This course is designed to help students develop a strong foundation for the different sections of the OC Placement Test. Students will spend about a-third of each lesson on each section (Reading Comprehension, Thinking Skills, and Mathematical Reasoning).
* Two weeks on each of the four parts of the Reading Comprehension section:
*Enhance reading skills in narrative and poetry
*Build the foundations for mastering the cloze and linked extracts sub-sections
* Introduce typical Thinking Skills questions by topic and teach strategies for answering those questions
* Build Mathematical Reasoning skills by topic and help students to employ those skills in answering those questions
* Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Teaching Plan
Homework tasks are self-marked. There is no homework in week 10.
