Practice Tips Vocal Warm-Ups Technique

Practice Tips Vocal Warm-Ups Technique Suzy S. Structuring your vocal warm-ups and practice between lessons can make a huge impact on your success. Here, Bloomfield, NJ teacher  Zachary B.  shares some helpful tips In my experience, many students make progress during a lesson and often return to the next lesson with the new skills forgotten. Merely practicing songs, without specific structure usually leads to singing the song repeatedly. While this does familiarize you with the song, it does not help you improve from a technical standpoint, as it excludes warm-ups and technical work. So whats the solution? I structure the practice routine for each of my students, so they know what do. Effective practice consists of: 1. Warm-up 2. Vocal Technique 3. Song study 4. Cooldown A breakdown of the first two elements are elements are the point of focus in this blog, as they are usually neglected. The purpose of a warm-up is to prepare to the body and voice for the activity of singing. This is done through the release of unnecessary physical tension and awareness of healthy voice production. The warm up can be broken into two areas: I.Physical warm-ups II. Vocal warm-ups Physical Warm-Ups Physical warm-ups should consist of stretches, such as shoulder, neck and full body rolls and self massage of neck and facial muscles in particular. These are used to reduce unnecessary physical tension and produce a healthy body alignment for singing. Vocal Warm-Ups Vocal warm-ups should consist of lip trills, humming, and sighs. The purpose of vocal warm-ups is to get the voice ready for more dynamic activity and to reduce unnecessary laryngeal/pharyngeal tension. Lips trills focus on initiating tone and steady airflow. Humming also focuses on initiating tone with a focus on forward resonance, which is highly valued in contemporary singing. Sighing is a great way to elevate unwanted vocal tension. Tips for More Efficient Vocal Warm-Ups Warm up in descending patterns using the 5th  interval from the top of the tessitura (comfort range) to the bottom. (e.g. C to F, B â€" E etc.) Extremes in range should be avoided in the warm-up stage. Slide from the first note down to the fifth note to induce laryngeal relaxation. Do not target each note. Vocal Technique This part of practice consists of exercises aimed at voice building and correcting vocal faults. Exercises should reflect the needs of the students and be integrated with the repertoire being worked on in the lesson. Although these areas of practice (vocal technique song practice) are clearly defined, integration of exercises and repertoire is of great importance, and is more effective than working on each area individually. Therefore exercises should be integrated with the repertoire, by being in similar ranges, keys and working on similar vowel shapes. If you have 30 minutes each day to practice, aim to spend 10 to 15 minutes (or 25 minutes  in an hour practice session) of that time on vocal warm-ups exercises. Happy Practicing! Zachary B. teaches bass guitar, guitar, piano, music performance, music theory, songwriting, speaking voice, and singing lessons in Bloomfield, NJ, with specialties including contemporary music , rock, jazz, and country. He joined the TakeLessons team in September 2013.  Learn more about Zachary  here! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher Photo by  Bengt Nyman

Discover the History of Germany not Taught in German Lessons

Discover the History of Germany not Taught in German Lessons The Benefits Of Exploring History And Culture To Your Learning German Journey ChaptersA Brief History Of Modern GermanyThe Weimar Republic, 1918-1933The Third Reich, 1933-1945The Ulbricht Era, 1949-1971The So-Called Fourth Reich, 1945-presentEducation In GermanyGerman is now widely spoken across the European Union and is the official language of Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, as well as being an official language of Switzerland and Luxembourg. Learning german has many benefits and most secondary schools in England offer German as one of their Modern Foreign Languages, dividing groups of learners into sets based upon their proficiency in the subject.Research shows, however, that children are most susceptible to learning a second language between the ages of two and three, when their vocabulary is increasing at a very fast rate. Contrary to what you might think though, toddlers are still able to differentiate between two languages as they begin to understand the different sounds associated with the two dialects.Therefore, if you have had the opportunity to spend time in a German-speaking land, to live with a bilingual German speaker or to have been taken to language classes as a child (such franchises are increasingly popular nowadays), you may find that you pick up the German language much faster and with ease.Many of us, however, are completely new to second languages as we enter secondary school, so for those who have no experience of German or the country's history, here is a brief overview of modern Germany's history.Experts suggest that a certain level of knowledge of the country in which the language is spoken accelerates understanding of culture and consequently their ability to speak the language in a more fluent manner. SönkeGerman Teacher 5.00 (5) £30/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors ClaudiaGerman Teacher 4.89 (9) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors SefaGerman Teacher £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors HilaryGerman Teacher 5.00 (16) £25/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors LisaGerman T eacher 5.00 (8) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors ChrisGerman Teacher 5.00 (19) £39/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors WendyGerman Teacher 5.00 (2) £25/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors HowardGerman Teacher 5.00 (6) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutorsA Brief History Of Modern GermanyWhen you learn a language at school, like German GCSE  or A-level for instance, you don’t get the opportunity to learn much in the way of the country’s history or culture. However, should we be learning more about the territories in which the language is spoken, and explore how life and language have developed as a result of external influences?Although the the history of Germany dates back to Roman times, the Federal Republic of Germany was not founded until 1949. Taking this into consideration, I will concentrate on the country’s last 100 years and discover how, during this time, the nation came to be the popular European country it is in this 21st century .The Weimar Republic, 1918-1933As a result of military defeat which in turn caused a social revolution, The Weimar Republic was born. The coalition comprised the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the German Democratic Party (DDP), the Centre Party and a distant member of the Progressive Party. With more than 75% voting in favour of this set up, Friedrich Ebert was later elected as the assembly’s first president.Following the constitution of the new Weimar Republic, the government gradually developed a truly democratic parliamentary system, however the leader still had the power to dismiss cabinet members and veto legislation.Following years of the population not believing the republic’s legitimacy, the Weimar Republic became an unstable coalition and President Ebert thus called on Gustav Stresemann, head of the German People's Party (DVP), to form a new government.Stresemann’s successes were the Locarno treaties, the Treaty of Berlin and the country’s membership in t he League of Nations.After The Great Depression hit, Germans were ready to adopt extreme measures and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), or Nazi party,  knew it. The programme targeted voters with intense media campaigns and convinced many with at least some aspects of their right-wing visions.Promising national order and a newfound national pride, Hitler was appointed as chancellor in 1933 and the Nazis increased their delegation seats, making the NSDAP the largest party of the Reichstag. Before long, thanks to his ruthless drive, Hitler had doctoral control over the nation.If you find a tutor who's interested in history, a German language course London or Winchester can also teach you some of the finer points of pre-Nazi Germany. SönkeGerman Teacher 5.00 (5) £30/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors ClaudiaGerman Teacher 4.89 (9) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors SefaGerman Teacher £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors HilaryGerman Tea cher 5.00 (16) £25/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors LisaGerman Teacher 5.00 (8) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors ChrisGerman Teacher 5.00 (19) £39/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors WendyGerman Teacher 5.00 (2) £25/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors HowardGerman Teacher 5.00 (6) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutorsThe Third Reich, 1933-1945In September 1939, German troops invaded Poland, meanwhile France and Britain declared war on Germany. In 1940, Germany had conquered Denmark and Norway and set its sights on the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France with a large number of French and British soldiers fighting on. A year later, Hitler haphazardly led his troops to invade the Soviet Union but he hadn’t expected their strong resistance.Hitler made no secret of his belief that the Jews were a threat to the German race, and he pushed his anti-Semitic notions by removing many of their rights and ‘cleansed’ the country by movi ng and subsequently exterminating these individuals.The genocide became a factory-like mass murder scheme of men, women and even children. Around 6 million European Jews were assassinated in the Holocaust before Hitler was faced with certain defeat and committed suicide.Celebrations erupted throughout Germany and Europe and the 9 May 1945 was named Victory Day.Members of the government were arrested and charged with war crimes while democratic political parties were reintroduced.Get information about German courses here.The genocide devastated many across Europe and beyond. Photo credit: archer10 (Dennis) 98M Views via Visual HunIn December 1945, the Christian Democratic Union was formed and then, within just a few years after the conclusion of the war, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) were founded.The Ulbricht Era, 1949-1971The Berlin Wall: A Divided CityHaving experienced significant economical difficulties during the decade that follo wed World War II, the GDR discovered that young easterners were fleeing to the west. By consequence, they ordered that a wall be built along the border between east and west Berlin, but that didn’t stop many Germans from trying to escape. The fall of this wall in 1989, almost 30 years after it was built, was a huge step towards the reunification of Germany.The fall of the Berlin in 1989 was a big step towards the reunification of Germany. Photo via VisualHuntThe So-Called Fourth Reich, 1945-presentToday’s GermanyDespite its own financial difficulties over the years, Germany is one of Europe’s dominant powers having led the European Union (EU) out of global financial crisis. In 2002, the Euro replaced the Deutsche Mark, with this new currency becoming very important to the country as it later decides to bail out Greece in a bid to protect the Euro.In 2005, Christian Democrat leader Angela Merkel became the first female chancellor in Germany, and despite her position coming unde r fire in the United States, she is now on her fourth term of office as chancellor.Merkel will be up against politician and current leader of the SDP Martin Schulz in the upcoming national election later this month.Education In GermanyPublic education in Germany is quite different from that in other European countries, with a system that makes it possible for children and young adults to study up to degree level without compromise,  in spite of their family’s financial situation. As a result, the country is known for producing high-performing pupils.Although public schools are often the preferred choice, there are private schools too. Starting off in Kindergarten aged between three and six, children move up to Grade 1, or Grundschule. When they reach Grade 4, they are divided into sets according to their academic ability and the choices made by their parents. They can choose to either attend Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium, three different types of education.The German educat ion system starts with Kindergarten. Photo credit: Pascal Volk via VisualHuntHauptschule teaches the same subjects as the other two but at a slower pace and with more focus on vocational aspects. It often leads students on to part-school/part-training with combined apprenticeships.Realschule allows pupils to enter part-time and higher vocational schools, and many can transfer to a Gymnasium upon graduating.Gymnasium, by contrast, is a form of education that concludes with a diploma (the Abitur) and prepares students for university or other higher level credentials. Most courses will include a broad range of subjects like the study of foreign languages, German, Mathematics, Computer Science, Live Sciences, Philosophy, History and Music.Classes across all types of public schools normally begin between 7.30am and 8.15am and end between noon and 1.30pm with classes lasting 45 minutes. With no school lunches and a weighty load of homework, students are required to do more independent stu dy at home than in UK schools.The school year consists of just two semesters and the pupils normally go back to school mid-end August. They have longer Christmas and Summer breaks, with shorter holidays around Easter and in Autumn.There exist several dozen international schools across Germany which usually offer courses in English and lead onto diplomas like the International Baccalaureate, which makes the move from their educational structure in Germany towards further education or employment in Britain relatively straightforward.Learn about the best German revision guides and past papers to get the best results possible.

Cool Songs to Learn on Guitar How to Play Breathe

Cool Songs to Learn on Guitar How to Play Breathe Suzy S. Ready to learn a cool song on the guitar? Here, Lowell, IN teacher  Blake C.  shares his guide to the acoustic version of Anna Nalicks Breathe Looking for cool songs to learn on guitar? Youve probably seen the typical suggestions, such as Black Dog by Led Zeppelin or Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne, but there are a lot more to learn. But theres no point in just listing them outinstead, in this article I will discuss a somewhat unsuspecting cool guitar tune that is fun to play and even more enjoyable for your audiences to listen to, even if your audience is limited to your family. The song Breathe by Anna Nalick is probably not a song that comes to mind when considering cool songs to learn on guitar.  However, the acoustic version of the songI especially like the Rhapsody Originals live version on YouTube performed with one guitaristhas several nuances that spice up the simple guitar part. For the purpose of this blog article, I will review the chords used and some of the nuances that add flavor to the tune. First, listen to the song below. Now well get into learning the chords. The version of the A Major chord played during the verses, as illustrated in Figure 1, is not the initial version of the A Major chord learned by beginner guitarists, but is even easier to play than the usual second fret version of the A Major chord. The chord name is normally written as an A chord without the term Major included in its title. In this version of the A Major chord, the 1st and 5th strings are played open, which creates resonating notes that nicely connect this version of the A Major chord with the next chord played, the G chord. However, like the version of the A Major chord played, the variation of the G chord played is not typically taught to beginner guitarists, but is even easier than the usual G Major chord played on the 2nd and 3rd frets of the guitar. The G chord used in the song requires the guitarist to simply move the A Major chord from the 5th fret location to the 3rd fret, creating a G6/9 chord. Okay, I may have exaggerated a bit about the simplicity of this version of the G chordif played how the guitarist plays the chord, your thumb will play the G note located on the 3rd fret of the 6th string. Playing the G note located on the 3rd fret of the 6th string is not essential to achieve the intended feel of the song, but it is one of the “cool factors” for this version of Breathe. If you struggle with placing your thumb on that note, skip it for now, but make it a goal and continue to work on it. Many transcriptions of this tune are available on the internet, but more often than not are written using the A Major and G Major chords located within the first three frets of the guitar in the place of the A Major and G 6/9 chords used for the version above. A closer listen reveals the resonating 1st and 5th strings in both the A Major and G 6/9 chords. These resonating strings within both chords create another “cool factor” for this tune. It may be simple, but it sounds terrific! Next, the version of the D Major chord is the same version typically taught to beginner guitarists, as illustrated in Figure 3. Then the guitarist plays the A Major chord on the 5th fret as illustrated in Figure 1, but then adds “coolness” to the guitar part by placing his 4th finger  on the 7th fret of the 3rd string to create an Asus4 chord, as illustrated in Figure 4. Before he starts the musical phrase over, he plays a resonating Aadd9 chord by removing the 1st and 4th fingers, which leaves his 2nd and 3rd fingers in place while he strums the all strings from the 5th string to the 1st stringthe Aadd9 chord is illustrated in Figure 5. Once again, simple, but the Aadd9 chord nicely emphasizes the end of that phrase leading to the next phrase. For the pre-chorus, the chords used are A Major, B minortitled as Bm in the chord chartand the same D Major chord illustrated in Figure 3. The B minor chord, which is not necessarily a beginner chord, is played as a barre chord on the 2nd fret, as illustrated in Figure 6. Once you develop your hand and finger strength along with fretboard balance, barre chords are often easier to play than some open position chords. Conversely, the version of the A Major chord played in this section of the song is the same version taught to beginner guitarists, which is located on the 2nd fret of the guitar and illustrated in Figure 7. After the A chord, the guitarist moves to an E Major chord in 1st position as illustrated in Figure 8. Leaving well enough alone would be easier, but not as coolthe guitarist embellishes by hammering the 4th finger onto the 2nd fret of the 3rd string and then individually picking the remaining higher notes of an Esus4 chordm as illustrated in Figure 9. This is subtle, yet extremely cool.Finally, the chorus of this acoustic version of Anna Nalicks Breathe begins with a relatively standard G Major chord, as illustrated in Figure 10. Although this version of the G Major chord is not always taught to beginners, it offers better balance than the usual versions of the G Major chord. The standard version of the open D Major chord, as illustrated in Figure 3, is played which leads to the version of the A Major chord illustrated in Figure 1. The little nuances of this version of the song  are somewhat typical in the world of guitar, and  are definitely worth working on until you can effortlessly insert them into this tune as well as others. Keep practicing, and if you would like to further develop your music skills, contact TakeLessons.com to locate the best guitar teachers in your area or online! Blake C.  teaches songwriting, singing, and  guitar lessons  in Lowell, IN. He specializes in classical guitar technique as well as modern rock and blues styles. Blake has been teaching for 20 years and he joined the TakeLessons team in July 2013. Learn  more about Blake  here!   Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher Photo by InSapphoWeTrust

SAT Subject Tests Online SAT Prep Online Tutoring Tutorpace

SAT Subject Tests Online SAT Prep Online Tutoring Tutorpace SAT is an abbreviation of Scholastic Assessment Test. SAT tests are conducted many times a year for students to gain admissions in colleges and universities in the United States. The majority of students who take this test are high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students can take SAT Reasoning test which includes the test paper consisting of reading, math and writing sections. Theother type of test which is taken by the students is called the SAT Subject tests, which are tests in various individual subjects such as Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Social Sciences, and History etc. Students can take the tests in Foreign languagesalso such as in Japanese, French, and Spanish etc. These subject tests allow students to present their knowledge and skills specifically in a particular subject. SAT subject test scores are widely accepted in colleges and universities in the United States. Sometimes, colleges prefer students to take the test in few selected subjects as it helps them decide the ability of the student to take up the college level courses. These subject tests give the students an opportunity to showcase their subject skills which makes it easier for them to be accepted into specific programs of study in a college or a university. To take the subject tests, the fastest and the easiest method is to register online on the official website of the College Board. Students can select the test date from the given set of dates for the academic year and can choose the test center according to their convenience.

Our Advice for Tutoring in Businesses

Our Advice for Tutoring in Businesses How Can You Teach Private Tutorials in Businesses? ChaptersWhy Teach Private Tutorials in a Business?The Particularities of Teaching Private Tutorials in a BusinessThe Limits of Tutoring in Businesses“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” - PeleBusinesses are a different world altogether, where different personalities live and work to make the industry as powerful as possible. Different people rub shoulders each day, share objectives, and behave in a particular way from the day they arrive until the day they retire.Sometimes, they’ll need some extra knowledge or new skills in order to effectively do their jobs, to make the business more competitive, and to advance. As a result, more and more professionals are opting for private tutoring.The world of business is a fertile ground for developing new knowledge of any kind and private tutors are far from the boring maths lessons and homework that you’d get in school. Here ’s our advice for teaching private tutorials to adults in businesses and the pros and cons of doing tutoring jobs with adults in the workplace. 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For one, it’s a place with a lot of big personalities that will often clash heads. The tutor will often play the role of an intermediary, like the icing holding layers of a cake together.A tutor will need to know their subject better than the professionals. (Source: Free-Photos)This is why getting a tut or in to train the workforce is a great idea to improve their skills and get them to work together better. Learning about a particular topic, which doesn’t necessarily need to be academic like a Spanish or physics class, can be very rewarding and good for staff.In some cases, the classes can focus on a very specific topic related to their line of work.Of all the reasons to teach private tutorials in a business, some of the best include:Being able to monitor each studentTeam buildingThe unity found within a businessEncouraging progress from adult studentsA higher level of teachingHigher skilled studentsWorking in the heart of a businessEtc.As you can understand, there are plenty of reasons to teach private tutorials in businesses. Teaching private tutorials in businesses is vastly different to teaching exam prep or revision lessons to school children.From the tutor’s point of view, the business is somewhere they can really show off what they can do with specific courses. The empl oyees should already have a good knowledge of how to do their jobs and the field they work in and are probably just looking to get an edge. This means the gap between the tutor and the student is reduced.Teaching in businesses is a distinct way of teaching private tutorials. It’s a thousand miles from teaching tutorials at the student’s home, working with teenagers studying for their GCSEs and A Levels, or helping university student to improve their French.The Particularities of Teaching Private Tutorials in a BusinessTeaching private tutorials in a business is nothing like teaching school students or other private students at their home. While it may be used to supplement your income, it’s definitely not some simple summer job. In fact, the tutor needs to be impeccably trained at knowing their subject like the back of their hands.There are plenty of different classes that could benefit employees. (Source: mohamed_hassan)This is the first main difference when it comes to tutor ing in businesses, your students are already well-versed in their field. If you’re teaching language classes to a group of bankers who do a lot of business overseas, they’ll probably already be familiar with a lot of banking terms. This means that your students won’t feel lost when describing complex terms.An academic support class, be it French, physics, chemistry, or maths, only involves a working relationship between the student and the tutor. When you work in a business, you’ll need to take into account the age of your students when considering your teaching methodology.In fact, you’ll need to adapt your speech to talk to adults while remaining in charge, all without making them feel like children. When you provide private tutorials in a business, you have to establish a sense of trust between the two parties.On the one hand, the tutor is going to teach lessons and be paid for them. On the other hand, the students have to listen, take notes, and learn. This exchange of services reinforces the bond between the two parties and legitimises the teaching.The act of teaching benefits both parties with the tutor earning money and the students gaining knowledge. The business’ workforce will benefit in a way that they wouldn’t otherwise in a typical academic support tutorial, intensive tutorials, or your usual tutoring provided by agencies. However, despite all these advantages, there are also a number of disadvantages to teaching in this way.The Limits of Tutoring in BusinessesWhen you’re hired as a freelancer to teach within in a business to provide the workforce with new skills or knowledge, it isn’t all fun and games. In fact, teaching private tutorials within a business can be difficult for a number of different reasons:It’s not like an academic support tutorial, home tutoring, or teaching someone to play the guitar, you need to be meticulous in your planning and an absolute expert of your subject.You’ll need to have previous experience i n tutoring which you can build upon.Employees at certain businesses are often very confident and sure of their own skills, meaning that they don’t really feel the need to be tutored by an outsider who’s shown up to tell them how to do their jobs.Employees can feel threatened by the arrival of a tutor who’s telling them that they can improve. The staff might feel like they’re being treated like children with the arrival of a teacher. Thus, you have to pay particular attention to not treating them like children while ensuring that they do pay attention to your lessons.And a number of other disadvantages.The world of business can be stressful, but workplace tutorials can help. (Source: StartupStockPhotos)In fact, teaching adults at their workplace isn’t as simple a task as it may first seem. Every kind of student can quickly lose respect for their tutor. You’ll need to carefully consider the limitations of teaching this way.Tutoring is an admirable profession as you need to be in control and an expert of managing conflict and contention. However, teaching private tutorials to students at their place of work is a great way to share knowledge to a team that’s already very good at what they do, as you’d expect from professionals.Don’t forget that tutorials at businesses are often training for the staff. Staff members are often forced to attend training courses and tutorials and probably won’t be too thrilled about having to be dragged away from their work in order to learn how to effectively do a job they feel they’re already very good at.The tutor may end up teaching students who are very unwilling to learn, have no interest in being there, and be as unruly as schoolchildren would be. That said, they’re there to improve as workers, learn new skills, and get better at their jobs, not to pass their GCSEs or A Levels, catch up with their school work, or get into university.Learning from a private tutor in a business can be a very useful thing f or workers and help them in their daily lives. However, like everything else, it has its pros and cons.If you teach in businesses, the way you conduct yourself is going to have to be more professional. (Source: Free-Photos)If you're interested in providing tutoring services, then you should consider making a profile on Superprof. Whether you're offering one on one tutoring, academic tutoring, or online tutoring, you can create a profile detailing what you teach and where you teach it so that when potential students want to find a tutor, they'll find you.You can offer tutorials in any subject from traditional scientific subjects like mathematics (including calculus, algebra, geometry, etc.), chemistry, physics, and biology, humanities like English, history, and things like learning how to play musical instruments, fitness instructors, artistic subjects, study skills.Of course, if you're going to work in businesses teaching adults, they're probably not going to be looking for a chemis try tutor or an English tutor but rather someone specialising in economics, teambuilding, or maybe even foreign language skills like a French tutor.With a bit of preparation, professional development and confidence, an experienced and qualified home tutor can start looking for tutor jobs at businesses or tutoring companies, become an online tutor over webcam, or provide private tuition to undergraduate and postgraduate students before their exams from the comfort of your own classroom or in a library. The choice is yours!

Online Prepare for ACT Tutors Online ACT Prep Online Tutoring Tutorpace

Online Prepare for ACT Tutors Online ACT Prep Online Tutoring Tutorpace ACT is an abbreviation of American College Testing and is one of the popular tests taken by high school students to continue their education in colleges and universities in the United States. ACT test is a standardized exam and is conducted many times a year. Students can take the test according to their level of preparation and their convenience. To take the test, students can register online on the official website of ACT and can pick their test date and the location of the test center. ACT tests students in 4 main sections: English, Mathematics, Reading and Science Reasoning. Students also have the additional option of taking the Writing test as well along with these 4 sections. In order to get good scores on ACT, students should have good conceptual knowledge of the subjects. ACT test is not very difficult and its main purpose is to analyze students logical understanding of the concepts. Therefore students should focus mainly on the basic and important concepts of every topic, and only by having a good understanding of the basics; one can answer questions even on the advanced level. Every section in ACT test paper is of very limited time and one of the most important challenges for the students is to answer all the given questions within the given time range. Hence it is recommended for the students to practice answering each question in 1 minute at home, so that they have the confidence to handle time during the test.

Spotlight on Writing Standards

Spotlight on Writing Standards Spotlight on Writing Standards To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students need to learn to use writing as a way of offering and supporting opinions, demonstrating understanding of the subjects they are studying, and conveying real and imagined experiences and events. They learn to appreciate that a key purpose of writing is to communicate clearly to an external, sometimes unfamiliar audience, and they begin to adapt the form and content of their writing to accomplish a particular task and purpose. They develop the capacity to build knowledge on a subject through research projects and to respond analytically to literary and informational sources. To meet these goals, students must devote significant time and effort to writing, producing numerous pieces over short and extended time frames throughout the year. Common Core State Standards One of the big changes that students and parents will notice with the implementation of the Common Core State Standards is an elevated focus on writing and overall literacy. To be better prepared for college and the workforce, students will be expected to develop their ideas in writing, write effectively, conduct research to gather evidence and background prior to writing, make connections between reading and writing, and more. Specifically, the standards state that students must build their writing abilities in three areas: argument/opinion writing, informative/explanatory writing, and narrative writing. Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit organization founded by three lead writers of the Common Core State Standards, offers a variety of resources for teachers and parents to get familiar with the Common Core State Standards and understand how to put them into action. As your students work on more rigorous and in-depth writing assignments moving forward, here are a few key points to keep in mind about different types of writing, as derived from writing samples provided on Student Achievement Partners website, www.achievethecore.org: Argument/opinion writing Students are provided (and read) texts and a writing prompt that asks them to form an opinion or claim about a focusing question. For students in the early elementary grades, opinion writing should offer a brief introduction, state the opinion, provide one or a few reasons for the opinion expressed, and provide a simple concluding statement. As students progress through elementary school, their opinion essays should become more robust and should have an introduction, clear statement of an opinion, evidence from the text to support that opinion and explain the students thinking, several paragraphs and a conclusion. Middle school students opinion writing should introduce a claim, acknowledge competing claims and rebut them with credible evidence and reasoning, organize reasoning and evidence logically, support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence, and provide a concluding section that supports the initial argument presented. In early high school, students argument/opinion writing must introduce a precise claim with context and distinguish that claim from alternate claims, establish a formal style and objective tone, develop the claim with supporting evidence and reasoning, develop counterclaims fairly, and provide a concluding statement. Informative/explanatory writing Students are given a set of texts (or a video and a text, if younger) and a writing prompt that requests them to convey complex ideas and information. For students early in elementary school, informative/explanatory writing should introduce a topic, supply facts about it and end with a reflective concluding sentence. As students approach the later elementary school years, informative/explanatory writing should introduce a topic, provide a general observation and focus, use precise language to explain the topic, develop the topic with details, facts and examples, link ideas using words and phrases, and structure the essay to make it easy to follow. In middle school, informative/explanatory writing must introduce the topic, name the work about which the student is writing (and the synopsis of the story), offer relevant facts and details, give examples from the text, clarify the relationship among the ideas presented, give examples, establish a formal style and use precise language. In high school, students must give context to set the stage for an essay, use precise language to delve into the complexity of the topic, transition smoothly to clarify relationships among ideas and concepts, organize complex ideas and information to make connections, develop the topic with facts and details, establish a formal style and objective tone, and analyze ideas and information to make connections. Narrative writing Students write from a writing prompt and stimulating idea to develop narrative about experiences or events. In early elementary school, students must use temporal words or phrases (once, every week) to signal event order, recount sequenced events and include some details. Later in elementary school, students write narratives by first orienting the reader and introducing a narrator, using a variety of transitional words to maintain sequence, use narrative techniques to develop events and show characters response, use concrete details to convey experiences and provide a conclusion. In middle school, students engage and orient the reader by establishing context for narrative and introducing main characters, use dialogue to develop characters and events, use transitional clauses, use dialogue to develop character, use precise words and phrases and descriptive details, use description and reflection to build toward an outcome, and provide a conclusion. In high school, students build on the narrative techniques learned in middle school and also use description to develop experiences and character, build tension toward an outcome in their narratives, use sensory language and details to focus a readers attention on important parts of the story, and provide a conclusion that reflects upon the experience or observation written about. For an even deeper understanding of the type of writing that is expected of students, read In Common: Effective Writing for All Students, accessible at www.achievethecore.org.

College Admissions The Early App

College Admissions The Early App ACT SAT Prep and College Admissions Blog If you're a college senior or junior, then you probably know that many colleges offer an early application option. There are two main types of early options: early action and early decision. The deadlines for these applications are usually in late October or early November, so now if you are a senior in college now is the time to make the move! For juniors or underclassmen, keep this in mind for the future. The difference between early action and early decision is the degree of commitment that they require. An early action application will let you hear back early from the school that you send it to, and if you are accepted you will have the choice to attend or not. An early decision application will also let you hear back early, but if you are accepted by the school that you send it to, then you are required to attend that school. It's almost definitely a good idea to send in one or two early action applications as long as you have your application materials, such as your essay and recommendation letters, almost ready to go. Deciding whether to complete any early decision applications is harder, even though you can only do one, because it means choosing one school that you know you prefer above all others. If there is a school that is your clear favorite, that you have done all your research on and visited if possible, then you should go ahead with the early decision application. The early decision application shows the university you send it to that you are very interested in attending, which is something that they value. In general, acceptance rates are much higher from the early decision application pool than from the general application pool. So, if your top choice is also a bit of a reach school, an early decision application can give you a leg up. A few things to remember if you decide to complete an early application: 1. You will probably be asked to submit your grades for the first quarter of your senior year. You need to make sure those grades are what you want them to be before you make your early application. If you need time to pull your grades up, wait for the regular deadline to apply. 2. You won't find out the results until mid-December. Most regular college admissions deadlines are only shortly after that (typically around January 1st) and you will have the holiday season coming up, so you should still move ahead with your other applications while you're waiting to hear. 3. There's another option: rolling admissions. There are some schools, usually large state universities, that don't have an early deadline or a regular deadline. Instead, they accept applications from October through February or March, and decide on people as they get their applications. If you apply on the early end of the rolling range, you have a better chance of being accepted.