TASC English Studio study plan
TASC English Studio · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Reading & Language Conventions
Annotate three unfamiliar informational passages to label main idea, supporting evidence, and author's purpose in the margin.
Identify and define the function of punctuation marks (comma, semicolon, colon, dash) in ten sentences drawn from your own reading.
Build a personal error log with at least fifteen entries recording the rule each mistake violated.
Your checkpoint
A one-page annotated passage plus a fifteen-entry error log sorted by grammar category.
Reading & Language Conventions
Distinguish fact from opinion and bias from neutrality across four short editorials, underlining the cue words that signal each.
Correct twenty run-on and fragment sentences and label the repair strategy used (combine, split, subordinate).
Summarize two passages of roughly 400 words each in three sentences without copying source phrasing.
Your checkpoint
Two three-sentence summaries scored against a self-made checklist for accuracy, brevity, and original wording.
Writing & Language Conventions
Draft a 300-word argument paragraph with a clear claim, two reasons, and cited evidence for each reason.
Revise the same draft three times, once each for organization, sentence variety, and word precision.
Apply subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent rules to thirty practice sentences and explain each correction aloud.
Your checkpoint
A before-and-after draft pair with a revision memo listing every substantive change and its reason.
Writing & Reading
Write two timed 25-minute essays responding to argument prompts, each with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Self-score both essays against a four-point rubric covering thesis, evidence, organization, and conventions.
Read one essay aloud and mark every sentence where your phrasing would confuse a listener.
Your checkpoint
Two timed essays with completed rubrics and a list of recurring weaknesses to target in weeks five and six.
Writing & Research and Source Integration
Locate, evaluate, and cite three sources on a single topic, recording author, date, publisher, and relevance for each.
Paraphrase one source paragraph and quote another, attaching correct in-text attribution to both.
Draft a 400-word source-based response that integrates at least two sources without stringing quotations together.
Your checkpoint
A source log of three evaluated sources plus a 400-word integrated response with in-text citations.
Research and Source Integration & Speaking and Listening
Distinguish primary from secondary sources and rate five sources for credibility using a written checklist.
Deliver a three-minute spoken summary of your research findings, then transcribe it and cut filler words by half.
Listen to a recorded speech and note the speaker's claim, supporting points, and one rhetorical technique used.
Your checkpoint
A recorded three-minute presentation with a transcript showing filler-word reduction and a credibility checklist for five sources.
Speaking and Listening & Reading
Participate in two structured discussions, practicing building on another speaker's point before adding your own.
Take notes on a ten-minute audio passage and answer five comprehension questions from memory plus notes.
Present a two-minute position statement and field three follow-up questions without notes.
Your checkpoint
A discussion reflection log recording two exchanges, the points you built on, and three questions you asked.
Reading & Writing & Language Conventions & Speaking and Listening & Research and Source Integration
Complete two full-length timed practice sets covering all five domains and log every missed item by domain.
Re-teach your five most frequent error types to a study partner or the mirror, explaining the correct rule each time.
Assemble a one-page review sheet condensing the rules, strategies, and citation formats you most often forget.
Your checkpoint
A full-length practice score report with a domain-by-domain error tally and a completed one-page review sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Error log holds at least thirty entries, and you can state the rule behind any three chosen at random.
Week 4: Both timed essays score at least three of four on thesis and evidence, with no more than two convention errors each.
Week 6: You cite three sources correctly in one draft and deliver a three-minute talk with filler words under five percent.
Week 8: Full-length practice shows improvement over your week-four baseline in at least three of the five domains.