Ace the ACT English Section Even If You Failed Last Time
Master the exact grammar rules, rhetorical strategies, and pacing tactics that separate a 33–36 from everyone else — built specifically for Midwest high schoolers who are done guessing and ready to score.
"Once you understand why the wrong answer was built to look right, you stop second-guessing yourself — and that's when your score actually moves."— Jonathon Kendall
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and correct all five high-frequency ACT grammar error types (punctuation, verb agreement, pronoun reference, modifier placement, and parallelism) without hesitation
- Apply the ACT's rhetorical skills framework to instantly evaluate sentence relevance, paragraph order, and essay-level transitions
- Complete a full 75-question English section within the 45-minute time limit using a proven pacing strategy
- Eliminate decoy answer choices using process-of-elimination tactics tuned specifically to how ACT distractors are written
- Diagnose personal error patterns from practice sets and target weak spots with a customized drill routine
- Consistently score at the 95th percentile (33–36) on official ACT English practice tests before test day
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 23 lessons
How the ACT English Section Actually Works
Builds a clear mental map of the test's structure, question types, and scoring so students stop guessing and start strategizing from day one.
- 1.1Anatomy of the English SectionIncluded
- 1.2The Two Question Categories: Usage & Mechanics vs. Rhetorical SkillsIncluded
- 1.3How ACT Scoring Works and What a 33–36 RequiresIncluded
- 1.4Your Baseline: Diagnostic Test and Error AuditIncluded
High-Frequency Grammar Rules: The Big Five
Drills the five grammar error types that appear most on the ACT until students can spot and fix each one on sight.
- 2.1Punctuation That the ACT Actually TestsIncluded
- 2.2Subject-Verb and Tense AgreementIncluded
- 2.3Pronoun Reference and CaseIncluded
- 2.4Misplaced and Dangling ModifiersIncluded
- 2.5Parallel StructureIncluded
Rhetorical Skills: Organization, Style, and Purpose
Teaches students to evaluate sentences and paragraphs the way ACT passage editors do—by purpose, flow, and relevance.
- 3.1Sentence Relevance: Add, Keep, or Delete?Included
- 3.2Transitions: Within Sentences and Between ParagraphsIncluded
- 3.3Paragraph and Sentence OrderIncluded
- 3.4Writer's Goal and Audience QuestionsIncluded
Eliminating Decoys: ACT Distractor Patterns
Exposes the specific trap answer patterns ACT writers repeat so students can eliminate wrong choices faster and more confidently.
- 4.1How ACT Distractors Are EngineeredIncluded
- 4.2The 'OMIT the Underlined Portion' TrapIncluded
- 4.3Process of Elimination as a Scoring StrategyIncluded
Pacing, Timing, and Test-Day Execution
Installs a concrete time-management system so students finish all 75 questions with accuracy intact.
- 5.1The 45-Minute Pacing BlueprintIncluded
- 5.2Skipping, Flagging, and ReturningIncluded
- 5.3Managing Test Anxiety and Maintaining FocusIncluded
Personalized Drilling and Peak-Score Practice
Guides students to audit their own error patterns, build a targeted drill routine, and confirm readiness with full-length timed tests.
- 6.1Building Your Personal Error ProfileIncluded
- 6.2Designing Your Custom Drill RoutineIncluded
- 6.3Full-Length Timed Practice Test and Deep ReviewIncluded
- 6.4Final Readiness Check: Are You 33–36 Ready?Included
Who it's for
Is this you?
The Anxious First-Timer
Taking the ACT for the first time and wants to walk in with a real game plan, not just hope, for the English section.
The Retaker Chasing Points
Already scored in the high 20s or low 30s and needs to pinpoint the exact mistakes keeping them from the 33–36 range.
The Strong Student Hitting a Ceiling
Gets good grades in English class but keeps losing points on ACT grammar questions because school writing and ACT rules are different animals.
The Self-Directed Studier
Prefers to study independently and wants a structured, curriculum-driven path instead of scattered YouTube videos and outdated prep books.
The College-Application-Focused Junior
Has a specific college list in mind and knows a strong ACT English score could meaningfully strengthen their application — motivated and ready to put in the work.
The Time-Crunched Senior
Has one or two more test dates left before applications are due and needs the most efficient, highest-impact prep possible with no time to waste.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Jonathon Kendall
Hey — if you're reading this, you're probably somewhere between mildly stressed and genuinely frustrated about the ACT English section. Maybe you took a practice test and the score wasn't what you needed. Maybe you've been staring at grammar rules and none of them seem to stick. Maybe you keep getting questions wrong and you genuinely can't figure out why the answer you picked was wrong. I get it. That feeling is the worst.
Here's the thing I wish someone had told me earlier: the ACT English section is not testing whether you're a good writer. It's not testing your instincts. It's testing a specific, learnable set of rules — and once you know the rules and you know how the test uses them to build wrong answers designed to fool you, the whole section starts to feel less like a minefield and more like a puzzle you already know how to solve.
That's what this school is built to do. We're going to go through the five grammar categories the ACT comes back to again and again — punctuation, subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, modifier placement, parallelism — and I'm going to show you not just the rule but the exact way the ACT tests it and the exact way the wrong answers try to trip you up. Then we're going to do the same thing for rhetorical skills questions, which a lot of students completely wing and really don't have to. And we're going to make sure you can do all of this in 45 minutes, because a strategy that falls apart under time pressure isn't a strategy.
I also want to be straight with you: I'm not going to tell you this school is a magic shortcut. You're going to have to do diagnostic work, drill your weak spots, and take a real timed practice test at the end. But I've designed every piece of this curriculum so that the work you're doing is the right work — targeted, efficient, and actually connected to how the ACT is scored. No busywork, no filler, no "just read more" advice.
If you put in the effort, the 33–36 range is a real and achievable target — not a fantasy reserved for some other kind of student. It's reserved for students who understand the test deeply and execute consistently. That's what we're building here. I'm glad you're in. Let's get to work.
— Jonathon Kendall
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