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Study Skills & Report Writing  (Grades 3-5 & Grades 6-12)

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SAT Prep for 11th & 12th Graders

 

 

 

Study Skills & Report Writing     Grades 3-5 & 6-12

Academic success can be achieved through use of effective study skills and report writing. Discover your own style of learning. This class will review techniques to stop procrastinating, manage time more effectively, improve listening and note-taking skills, as well as concentration and memorization of material. Discuss the steps of writing a report from choosing the topic, to finding the information, to writing and presenting. Acquiring these study and report writing skills will help to reduce stress and test anxiety. This is an informational class and individual reports will not be written. Enrollment limited. 

Stephanie Zamora teaches for LAUSD.

6 Mondays            Oct. 6-Nov. 17  (no mtg Nov. 10)

Course #223 (Grades 3-5)    4:30-5:20 pm          $59

Course #224 (Grades 6-12)  5:30-6:20 pm          $59

 

 

SAT Prep for 11th & 12th Graders

Oh, that dreaded Scholastic Aptitude Test! Just thinking about it can make your head hurt. With the help of Ivy West, you can develop an approach that will help you do your best on test day. This comprehensive SAT Prep class will teach you to handle each type of SAT question, including sentence completions, passage-based reading, identifying errors, improving sentences and paragraphs, arithmetic, algebra and geometry. Extensive essay work will also be included. Learn valuable test taking strategies that will build confidence, reduce test anxiety, help with pacing and give insight on how and when to guess. You will take a practice test on the first day and get a diagnostic analysis of your strengths and weaknesses. You will also get Ivy West’s valuable Math and Verbal course books. Prerequisite: You must have taken geometry, or currently be taking it. Note: This is not SAT 9 (standardized) test prep. Bring pen, pencil, calculator and sack lunch.

Ivy West is the leading SAT Preparation organization in California schools.

Course #210          $229 (includes materials)

1 Saturday                      Sept. 27                 9 am-1:30 pm
& 4 Saturdays               Oct. 4-Oct. 25        9 am-1 pm

 

 

 

          

 

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