FAST study plan

Annotate four grade-level informational passages to label central idea, supporting details, and text structure in the margin

Write a single-sentence objective summary for each of those four passages without copying the author's wording

Answer eight inference questions and write one line of textual evidence under each answer to justify it

Track every missed item in an error log with the reason the correct answer works better

Distinguish stated versus implied ideas in three literary passages by underlining the sentence that forces each inference

Identify and name the author's word choice, sentence structure, and point of view in two passages, explaining the effect of each in one sentence

Draft a two-paragraph response that supports one claim with two direct quotations, correctly punctuated and introduced

Self-score the response against a four-point evidence rubric and revise the weaker paragraph

Build a side-by-side chart comparing how two texts on the same topic treat audience, purpose, and tone

Evaluate two short argumentative passages by labeling claim, reasons, and evidence, and naming one unsupported assertion in each

Explain in writing how a specific section of a text advances the author's overall argument

Complete ten mixed craft-and-structure questions and record the reasoning behind the two hardest items

Compare a print-style text with a quantitative source on the same topic and state two conclusions only the pair supports

Compute fluently with fractions, decimals, and integers across twenty mixed practice items without a calculator

Apply order of operations and ratio reasoning to ten multi-step word problems, showing each step

Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents and rank five given values from least to greatest

Solve ten multi-step ratio, rate, and percent problems and label the operation used at each step

Infer the meaning of twelve unfamiliar words from context and verify each guess with a dictionary or glossary

Decompose eight academic words into roots and affixes and use each in an original sentence

Correct fifteen conventions errors in grammar, punctuation, and usage, and name the rule broken in each

Interpret figurative language and connotative word choice in two poems or short literary excerpts and explain the tone each creates

Plan a text-based essay with an outline that states a claim and maps three body-paragraph evidence points

Draft the essay in 35 minutes, embedding at least three quotations with correct attribution

Revise the draft for transitions, sentence variety, and precise word choice, then reread aloud to catch errors

Write and solve two-step equations and inequalities from six word problems, defining the variable explicitly

Identify and extend two patterns, writing a rule in words and as an expression

Solve ten area, perimeter, volume, and angle problems, sketching a labeled figure for each

Classify polygons and triangles by properties and justify three classifications with a stated reason

Compute mean, median, mode, and range for three data sets and choose which measure best describes each set

Read and interpret two graphs or tables, describing one trend and one misleading feature

Determine the probability of simple and compound events across eight items and express each answer as a fraction and percent

Complete a timed full-length mixed practice test and categorize every miss by domain