Preparing for the PSAT Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Khan Academy has partnered with College Board to provide SAT test prep materials for FREE! Since the PSAT is a practice test for the SAT, the study materials are the same Khan Academy will create a study plan based on your PSAT results If you haven’t taken the PSAT yet, you can do diagnostic tests through Khan Academy, or simply practice using your practice test booklet

This is what the website looks like to get signed up for Khan Academy (www.thekhanacademy.org/sat) Click HERE to sign up

You will sign up with Facebook, Gmail, or other e-mail

What happens next? The best way to study is to send your test results, then you are studying based on how you did on the PSAT

If you haven’t taken the PSAT, then complete diagnostic tests and have a study plan created for you, or simply use your practice test booklet

Let’s get started Read through the PSAT Short Term Approaches & Strategies handout Now look at the PSAT at a Glance handout Take out the PSAT practice test from your booklet and start working on the following questions. Section 1 – Page 7 – Read the passage & answer questions 1-9 (pages 8-10) Section 2 – Page 24 – Answer questions 1-7 (pages 24-27) Section 3 – Page 42 – Answer questions 1-8 (pages 43-44) Section 3 – Page 47 – Answer questions 14-17 (student produced response questions on page 48) Section 4 – Page 49 – Answer questions 7-10 on pg 52, and Pg. 59 – Questions 28-31