ACT Prep · English and Reading
ACT English and Reading, one skill at a time
One-on-one prep with Bryan Hearn, Ed.D. The work starts from a baseline, names the three or four habits behind most missed questions, and stays on them until the score holds under time.
Bryan Hearn, Ed.D.5,000+ hours of one-on-one coaching5-star average across 1,295+ Wyzant reviewsEd.D., Vanderbilt University“He met it exactly — a three-point increase and his highest-ever score in every subject after working with Bryan.”
“I worked with Bryan 1–2 days a week over the summer and my ACT score jumped 5 points.”
“Bryan’s answer keys included not just the correct answers but a detailed explanation for every question.”
How your plan stays tailored
We build the plan from real data
Every plan starts with a baseline: the free ACT Mini Diagnostic or a recent official practice test. The score report shows where the points are going. From there, the Test Prep Learning Log records every missed, guessed, or uncertain question, so each session starts from evidence and the plan changes when the evidence does.
Typical focus areas
What the weekly work covers
The baseline decides the order, and which of these matter most for each student.
ACT English
8 lessonsRewards editors who decide by meaning, structure, and rule.
- Sentence boundaries and complete sentences
- Commas, semicolons, colons, and dashes
- Verbs, pronouns, and agreement
- Modifiers, parallelism, and comparisons
- Concision and word choice
- Transitions and sentence placement
ACT Reading
8 lessonsRewards readers who work from the passage rather than from memory.
- The three-question passage map
- Paragraph function and passage structure
- Evidence and inference
- Author’s argument and point of view
- Detail and line-reference questions
- Comparisons and words in context
The ACT Companion
A curriculum built to be individualized
The full ACT English and Reading curriculum in one Google Doc and bookmarked PDF, with an explanation for every practice question. In sessions, the baseline decides which lessons come first and which can wait. On its own, it works start to finish.
Free ACT resources
Practice between sessions
Free to use, with or without one-on-one support.
Start with a baseline
Book a consultation to talk through the test date and the right amount of support. Or take the free Mini Diagnostic first and bring the score report.
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