Nathan’s Class

Need more time? Do these questions in advance. Time will not be given during class to work on them.

Logical Reasoning

Test 7, Section 4, Q9 — Verbal harassment

Test 131, Section 3, Q12 — School nurse

Test 131, Section 3, Q16 — Gum disease

Test 62, Section 4, Q26 — Malnourished

Reading Comprehension

Test 130, Passage 3 — Copyright

Logical Reasoning

Test 131, Section 1, Q18 — Provincial capital

Test 130, Section 1, Q19 — Weak economy

Test 131, Section 3, Q21 — QWERTY

Test 131, Section 2, Q26 — Free market

Highlights

Today’s class was all about reading carefully. When teaching the first set of Logical Reasoning questions, Nathan emphasized that it’s just as important to be critical of the answer choices as it is to be critical of the argument. If we read the argument, question, and answer choices with intent, being critical follows naturally.

During a review of a Reading Comprehension passage, we focused on examining the passage to identify the author’s opinion and, subsequently, the main point. One easy way to do this is to ask ourselves while reading, “What does the author think?” Nathan also demonstrated how to make predictions for RC questions, because we should never go into the answer choices in hopes that we’ll discover the right one. The latter will only lead to further confusion, where having a prediction gives us clear guidance and makes eliminating wrong answers a breeze.

In the last portion of the class, we learned another LSAT Commandment: refuse to pick wrong answers. While this might seem intuitive, reminding ourselves of this rule is key to success.

Links Shared in Class

On Reading Comprehension, They’re All Must Be Trues

Guilty or Not Guilty LR — Free Class

The Day Before Your Official LSAT—Revisited (Ep. 301)

LR Basics — Closed vs. Open Questions