A basic 15 lesson plan is organized as shown to the right. This is the standard arrangement, though, depending on the student, it could be condensed to as few as 10 or 12 lessons. However, 20 to 25 lessons is the recommended plan.
All of the concepts that we teach are covered in the typical 15 lesson case, the difference with the expanded cases being that much more time is spent on working on and explaining actual questions.
The time that it will take for a student to prepare for the test depends on the amount of lessons he or she takes but the optimal amount would be to have 2 to 4 classes per week and to leave at least 3 to 5 weeks for doing LSAT exams. One can also do more classes per week given that they have enough time to do the homework as well.
The students must buy the three LSAT books that contain actual tests (you can buy them from LSAC here or online or your local bookstore). Prior to the first lesson you should take a preptest to gauge your strengths and weaknesses.
Each class is followed by a homework assignment that reinforces the concepts learned that lesson and by a review sheet that summarizes the relevant information learned. The homework consists of actual LSAT questions and detailed explanations of the correct answers and the methods to do the questions. |
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| Conditional Reasoning |
| 1. A basic overview of logic and conditional logic with a detailed explanation of the conditional relationship, the different forms that it can take, and it's relevance to the LSAT |
| Analytical Reasoning |
2. General overview of the 'games' section, the variations in the different game types, the nature of the rules, 'answer can be true', 'can be true', and 'must be false' questions
3. 'Must be true', 'can be false', list', 'greatest/smallest', and 'diagram' questions,
4. Actual games for practicing the different variations and the different questions |
| Logical Reasoning |
5. General overview of the 'arguments' section, the nature of the argument passages and how to distinguish them from non-arguments, and the basic process for evaluating arguments
6. 'Conclusion', 'weaken', and 'strengthen',
7. 'Evaluate' and 'assumption' questions
8. An introduction to formal logic and 'justify conclusion' questions
9. 'Principle' and 'principle scenario' questions
10. 'Paradox' and 'point in question' questions
11. 'Method of reasoning', 'flaw', and 'parallel reasoning' questions
12. 'Inference' and 'cannot be true' questions |
| Reading Comprehension |
13. General overview of the reading comprehension section, the types of questions, the reading strategy, 'main point', 'specific information', 'organization', 'attitude', and 'primary purpose' questions
14. 'Paragraph function', 'detail purpose', 'inference', 'new context/analogy', and 'strengthen'/'weaken' questions
15. 'Analogy', 'comparison/relationship', 'author's views', 'disagreement', and 'central point' questions |
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