{"id":3392,"date":"2012-03-08t00:58:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-08t00:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=212"},"modified":"2015-04-16t00:45:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16t00:45:09","slug":"building-your-sat-reading-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/building-your-sat-reading-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"building your sat reading muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"

imagine your brain as a group of muscles.\u00a0 one of these muscles is called the reading muscle. like any muscle, the reading muscle can very easily become weak and flaccid–if you don\u2019t use it.<\/p>\n

now imagine trying to lift 150 pounds over your head. that would take quite a lot of muscle. reading muscle-wise, the sat is the 150-pound weight. without first getting your reading brain into shape, you are going to have difficulty hoisting the sat weight over your head. <\/p>\n

okay, enough with the extended metaphor. simply put: to do well on the sat reading you have to read a lot. for many in high school this isn\u2019t a problem because a) they love to read or b) their classes require that they read a lot \u2013 anything from shakespeare to the article from the atlantic monthly<\/em> that a teacher assigned.<\/p>\n

for those who do not get much exposure to reading, one way to prepare before and during your sat prep is to read. of course you don\u2019t want to pick up the daily comic section. on the flip side you don\u2019t have to power your way through the complete works of shakespeare.<\/p>\n

the type of reading you have to do must be at a certain level \u2013 what i like to call \u201cacademic lite.\u201d below are some resources that will whip your reading muscle into shape. (and for those looking for good examples on your essay, these magazines and newspapers provide a trove of such tidbits).<\/p>\n

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100-pound weight<\/h2>\n

newsweek<\/a> and time magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

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125-pound weight<\/h2>\n

the new york times<\/a>, the atlantic monthly<\/a>, literacy cookbook<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

150-pound weight<\/h2>\n

the new yorker<\/a>, the economist<\/a><\/p>\n

one final note: do not read the 1-page articles, thinking you\u2019ve gotten a good workout. read the extended articles (yeah, i know–the one’s that are long). especially those on a topic you are unfamiliar with. some of these articles\u2014-such as the ones in the new yorker<\/em>\u2014-typically run as long as 20-pages. reading these will definitely get you \u201cin shape\u201d for the sat critical reading section.<\/p>\n

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