Here’s a way to help homeschooling parents teach ACT prep.
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The Crucial ACT test Misconception: ACT test prep doesn’t take away from ‘regular learning’ The system meltdown...Why ACT test prep has been unable to be useful for families until now… Yours free: Exclusive Access to a ACT test prep calendar… I worked with 3 different ACT study guides to create a study calendar that takes 30 minutes per subject per day. If the ACT seems like a chore, If ACT means you have to stop your regular teaching/learning, If ACT brings fear and dread to you, If you desire being with your child for the last few moments before college, then this article is for you.
In addition to tutoring ACT prep, I also work with homeschool families. I was talking with a mom one day about teaching an ACT prep class at the high school. The mom said that ACT prep was a chore because they had to stop learning their current material to learn about the ACT.
I was bothered by this comment since I know homeschooling is not an easy task. Why do parents decide to homeschool their children?
Parents decide to homeschool for a variety of reasons.
These are some great reasons to homeschool, but there are also some difficulties to homeschooling.
Parents work very hard when homeschooling their children. ACT prep should be a part of their teaching repertoire. But not in the way they think! ACT test prep has to use a study guide and take forever, right? WRONG!!!! I’ll explain why you can teach ACT prep skills in your everyday learning and teaching.
As I started teaching the ACT, I used a study guide. I used the Kaplan ACT Study guide, and it worked great for a while.
When I bought my study guide, it was four inches thick and very intimidating. So I tore it apart and separated it according to the subject matter. As I studied it, I found several things useful, but to a regular person, I had one thought. Boring. All of the information is important, but I found one sentence very interesting. It said: “You will create study habits that are successful for college.” Ahhhh! Habits! After seeing that sentence, I changed the way I looked at the study guide. I looked for the main points of the subject matter. Then I taught students how to apply them to their current habits.
Here are a few ways I’ve tested this theory.
With COVID-19, I have my 10th-grade foster daughter, G, at home with me. I had her take the test and write the paper at the end. Then I taught her ACT English skills. After she learned them, we took a look at her writing. I was shocked at what I found! She was making the same errors in her writing, as was covered in the study guide. This revelation reminded me of a grammar course I had to take in college, where I learned the parts of grammar. Instead of learning how to correct my writing, I had to complete several exercises of picking out what was wrong in a sentence. Now I could teach my daughter the same skill I dreamed of in college. By correcting your writing, you can get faster on the test because you already look for those rules in your papers. The same rule applies to the rest of the tests on the ACT too. Homeschooling parents--avoiding the ACT is no longer a thing.
Instead, you can adjust your teaching methods to apply the ACT skills to your routine.
If you do take time to learn the format of the ACT, it might equal about two days. You can use one day to learn about the structure of the test and another to take a practice ACT. Creating daily habits in learning helps make the ACT much easier. When you get to the test, instinct kicks in, and you can get a good score for college. Homeschool students know how to work hard and stay focused, so they should be doing the ACT to show colleges what they can do and get the scholarships that they deserve. There are other tests that you can take like the Accuplacer to get into community colleges if you want, but the ACT allows for scholarships. If you want a skill breakdown of the ACT in a shorter format, please sign up for my FREE ACT skill calendar. P.S. Stay tuned for my next blog post that will talk about how to use ACT skills to plan your next vacation.
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