ACT 36 with Online Test: Aiming for the Perfect Score (Barron's ACT Prep) - Softcover

Summers M.A., Ann; Spare M.A., Alexander; Pazol M.S., Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438011113 ISBN 13: 9781438011110

Publisher: Barrons Educational Services, 2018

Synopsis

An ACT test score of 36 represents test-taking perfection. College-bound students who approach this score are virtually assured of acceptance into the nation's finest colleges. Students who are focusing on getting an exceptionally high or even perfect score on the ACT will want to get their hands on this innovative book. Inside, they'll find:

• Advice and strategies for tackling the ACT's most difficult questions and coming up with winning answers
• Extra-challenging practice tests in all ACT test areas: English, Math, Reading, Science, and the optional Writing test
• Instruction on reading efficiently and retentively
• Special tips for boosting the science score
• Detailed advice on writing a winning essay

ONLINE PRACTICE TEST: Students also get access to one additional full-length online ACT test with all questions answered and explained. Online access includes an extra challenge round with 50 more difficult ACT practice questions and answer explanations.

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From the Inside Flap

Table of Contents:
Introduction
ENGLISH
1. Fundamentally Speaking
2. Punctuation: Minimize the Madness
3. Sound Sentences
4. World of Words
5. Thinking Like a Writer
6. English Practice Test
MATH
7. Overview of the Math Section
8. Elementary Algebra
9. Intermediate Algebra/Coordinate Geometry
10. Plane Geometry/Trigonometry
11. Mini-Lessons as Review
12. Math Practice Test
READING
13. Balancing Efficiency and Accuracy
14. Prose Fiction: Are You a Good Judge of Character?
15. The Nuances of Nonfiction
SCIENCE
16. Overview of the Science Test
17. Passage Types and Strategies
18. Passage Dissection: Introductions
19. Passage Dissection: Tables, Graphs, and Figures
20. Passage Dissection: Questions
21. Data Representation Passages
22. Research Summaries Passages
23. Conflicting Viewpoints Passages
24. Tips for Boosting Your Science Score
WRITING
25. Writing an Effective Essay

About the Author

ALEXANDER SPARE has taught high school English for 17 years in the Denver, Colorado, area. He currently is at Arapahoe High School, where he teaches AP English courses. In addition, Alex co-owns and operates The ACT Review Group, which offers both ACT preparation classes and private tutoring.

ANN SUMMERS has been involved in mathematics education for 24 years, 11 of which she has taught everything from basic skills to Pre-Calculus at the high school level. For seven years Ann prepped juniors and seniors for the ACT exam. Currently, she oversees math instruction at three high schools in Colorado and is responsible for helping to raise ACT scores in math.

JONATHAN PAZOL has taught high school science for more than 20 years at West Leyden High School in Northlake, IL. During that time, he has taught review courses for the ACT and SAT. He has worked in labs at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, the Feinberg School of Medicine, and spent six weeks engaged in seafloor mapping and geology aboard the US Coast Guard icebreaker Healy in the Arctic Ocean. Jonathan has also received local and state recognition for outstanding teaching.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Services
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1438011113
• ISBN 13: 9781438011110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 336