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Patricia McDaniels-Gomez

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In this 10-week science ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to... Read more »

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

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In this 10-week English ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to... Read more »

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

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In this English ACT prep activity, students focus on sentence structure conventions. First, students complete a Card Matching activity, matching examples with explanations and the corresponding rules. Then, students apply their understanding of sentence structure and ACT skills through reading a practice... Read more »

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

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Time Frame 35 minutes

In this 10-week reading ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to... Read more »

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  • Students

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

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In this 10-week math ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to encourage... Read more »

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  • Students

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

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In this English ACT prep activity, students review the content from the past nine prep activities. First, students review skills learned from week nine. Then, students practice questions reflective of the topics still confusing to them using Magoosh. Finally, they end the class revisiting their Goal... Read more »

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  • Whole Class

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Time Frame 35 minutes

In this English ACT prep activity, students review revision and conciseness using the ARMS acronym and practicing with a Quizizz. Students will then practice revision and pacing with an ACT-style passage. This is the ninth activity in a 10-week "Power Up" series for ACT prep. Read more »

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

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Time Frame 35 minutes

In this English ACT prep activity, students focus on pacing and annotating the online test. First, students complete a guided exploration of TestNav for the English portion of a practice ACT. Then, students practice pacing skills by reading a passage and answering the corresponding questions. This is... Read more »

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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Time Frame 35 minutes

In this English ACT prep activity, students review the vocabulary and roles of different paragraphs (i.e. introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs), topic sentences, and thesis statements. Students then select the most appropriate transition words, identify roles of sentences, and apply this knowledge... Read more »

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  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

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  • Whole Class

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  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

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Time Frame 35 minutes

In this activity, students will practice pacing and using TestNav as they take an online practice ACT. This is the eighth activity in a 10-week "Power Up" series for ACT prep. Read more »

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Tag Target Audience

  • Students

Tag Calendar Placement

  • 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks

User Group Group Size

  • Whole Class

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans

Tag Related

  • ACT Prep
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Time Frame 35 minutes