Samantha Sample Recommended ACT Plan

Pre-Test Date FebruaryMarch Tutoring March-April Tutoring Mid Test Due Date First Real Test Register By April-June Tutoring Post Test Due Date Second Real Test Register By Books needed for tutoring January 29, 2011 Pre-ACT reading and math tutoring at 1.5 hours per session for at least 6 sessions. ACT Tutoring at 2 hours per session for at least 8 sessions. April 18, 2011 April 27, 2011 (Prairie State Exam) N/A ACT Tutoring at 2 hours per session for at least 8 sessions. June 3, 2011 June 11, 2011 May 6, 2011 The Real ACT Prep Guide McGraw Hill's 10 Practice ACT's Timed Readings, Book 8 ***To register for the ACT, go to www.actstudent.org ***Always register for the test "Plus Writing" ***Please also provide a digital timer for tutoring
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Student Name: Pre-Test Date:

Samantha 1/29/11

Sample

Overall Results Section English Math Reading Science Composite

Scaled Score

Untimed Scores n/a n/a 22 20 20

# of Questions Correct

Total Questions

19 18 19 17 18

45 27 23 23 118

75 60 40 40 215

Composite
Samantha is starting with a composite score of 18 which is below the national average score of 20.9. A goal range of 21-23 is recommended.

In order to reach this goal, it is important to maintain consistent tutoring prior to the ACT test dates. We strongly recommend that tutoring take place once each week for at least five straight weeks prior to any test date.

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English
On the English section, Samantha had one of her highest scores and shows a good foundation of grammatical understanding for this section. Her tutoring will first focus on an overall approach for this section. Then, her tutoring will focus on specific grammar rules for punctuation, agreement, and conciseness questions. Question Type Punctuation Agreement Structural/Rhetorical Word Choice Conciseness # of Errors 10 9 8 2 1

Math
On the math section, Samantha answered a little under half of the questions correctly. For this reason, pre-ACT math work is recommended to help Samantha build up her foundational skill in algebra and geometry. Later, her tutoring will focus on reducing her errors on problems 1-40 before moving on to the more intimidating problems later in the test. Question Type Algebra Geometry Number Concepts Trigonometry # of Errors 13 10 11 4

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Reading
On the reading section, Samantha answered just about half of the questions correctly. PreACT reading tutoring is recommended to first help Samantha build an overall approach for this section and active reading strategies. Then, her tutoring will focus on strategies for digging deeper and go find it questions. A daily independent reading routine will help Samantha build up her timing and fluency for this section. Passage Type Prose Social Science Humanities Natural Science # of Errors 5 4 5 3

Science
On the science section, Samantha had her lowest score. Her tutoring will first focus on an overall approach for this tough section. Strategies for graphs passages will be introduced first. Then, her tutoring will focus on applying those strategies to the tougher experiments passages. Challenging practice of all three passage types will be incorporated into her tutoring. Passage Type Graphs Experiments Scientists # of Errors 8 6 3 Total Questions 15 16 7

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