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• Overview of Lesson Plan • Key Content Covered

1&2 • An introduction to GMAT.

• Handing over Princeton Review

Book and GMAT.cz Package

• DVD from the course book and an

insight into the logic of GMAT.

• Introducing the idea of the skills

to be developed

• An outline and brief description of

each the Verbal sections

• Answering questions general from

the student.

• Introduction to memory

improvement techniques

• GMAT introduction

• Princeton Review Book and

GMAT.cz Package

• Basic exam structure review

including description of CAT

• The GMAT scoring scale

• Verbal sections defined

• Memory improvement techniques

• Home assignment: GMAT intro

quiz

3&4 • Definition of terms for the

Quantitative Section of the

GMAT.

• Answering questions related to

this subject coming from the G2

course preparation test.

• Foundation of basic arithmetic.

• Definition of terms

• Properties of integers

• Fractions

• Decimals

• Home assignment: Arithmetic

practice questions (not from

GMAT test)

5&6 • Continuation of the foundation

in basic arithmetic.

• Real Numbers

• Ration & Proportion

• Percents

• Powers & Roots of Numbers

• Descriptive Statistics

• Sets

• Counting Methods

• Discrete Probability

• Home assignment: Arithmetic

practice questions (not from

GMAT test)

7&8 • Critical Reasoning 1

• An introduction to Critical

Reasoning part of GMAT and the

history and changes of the section

• Description of how CR skills are a

good place to start for the

Reading Comprehension

• Very basic outline of the 4 basic

parts of an argument (greater

detail in Critical Reasoning 2)

• Explanation of how this section

falls into 8 categories (greater

detail in Critical Reasoning 2)

• Principles on how to identify

these categories and logically

approach them.

• Argument construction

• Argument Evaluation

• Formulating and Evaluating a plan

of Action

• Home assignment: easy examples

from Bin1

9&10 • Fundamentals of Algebra.

• Explanation of how important this

topic is and in how many

questions will involve the use of

these fundamentals.

• Reviewing first year High School

but in the GMAT paradigm.

• Simplifying Algebraic

Expressions

• Equations

• Solving Linear Equations with one

Unknown

• Solving Linear Equations with two

Unknowns

• Solving Equations by Factoring

• Solving Quadratic Equations

• Exponents

• Home assignment: Algebra

practice questions (not from

GMAT test)

11&12 • Fundamentals of Algebra

finished

• An introduction to problem

solving with equalities and

inequalities involving multiple

variables and solutions

• Explanation of principle of

plugging-in (to be covered in

detail in later lesson)

• Inequalities

• Absolute Value

• Functions

• Solving Equations

• Solving Inequalities

• Transforming Algebra into

Arithmetic

• Home assignment: Algebra

practice questions (not from

GMAT test)

13&14 • Introduction to Sentence

Correction

• Areas of grammar which are

typically covered in the GMAT

are outlined and students will

review the basics

• A few grammar drills designed to

help review each area and affirm

knowledge

• Pronoun Agreement

• Pronoun Ambiguity

• The Test Masters Catalog of

Idioms

• Misplaced Modifiers

• Parallel Construction

• Verb Tenses, Part One

• Subject/Verb Agreement

• Home assignment: Grammar review

questions

15&16 • Sentence Correction 1

• Grammar areas are completed as

an introduction

• Grammar drills focused on the

topics covered

• Feedback and explanations

designed to isolate weaknesses

and homework allocated

accordingly

• Noun Agreement

• Comparison Words

• Quantity Words

• Redundancy

• Verb Tenses, Part Two

• The Subjunctive Mood

• Home assignment: Grammar review

questions

17&18 • Fundamentals of Geometry

• The final area of math

fundamentals essential to the

GMAT

• Shown to be not as important as

algebra but a key area where

candidates should be confident

• A few example questions for each

topic to help visualise and

understand principles in GMAT

test environment

• Lines

• Intersecting lines and angles

• Perpendicular lines

• Parallel lines

• Polygons (convex)

• Triangles

• Quadrilaterals

• Geometry

• Home assignment: Geometry

practice questions (not from

GMAT test)

19 & 20 • Fundamentals of Geometry

finished

• More example test questions and a

review of all the topics from

Geometry

• Focused effort on Coordinate

Geometry as the largest part of

the field needed in GMAT

• Circles

• Rectangular solids and cylinders

• Surface areas

• Volumes

• Coordinate Geometry

• Home assignment: Geometry

practice questions (not from

GMAT test)

21&22 • An introduction to Reading

Comprehension and the GMAT

test question structure

• Presentation on the value of

developing reading techniques

• Brief introduction to fundamental

techniques of how to effectively

approach GMAT Reading

Comprehension questions

• Description of the 3 subject fields

that these questions will come

from

• An outline of what is meant by

interpretive, applied and

inferential test questions

• Definition of terms

• Reading Comprehension structure

• Approach techniques

• Subject field overview

• Home assignment: 2 actual

Reading Comprehension test

questions from Bin1

23&24 • Review of key points from

previous 2 lessons

• Feedback from home assignment

• Focused suggestions

• Actual previous GMAT questions

from Bin2

• Comprehension tips

• Test questions

• Home assignment: revise key

points from Reading

Comprehension

25&26 • Introduction to Data Sufficiency

• Explanation of math skills needed

• Overview of the wide variety of Data

Sufficiency problems which GMAT

include

• Basic introduction on how to

analyze a quantitative problem

• Question structure

• Answering fundamentals

• Definition of essential terms

• Common pitfalls

• Basic tips

and recognize which information

is relevant

• Basic introduction on how to

determine what information is

sufficient to solve a given

problem

• Very important tips to remember

from the very beginning

supported by basic interactive

drills

• Definition of terms and why they

need to be memorized

• Common pitfalls to avoid

• Approach techniques

• Basic interactive drills

• Home assignment: 2 test questions

from Bin1

27&28 • Review of Data Sufficiency

efficient methodology

• Feedback from home assignment

• Interactive drills designed to improve

the approach of candidates to the test

questions using the methodology

taught combined with their own

natural intelligence, logic process

and experience

• Review of the wide variety of Data

Sufficiency problems which GMAT

include

• Methodology review

• Feedback

• Interactive drills

• Home assignment:2 Questions

from Bin2

29&30 • Critical Reasoning 2

• A quick review of what was

covered in Critical reasoning 1

• Candidates are given tips on how

to prepare their brains to approach

these types of Questions

• The 4 main parts of an argument‘s

structure is described and broken

down into more detail

• A detailed look into the structure

of the 8 types of argument

questions

• Brain preparation tips

• Premises, conclusions, assumptions,

inferences

• Assumption

• Strengthen the argument

• Weaken the argument

• Inference

• Parallel the reasoning

• Resolve or explain

• Evaluate an argument

• Identify the reasoning

• Home assignment: review the 4

parts of an argument and the 8

types of GMAT Critical

Reasoning questions

31&32 • Review home assignment

• Outline main tips for efficiently

gaining maximum points from

this section

• Interactive drill with Critical

Reasoning questions from Bin2

• Reminder of rudiments of GMAT

logic not formal logic

• Critical Reasoning Bin 2

• Tips

• GMAT logic

• Home assignment: 2 Bin 2 GMAT

test questions

33&34 • Problem Solving 1

• A brief overview of what GMAT

Problem Solving questions look

like and a reminder of the math

skills reviewed from Arithmetic,

Algebra and Geometry

• An introduction to the principle of

effective exam question

answering:

• When to shortcut/fully solve/plugin answers

• An introduction to the principle of

the Process of Elimination

• How to avoid partial answers

• How to spot ‚crazy‘ answer

choices

• The absolute importance of

avoiding the answers that Joe

Bloggs would choose in harder

questions

• Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry

• Shortcut/fully solve/plug-in

• POE

• Partial answers

• Crazy answers

• Joe Bloggs

• Home assignment: Quick

overview of lesson content

35&36 • Problem Solving 2

• Review of Problem Solving

questions key points from home

assignment

• Introduction to rate, work, function,

probability, combination and

• Rate problems

• Work problems

• Mixture problems

• Measurement problems

permutation problems (will be

covered in detail in a separate lesson)

• How to approach interest rate

problems and basic statistics like

mean, median, mode, and standard

deviation

• Rate

• Work

• Probability

• Combination and permutation

• Interest rates

• Statistics

• Standard deviation

• Home assignment: GMAT test

questions from Bin 1/2

37&38 • Sentence Correction 2

• Review foundations of grammar

from Sentence Correction 1

• Introduce GMAT English rules

and logic and accepting the fact

that this is not about pure

grammar in the normal world

• Description of the types of errors

that are tested in GMAT Sentence

Correction test questions

• Explanation of how the test

writers decide upon the 4

alternative options they give in

the test

• Describe POE technique

• Candidates will go through Bin 1

questions to drill the various

points brought up

• Brief grammar review

• GMAT English principles

• Use Your Ear

• Contextual Clues

• Simplicity is Bliss

• Sentence Fragments

• Parallel Construction Error

• Faulty Comparison

• Punctuation

• Word Confusion

• Adjective/Adverb Error

• Correct pronoun usage

• Disagreement Between Subject and Verb

• Verb Tense Error

• Misplaced Modifier

• Incorrect Idiomatic Expression

• POE technique

• Sentence Correction Bin1 drill

• Home assignment: 2 Bin 2 test

questions

39&40 • Sentence Correction 3

• Feedback from home assignment

• Review POE technique

• Focused in depth coverage of the

typical areas of focus

• Bin 3 drilling

• Sentence Correction typical areas

of focus

• Home assignment: review of

typical areas of focus and 2

questions from Bin 3