SAT

LESSON 2: READING - GLOBAL READING

 New word checking

• Do the vocabulary test in Google Classroom in 15 minutes.

• Download the file to your computer —> do the test —> Write/type the
answer: 1a, 2b, 3c,… —> turn in

• Pass: 90% correct

 SAT READING FORMAT
• 4 Single Passages and 1 dual passage

• 65 minutes

• 52 questions

• 4 Kinds: literature; history and social studies; Founding documents and

Great Global Conversation; science (physics, biology, astronomy,…)

• —> don’t need to do 5 passages —> maximize the number of correct

answers.
GLOBAL READING: Science, History & Social Studies,
Founding Documents & Great Global Conversation

• TO GET THE OVERALL MEANING / CENTRAL CLAIM / MAIN PURPOSE

OF THE WHOLE PASSAGE

• Read the blurb: identify the kind of writing and the topic of the text.

• Read the first paragraph = introduction: —> find out the thesis statement
(often the last sentence, but unluckily it can be everywhere)

• Read the body paragraphs (2nd —> one before the last): —> topic
sentence, sentences containing contrast signals: however, although, but,
yet, while, …
• Read the last paragraph: —> restatement of the thesis +
recommendation / warning.

• After finish global reading —> ask yourself:

 SCIENCE
Science passage often builds an argument that shows, using evidence and logic,
why the author believes that some ideas are true

ELEMENTS OF AN ARGUMENT

CATEGORY DEFINITION

The main idea that the author is defending with her argument.  There may be a sentence near the beginning that clearly states
THESIS the thesis.  However, there may not be one;  be careful not to assume that whatever idea is mentioned earliest is the thesis.
 Look instead for the idea that the passage as a whole supports.

Claims are statements that the author says are true, or that we know she wants us to believe are true based on the surrounding
CLAIMS context.

SUPPORTING Supporting evidence is the information that an author provides to back up her claims.  It can take the form of data from studies,
EVIDENCE quotes from experts, historical exatples, or other claims or facts that you might already agree with.

COUNTERCLAIMS & Counterclaims are claims that disagree with or contradict claims made elsewhere in the passage, and refutations are statements
REFUTATIONS intended to disprove other statements.

Persuasive passages often end with a concluding statement that restates the thesis.  This is more than just repetition;  the
CONCLUSION concluding statement is usually stronger than the thesis statement, and often includes a summary of the evidence presented in
the text
 MAIN IDEA QUESTION

• INCORRECT ANSWERS ARE OFTEN THE ONES WHICH ARE

• Not true

• Not mentioned

• Too specific / too broad

• —> correct answer: be general enough, and cover the whole passage
 LESSON 3

• Vocab check

• Use global reading with the texts in assignment classroom