<p>anhtimmy, I think your advice is sound, other than the prewrite suggestion. I would simply alter that suggestion a bit and recommend that test takers familiarize themselves with a handful of literature they enjoy and some history and recent events. Practice writing good paragraphs about these books, events and individuals, and make them paragraphs that describe some basic tenet or virtue demonstrated by the book, event or individual. I think this may be what you meant by prewriting anyway.</p>
<p>I’ve seen students try to plug prewritten paragraphs into essays in answer to SAT prompts and it sometimes comes across as weak evidence. “An example from history comes from [pick a war/book] when the oppressed valiantly fought against their oppressors. [generic prewritten history text/book summary]. Therefore [random essay topic] is good.” Um, no, please don’t write something like that.</p>
<p>If you have multiple books and events that you have thought about from different angles, you won’t sound like you are stuffing canned material into an essay where it doesn’t belong.</p>