Virtual Falcon ACT Prep schedule

Virtual Falcon ACT Prep Schedule

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June 1 (1 hour): Initial meeting -Syllabus/books/teachers/tutors

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June 16 (3 hours): First class 8am-11am (Breakfast, juice, and coffee at 7:45)

Gruber's pp.11-20 (The Shortest ACT Test)

101 Most Important Math ​Questions ​pp.24-35, 40-50

Mini-Math Refresher pp.150-157

19 Math Strategies pp.55-102

Math Refresher Session 1



June 17 (3 hours) : ACT Practice Test I 8am-11am (Breakfast, juice, coffee at 7:45)

Introduction to Shmoop and WizIQ 11:15-11:45

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June 18 (3 hours) : Second class 8am-11am

Math Refresher Session 2 pp.186-210

Math Refresher Session 3 pp. 212-234

Math Refresher Session 5 pp.267-296



June 25 (8 hours) : Second Test (8-11am) and Third class (12-5pm)

ACT Practice Test 2 (8am-11am)

9 Reading Strategies pp.103-124

14 Reading Quizzes pp.125-139

​​ Strunk and White/ a style primer

Close reading strategies

Summer reading The Silent Season of a Hero ed. by Michael Rosenwald

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July Virtual sessions (24 hours) (WizIQ 2 times per week for 4 weeks; 60 minutes per session;38 in-depth lessons;1000 ACT Practice Problems + 3 Full length tests in Shmoop [prize for maximum Shmoop points]

By July 5 Please read Introduction, The Loneliest Guy in Boxing, Portrait of the Young Prize Fighter, Last of Bare-Knuckle Fighters Still Spry at 93, Dentist Puts the Bite in the Fight, The Fighter's Son

By July 12 Please read Judy is Many Things, Mostly Frank, Troupe of Midget Wrestlers Won't Work for Small Change , Barbell King: Muscle Over Mind, Timekeeper as Quiet as a Clock, The Caddie-- A Non-Alger Story, Architect of the Fairways

By July 19 Please read Diamonds Are a Boy's Best Friend, On the Road Going Nowhere, With the Yankees, Notes from the Trip, The Story Behind the Signal to Brush Back Cliff Johnson, Race , Reporters and Responsibility

By July 26 Please read Portrait of the Ascetic Champ, Patterson, Indifferent at First, Finally Turns on Barking Dog, Liston Aides Extol His Gaiety, Benevolence and Ruggedness, Patterson Has 4 Friends, Too, But he'll Have to Fight Alone, Floyd Caught by 'a Good Punch', Masked Ex-Champion, The Loser

By August 2 Please read ​Suspicious Man in the Champ's Corner, Dr Birdwhitsell and the Athletes, Joe Louis: The King as a Midle-Aged Man, Silent Season of a Hero, The Greatest, Ali in Havana, Overtime, Swan Song for Gay Talese ​​

August 20 (8 hours) Sixth Test (8-11am) and Fourth class (12-5pm)

Gruber ACT Practice Test 3pp.639-693

Math Refresher 4 pp.236-265

Math Refresher 6 pp.298-318

Math Refresher 7 pp. 320-329

Math Refresher 8 pp. 331-340

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​​August 27 (8 hours) Seventh Test (8-11am) and Fifth class (12-5pm)

Kaplan Practice Test (8-11am)

Math Refesher pp. 342-348

Review of English Grammar pp.348-427

ACT Writing Section pp.431-446



September 10: ACT exam