SAT ELA in the Classroom Integrating Assessments, Standards, and Instruction
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.
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
Biography
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.
“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