Kagawa Entrance English study plan

Skim each passage's first and last sentence per paragraph to state its main idea in one sentence within 90 seconds

Classify every wrong answer you meet into one of four traps (too broad, too narrow, contradicted, unmentioned) and tally them daily

Build a 60-item vocabulary log from reading passages, recording the sentence context and a Japanese gloss for each word

Complete two timed 700-word passages per study session and mark the line where each answer is supported

Identify the referent of every pronoun (it, they, this, such) in three passages and write the noun it replaces

Paraphrase ten underlined passage sentences into simpler English to confirm you understand them without translating word by word

Diagnose and correct ten run-on sentences and comma splices drawn from your own writing

Answer inference questions by citing the exact clause that licenses the inference, rejecting answers with no textual anchor

Locate discourse markers (however, therefore, in contrast, for example) in four passages and label the logical relation each signals

Complete 30 grammar items on tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, and article use, logging every error by rule

Rewrite ten sentences to shift between active and passive voice without changing meaning

Summarize a 700-word passage in exactly three sentences that preserve the author's stance

Complete a full-length reading section under exam time and record per-question time to find your slowest question type

Drill 40 vocabulary items on collocations and word families (decide/decision/decisive) rather than isolated glosses

Review every grammar error from weeks 1-3 and re-test the 15 rules you missed most often

State the author's purpose for six passages using a single verb (argue, describe, warn, recommend)

Write five 120-word opinion paragraphs, each with a clear topic sentence and two supporting reasons

Combine and split sentences to eliminate fragments and dangling modifiers in your own drafts

Use three cohesive devices per paragraph (reference, substitution, conjunction) and underline each one

Self-edit each draft against a checklist of tense, agreement, and article errors before submission

Draft two 150-word structured essays (introduction, two body points, conclusion) within 20 minutes each

Apply five complex sentence patterns (relative clause, concessive, conditional, participle phrase, nominal clause) accurately in your essays

Convert ten of your own simple sentences into complex ones and verify grammatical accuracy

Proofread your essays for the ten grammar rules you missed most in week 4

Shadow 15 minutes of English audio daily, repeating each sentence aloud immediately after hearing it

Take notes on two short talks using symbols and abbreviations, then reconstruct the main points in writing

Answer 30 listening questions on detail, gist, and speaker attitude, and note the cue phrase that signaled each answer

Connect ideas across a multi-paragraph text by mapping its argument structure on one page

Simulate the full exam twice under strict timing and score each section separately

Re-drill the 20 highest-frequency error types from your logs across all domains

Review your vocabulary log to confirm retention of at least 80 percent of entries

Adjust your time allocation per section based on the two simulation results