Live Strategy Session Database

All past and future Live CARS Strategy Sessions will be available here. Feel free to watch these at a faster speed using a web app such as Chrome’s Video Speed Controller.

4/27/2020

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 5

Great passage for filtering through fluff and doing some Perspective Discovery

4/17/2020

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 8

We had a great time using our linking and perspective discovery strategies on this passage.

4/2/2020

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 3

This was a very detailed passage, and great practice for filtering out fluff while still keying in on important details

3/19/2020

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 1

Great passage for practicing integrating comprehension monitoring and linking to find our main idea

3/2/2020

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 20

Used linking to tie together our main idea to tackle this passage

2/17/2020

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 18

We worked together to analyze this passage using lots of linking and perspective discovery with the author’s use of evidence

2/6/2020

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 17

Great passage for comprehension monitoring, using context clues, and linking back to our main idea.

1/23/2020

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 11

We had a great time using this passage to practice linking new information back to our passage’s main idea!

1/9/2020

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 10

This passage was excellent practice for the use of our comprehension monitoring, linking, and making predictions strategies

12/26/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 8

Great passage for practicing linking and making predictions based on passage information

12/11/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 7

Excellent practice with comprehension monitoring, as well as how to handle multiple perspectives in one passage

11/26/2019

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 4

Great passage to practice the use of linking and using word choice to discover the main idea of a passage

11/14/2019

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 7

We solidified our understanding of this passage using our linking and perspective discovery strategies

10/30/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 14

We had a great time working through this passage using our linking strategies

10/17/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 12

Excellent practice for using Perspective Discovery. I apologize for the technical difficulties, the recording of this passage is missing the first few paragraphs!

10/3/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 9

Great for practicing comprehension monitoring, use of background info, and linking it all together!

9/18/2019

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 2

Good practice with an out-of-context passage

9/4/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 21

Great passage to get the hang of the use of background info and how it relates to main idea finding!

8/22/2019

CARS Question Pack 2, Passage 13

Great passage to practice using background information and linking it all together to find the main idea!

8/8/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 13

Heavy use of linking and how it relates to main idea finding

7/25/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 16

Great passage for practicing the use of background info and main idea finding. I apologize for the lack of audio once we got to the questions!

7/11/2019

AAMC Practice Exam 1, Passage 7

Tricky passage, good for practicing the use of linking and finding passage structure

6/26/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 4

Great passage for practicing the use of main idea and perspective finding!

6/14/2019

Official Guide, CARS, Passage 5

Great passage for practicing the use of background knowledge.

5/31/2019

Official Guide, CARS, Passage 4

Political passage. Great for practicing the use of background knowledge.

5/17/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 2

Great passage for practicing your main idea and perspective finding skills!

5/3/2019

Official Guide, CARS, Passage 3

This passage illustrates why it is so important to pay careful attention at the beginning of CARS passages.

4/19/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 15

Great session! We learned about the importance of slowing down and understanding the first paragraph of the passage.

4/5/2019

Official Guide, CARS, Passage 1

Skip past the technical difficulties in the first five minutes, and the rest of the session was great! Great passage for learning how to deal with argumentative text structures.

3/22/2019

CARS Question Pack 1, Passage 6

My sincere apologize for my wife’s cat meowing in the background after the halfway point… I don’t know how she got in there… 😿

3/7/2019

Official Guide Questions, CARS Passage 2, Questions 6-11
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Official Guide Questions, Chemistry/Physics Passage 4, Questions 15 – 19

This was a trial run session to gauge interest in weekly Live Strategy Sessions. Let’s just say everyone seemed to like it. 😊