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Get Ready for the New SAT! Family Night for FHS Juniors Welcome! Sign up for FHS after school SAT Prep classes at this event, or win “SAT Bingo” and receive A FREE STUDENT TICKET to an FHS Home Game of your choice OR A DISCOUNTED TICKET to the FHS Spring Musical, The Little Mermaid

OLD OR NEW?!?!?

Maximum Score = 1600 NEW

10 sections OLD

Required Essay OLD

Subscores Reported NEW

Guessing Penalty OLD

4 Answer Choices NEW

Infographics in EBRW Section NEW

Esoteric Vocabulary OLD

Paired Questions NEW

Primary Sources NEW

Lots of Geometry OLD

More like the ACT NEW

Get Ready for the New SAT! Family Night for FHS Juniors What To Do To Get Ready! Sign up for FHS after school SAT Prep classes at this event, or win “SAT Bingo” and receive A FREE STUDENT TICKET to an FHS Home Game of your choice OR A DISCOUNTED TICKET to the FHS Spring Musical, The Little Mermaid

Welcome to 21 Ways to Prepare for the SAT in 21 Minutes

The New SAT “ BINGO ”

April 12 th is SAT Day It Counts!

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Understand Your PSAT Score psat.org/scorereport

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Determine Your Priorities

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Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals

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Create a Plan and Stick to It!

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Form an SAT Prep Study Group

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Get an SAT “Coach”

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Sign up for Khan Academy’s SAT Prep

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Princeton Review’s Cracking the New SAT Kaplan’s The New SAT Use or

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Take practice tests & be mindful of your pacing.

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Sign Up for After School SAT Prep at Franklin High School!

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Prepare for the Writing Section

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Take Full Advantage of the “SAT Blitz” in your English Class.

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Prepare for the Math Section Math Questions No need to memorize formulas! Diagrams are “drawn to scale” unless it says otherwise Practice without a calculator Draw diagrams to help yourself

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Review “SAT Friday” notes & activities from your math class.

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Use Context Clues To Define Words Know the Test

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Know the Test Know the Question Types Q1Q2Q3

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Update Your Guessing Strategy Know the Test

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Get at least eight hours of sleep on the night before the test. SAT Day

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SAT Day Eat a Breakfast of “Brain Foods” and Bring a Brain Food Snack.

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SAT Day Bring a Calculator, Back-Up Batteries & Sharpened #2 Pencils

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SAT Day Write on the Test-Booklet & Annotate Long Passages

SAT Day April 12 th : Arrive Early, Get Set, And Feel Confident!