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The PowerScore Weekend LSAT Course Syllabus  
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The PowerScore Weekend LSAT Course consists of four sessions of four hours each. Sessions I and II are taught on Saturday, and Sessions III and IV are taught on Sunday. The total in-class instruction time is sixteen hours. You will be provided with access to a pre-weekend practice LSAT (the June 2003 LSAT), as well as a seminar booklet that includes an extensive homework comprised of questions, drills, analyses, and another eight practice LSATs for you to work on once the weekend course concludes. The combined Course and Homework material totals over 600 pages in length. The following syllabus is used in the PowerScore Weekend LSAT Course:

  • Introduction
  • Logical Reasoning
      Attacking the Stimulus
      When to Read the Question Stem
      The Elements of Argumentation
      Identifying Premises and Conclusions
      Analyzing the Question Stem
      Logical Reasoning Question Types
      Prephrasing Answers
      The Answer Choices
      Must Be True Questions
      Main Point Questions
      Sufficient and Necessary Conditions
      Reversals and Negations
       Diagramming "Unless"
      Conditional Reasoning Problems

  • Logic Games
      Approaching the Games
      Setups and Diagramming
      The Questions
      Attacking the Section
      Rule Representation: Blocks, Sequencing, and Dual-Options
      Basic Linear Games

  • Reading Comprehension
      The Two Passage Types
      Approaching the Passages—6 Critical Steps
      Question Types
      Attacking the Questions
      Introductory Reading Comprehension Passage
 
  • Logical Reasoning
      Weaken Questions
      Typical Weaken Scenarios
      Cause and Effect Reasoning
      Causality in Weaken Questions

  • Logical Reasoning
      Assumption Questions
      The Supporter/Defender Assumption Model™
      The Assumption Negation Technique™
      Justify the Conclusion Questions
      The Justify Formula™
      Strengthen Questions

  • Logic Games
      Advanced Linear Setups and Multiple Stacks
      The Separation Principle™

  • Reading Comprehension
      Diagramming the Passages
      Political Correctness
  • Logic Games
      The Principle of Grouping
      Unified Grouping Theory™
      Diagramming the Rules
      The Double-Not Arrow
      Linear vs Grouping Symbolizations
      Hurdle the Uncertainty™
      Grouping Games

  • Logical Reasoning
      Method of Reasoning Questions
      Flaw in the Reasoning Questions
      Classic LSAT Fallacies
      Parallel Reasoning Questions
      The Parallel Reasoning Elemental Attack™:
            Double the       Conclusion™, the Premise
            Test™, the Validity Test™, and the Test
            of Abstraction™.

  • Logical Reasoning
      Resolve the Paradox Questions
      Point at Issue Questions
      The Agree/Disagree Test™

  • Reading Comprehension
      Science and Technology Passages
      Comparative Reading Passages

  • Logic Games
      Numerical Distribution Games
      Identifying Numerical Distributions
      Fixed vs Unfixed Distributions
      Numerical Distribution Identification Drill
      Limited Solution Set Games
      Identify the Templates™

  • The Writing Sample
      Writing Sample Analysis
      The Decision Prompt
      The Pro-Con Format
      The Decision Prompt Writing Sample


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"The course was a definite help. My first score on a sample test before the course was a 149. After taking the weekend course, doing all the homework, and taking 6 of the 8 full-length practice tests I scored a 166 (95th percentile). If you're willing to do the work it will definitely help."

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