美国标准考试
我们这一代移民父母,多少有“考试情节”。国内从期中,期末,中考到高考,我们身经百战,没有任何背景但只要考得好,就可以“鲤鱼越龙门”,有机会接受高等教育,拿到所有机会的敲门砖。更不用提托福和 GRE, 是当年我们拿到美国大学奖学金的唯一途径。所以我们对孩子 SAT and ACT 考试成绩的重视根深蒂固。
Vicki Wood's book SAT Reading Bible
Erica Meltzer's book The Critical Reader
They Say/I Say
Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair magazines. The article are always well written with challenging vocabulary--and the content means students will actually do the reading。