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 148, Section 3, Q9 — Pumpkins

Test 149, Section 1, Q12 — Highway bill

Test 147, Section 4, Q19 — Lichen and grass fires

Test 147, Section 4, Q6 — Laboratory animals

Reading Comprehension

Test 8, Passage 3 — Autobiographies

Logical Reasoning

Test 149, Section 1, Q14 — Debate coach

Test 149, Section 3, Q26 — Fossil fuel reliance

Test 148, Section 4, Q1 — Community cleanup

Test 149, Section 3, Q4 — Essays

Highlights

In today’s class, Nathan shared game-changing strategies for tackling Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension. For Logical Reasoning, he stressed the importance of slowing down to fully understand each argument before diving into the answer choices. In Paradox questions, Nathan highlighted how certain answers can actually make the paradox worse, emphasizing the need to focus on eliminating wrong answers rather than defending weaker ones. His golden rule? Don’t move on if you’re still stuck between two choices—stick with it until you can confidently eliminate one. For those tricky Parallel Flaw questions, Nathan encouraged students to go sentence by sentence, predicting what the next sentence should be to match the original argument. This approach helps you confidently get rid of bad answer choices.

In Reading Comprehension, Nathan demonstrated the art of diving deep into the passage. Pausing after each paragraph allows students to fully absorb what the author is saying. His advice for honing in on the main takeaway? Ask: “What is the author really trying to teach or convey?” And before every RC question, the focus is on predicting—no rushing allowed.

All in all, it is about mastering the power of prediction!