We are happy to announce Jeff D’Onofrio as the Tutor-of-the-Month for March! Jeff has made a great impression on his students, the families he works with, and the staff at Educational Connections.
In addition to being a tutor, Jeff is a history teacher and department chair at an Arlington middle school. He has an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from The George Washington University. In the last two years, Jeff has tutored students in everything from third grade math through AP history. In particular, he loves helping test prep students build their confidence and relieve stress during the college application process.
Jeff’s Strategies & Tips for the ACT Reading Section
When it comes to the ACT reading section, never start with the prose! This fiction passage is the most time-consuming because it requires students to make more inferences to catch all the nuances of the author’s intent as well as decode the characters’ actions and dialogue. Since you are likely to score lowest on the fiction text anyway, it is better to read it last (when you’re short on time) after you’ve methodically used other strategies to maximize your score on the three non-fiction passages.
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