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Let’s focus in on the language, grammar, and conventions of standard English to help demystify these questions on college entrance exams! 

In this class, we'll work through a practice SAT Writing & Language or ACT English passage, starting with a micro-lesson or two over a concept hit on in the passage. Each and every question will get a full answer explanation! Several topics will be hit on each week, with great variety. Many grammar, writing, and language concepts are covered on these exams, so we will hit on as many of them as we can!

The class format covers the micro-lessons in the beginning of the class, and then we drive into the practice passage one question at a time. We'll present the question and the section of the passage to which it relates, and have students test their skills by privately responding to the question for the teacher. Then, the teacher will reveal the correct answer and fully explain why the answer is what it is (as well as why the other options were not the correct answer).

As this is an ongoing class, feel free to join at any time, or just drop in for the week that you need!

Class Schedule:

***Week of November 27***
[] Set 1:
>Passage: "Whey to Go"
 - Micro-Lesson: Items in a Series, Supporting a Claim

***Week of December 4***
[] Set 2
>Passage: “Shed Some Light on the Workplace”
 - Micro-Lesson: Redundancy, Parallelism

***Week of December 11***
[] Set 3
>Passage: "Prehistoric Printing"
 - Micro-Lesson: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

***Week of December 18 ***
Some classes will not meet this week. Please check your class schedules carefully and let us know if you'd like to be transferred to a section that will meet for this week.
[] Set 4
>Passage: "Thomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist"
 - Micro-Lesson: Appositive Phrases, Comma Usage (Part 1)

***Week of December 25 ***
Some classes will not meet this week. Please check your class schedules carefully and let us know if you'd like to be transferred to a section that will meet for this week.
[] Set 5
>Passage: "Rethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts"
 - Micro-Lesson: Vague Pronouns, Comma Usage (Part 2)

***Week of January 1, 2023***
[] Set 6
>Passage: "Investigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition"
 - Micro-Lesson: Transitional Phrases, Independent and Dependent Clauses

***Week of January 8, 2023***
[] Set 7
>Passage: "Coworking: A Creative Solution"
 - Micro-Lesson: Participial Phrases and Dangling Modifiers, Prepositions 

***Week of January 15, 2023***
[] Set 8
>Passage: "The Consolations of Philosophy"
 - Micro-Lesson: Verb Tenses

***Week of January 22, 2023***
[] Set 9
>Passage: "How Do You Like Those Apples?"
 - Micro-Lesson: Connotation and Denotation 

***Week of January 29, 2023***
[] Set 10
>Passage: "More than One Way to Dress a Cat"
 - Micro-Lesson: Dash Usage 

***Week of February 5, 2023***
[] Set 11
>Passage: "A Necessary Resource for Science"
 - Micro-Lesson: 5 Rules for Colon Usage 

***Week of February 12, 2023***
[] Set 12
>Passage: "A Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!"
 - Micro-Lesson: Complete Sentences and Fragments 

***Week of February 19, 2023***
[] Set 13
>Passage: "The Physician Assistant Will See You Now"
 - Micro-Lesson: Comma Splices 

***Week of February 26, 2023***
[] Set 14
>Passage: "Gold into Silver: The “Reverse Alchemy” of Superhero Comics History"
 - Micro-Lesson: Quotations 

***Week of March 5, 2023***
[] Set 15
>Passage: "NASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits"
 - Micro-Lesson: Gerunds 

***Week of March 12, 2023***
[] Set 16
>Passage: "Professional Development: A Shared Responsibility"
 - Micro-Lesson: Formatting People’s Titles 

***Week of March 19, 2023***
[] Set 17
>Passage: "The Evolution of Slow Food"
 - Micro-Lesson: Appositives and Appositive Phrases 

***Week of March 26, 2023***
[] Set 18
>Passage: "Was the Hoax a Hoax?"
 - Micro-Lesson: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses 

***Week of April 2, 2023***
[] Set 19
>Passage: "Compost: Don’t Waste This Waste"
 - Micro-Lesson: Misplaced Modifiers 

***Week of April 9, 2023***
[] Set 20
>Passage: "A Lion’s Share of Luck"
 - Micro-Lesson: Cite, Site, and Sight 

***Week of April 16, 2023***
[] Set 21
>Passage: "Court Reporting: Humans v. Machines"
 - Micro-Lesson: Inferred vs. Implied 

***Week of April 23, 2023***
[] Set 22
>Passage: "Fire in Space"
 - Micro-Lesson: Run-On and Rambling Sentences 

***Week of April 30, 2023***
[] Set 23
>Passage: "Survival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1"
 - Micro-Lesson: Amount vs. Number 

***Week of May 7, 2023***
[] Set 24
>Passage: "Free Public Transportation"
 - Micro-Lesson: Past vs. Passed 

***Week of May 14, 2023***
[] Set 25
>Passage: "Wet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash"
 - Micro-Lesson: Capitalizations 

***Week of May 21, 2023***
[] Set 26
>Passage: "Digging Up Cities"
 - Micro-Lesson: Wave vs. Waive 

***Week of May 28, 2023***
[] Set 27
>Passage: "How a Cat in a Hat Changed Children’s Education"
 - Micro-Lesson: Reducing Wordiness 

***Week of June 4, 2023***
[] Set 28
>Passage: "Keep Student Volunteering Voluntary"
 - Micro-Lesson: Plurals, Possessives, and Apostrophes  

***Week of June 11, 2023***
[] Set 29
>Passage: "Marsupials Lend a Hand to Science"
 - Micro-Lesson: Comma Rules, Part 1 

***Week of June 18, 2023***
[] Set 30
>Passage: "An Employee Benefit That Benefits Employers"
 - Micro-Lesson: Comma Rules, Part 2 

***Week of June 25, 2023***
[] Set 1:
>Passage: "Whey to Go"
 - Micro-Lesson: Items in a Series, Supporting a Claim

***Week of July 2, 2023***
[] Set 2
>Passage: “Shed Some Light on the Workplace”
 - Micro-Lesson: Redundancy, Parallelism

***Week of July 9, 2023***
[] Set 3
>Passage: "Prehistoric Printing"
 - Micro-Lesson: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

***Week of July 16, 2023***
[] Set 4
>Passage: "Thomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist"
 - Micro-Lesson: Appositive Phrases, Comma Usage (Part 1)

***Week of July 23, 2023***
[] Set 5
>Passage: "Rethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts"
 - Micro-Lesson: Vague Pronouns, Comma Usage (Part 2)

***Week of July 30, 2023***
[] Set 6
>Passage: "Investigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition"
 - Micro-Lesson: Transitional Phrases, Independent and Dependent Clauses

***Week of August 6, 2023***
[] Set 7
>Passage: "Coworking: A Creative Solution"
 - Micro-Lesson: Participial Phrases and Dangling Modifiers, Prepositions 

***Week of August 13, 2023***
[] Set 8
>Passage: "The Consolations of Philosophy"
 - Micro-Lesson: Verb Tenses

***Week of August 20, 2023***
[] Set 9
>Passage: "How Do You Like Those Apples?"
 - Micro-Lesson: Connotation and Denotation 

Week of September 3, 2023
[] Set 12
>Passage: "A Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!"
 - Micro-Lesson: Complete Sentences and Fragments 

Week of September 10, 2023
[] Set 13
>Passage: "The Physician Assistant Will See You Now"
 - Micro-Lesson: Comma Splices 

Week of September 17, 2023
[] Set 14
>Passage: "Gold into Silver: The “Reverse Alchemy” of Superhero Comics History"
 - Micro-Lesson: Quotations 

Week of September 24, 2023
[] Set 15
>Passage: "NASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits"
 - Micro-Lesson: Gerunds 

Week of October 1, 2023
[] Set 16
>Passage: "Professional Development: A Shared Responsibility"
 - Micro-Lesson: Formatting People’s Titles 

Week of October 8, 2023
[] Set 17
>Passage: "The Evolution of Slow Food"
 - Micro-Lesson: Appositives and Appositive Phrases 

Week of October 15, 2023
[] Set 18
>Passage: "Was the Hoax a Hoax?"
 - Micro-Lesson: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses 

Week of October 22, 2023
[] Set 19
>Passage: "Compost: Don’t Waste This Waste"
 - Micro-Lesson: Misplaced Modifiers 

Week of October 29, 2023
[] Set 20
>Passage: "A Lion’s Share of Luck"
 - Micro-Lesson: Cite, Site, and Sight 

Week of November 5, 2023
[] Set 21
>Passage: "Court Reporting: Humans v. Machines"
 - Micro-Lesson: Inferred vs. Implied 

Week of November 12, 2023
[] Set 22
>Passage: "Fire in Space"
 - Micro-Lesson: Run-On and Rambling Sentences 

Week of November 19, 2023
[] Set 23
>Passage: "Survival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1"
 - Micro-Lesson: Amount vs. Number 

Week of November 26, 2023
[] Set 24
>Passage: "Free Public Transportation"
 - Micro-Lesson: Past vs. Passed 

Week of December 3, 2023
[] Set 25
>Passage: "Wet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash"
 - Micro-Lesson: Capitalizations 

Week of December 10, 2023
[] Set 26
>Passage: "Digging Up Cities"
 - Micro-Lesson: Wave vs. Waive 

Week of December 17, 2023
[] Set 27
>Passage: "How a Cat in a Hat Changed Children’s Education"
 - Micro-Lesson: Reducing Wordiness 

Week of December 24, 2023
[] Set 28
>Passage: "Keep Student Volunteering Voluntary"
 - Micro-Lesson: Plurals, Possessives, and Apostrophes  

Week of December 31, 2023
[] Set 29
>Passage: "Marsupials Lend a Hand to Science"
 - Micro-Lesson: Comma Rules, Part 1 

Week of January 7, 2024
[] Set 30
>Passage: "An Employee Benefit That Benefits Employers"
 - Micro-Lesson: Comma Rules, Part 2