SAT, ACT, and PSAT Reading, Writing & English
Reading and English Tutoring for Standardized Testing
Reading, writing, and English skills are essential for standardized tests like the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and more. At Summit Tutors, we offer personalized English preparation tailored specifically to students’ needs, ensuring comprehensive preparation before these important entrance exams.
Why Choose Summit Tutors for Your Reading & Writing Preparation?
1. Passage-based Questions and Reading Comprehension
We work with students to develop customized strategies for understanding and analyzing passages in standardized tests to successfully answer passage-based questions. We help foster important skills for reading comprehension such as identifying main ideas, supporting details, tone, author’s purpose, drawing inferences, and more.
2. Vocabulary Building
Our approach involves both learning and practicing high-frequency vocabulary words commonly encountered in standardized tests. We also help students develop strategies for deducing the meanings of unfamiliar words by leveraging context clues, a critical piece of standardized test reading sections.
3. Grammar and Usage
Our tutors help students understand all of the necessary grammar rules for testing, including homonyms, word choice based on context, concision, subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, pronoun usage, modifiers, parallelism, and idiomatic expressions. Emphasis is placed on identifying and correcting errors in sentences and paragraphs.
4. Rhetorical Analysis
Our tutors will help our students develop skills in identifying and analyzing the rhetorical strategies used in passages, such as the author’s tone, word choice, purpose, point of view, text structure, and argument.
5. Writing and Essay Composition
Our students learn the structure and organization of writing clear, concise, and effective essays for standardized tests. We teach them how to write strong thesis statements, topic sentences, support their arguments using evidence, and more.
6. Timed Practice
Our Reading and English standardized testing prep includes regular practice tests to familiarize students with the format, pacing, and types of questions found on standardized tests. These practice tests help students track their progress, identify areas of improvement, and build confidence for the actual exam. We also teach students strategies on skimming passages, prioritizing questions, and eliminating incorrect answer choices efficiently.
Contact Summit Tutors for a Comprehensive Approach to Reading and English Standardized Test Tutoring