RICHIE’S SSAT Upper Level · Volume 01

Writing

THE 7-STEP WRITING PATH

Write to be known.

  • 36COMPLETE RESPONSES BEFORE TEST DAY — 33 PRACTICE + 1 DIAGNOSTIC + 2 FULL-LENGTH 25-MINUTE TESTS
  • 29ANNOTATED MODELS · 50 MAPPED PROMPTS
  • 2LANGUAGE BANKS · 40 SENTENCE MOVES · 80 TERMS

WRITE → STUDY TWO ROUTES → REBUILD YOUR OWN

Book Companion · 2026 Edition · v1.0

RICHIE’S SSAT Upper Level Writing — front cover
“Clear thinking. Authentic evidence. Controlled writing.”

Write with a method — not a memorized script.

The SSAT Writing Sample is unscored and forwarded to the schools you choose, so it is read as a sample of how you think. A strong response is never borrowed; it grows from repeatable decisions—choose the better prompt, answer early, anchor it in true evidence, explain why it matters, and land with control. You do not read a method here. You write it, thirty-six times.

Inside this book

Guidance that fades
8 Labs, 6 Workshops, 7 Clinics until the method runs on its own
Write first. Study two routes. Rebuild.
across six Prompt-Bank families
See the thinking
29 annotated models: ANSWER → EVIDENCE → MEANING → LANDING
Two language banks
40 sentence moves and 80 terms for clearer, more precise writing.
Every prompt has a route
50 mapped prompts: 42 current-format + 8 narrative · 12 linked Study Models
When a box stays empty, the page tells you where to go.
Focused checks and repair routes show students what to revise next.

Word Lists & Tests

Book Companion

284 words · key words from the model responses of Units 01–08 + all 80 Bank 2 terms in 5 Sets

  • 13 Word Lists
  • 26 Word Tests
  • 284 words

2026 Edition · v1.0

Download the whole companion (PDF · 54 pages)

US Letter · prints on A4 with “Fit to page.”

  • Word List · 1 page
  • Test Form A · 1 page
  • Test Form B · page 1 of 2
  • Test Form B · page 2 of 2
Writing companion: every unit's files
UnitWord ListTest Form ATest Form BAll three
Unit 01 · The Writing Path1 p1 p2 pp4 pp
Unit 02 · The Idea & Language Toolkit1 p1 p2 pp4 pp

PART 1 · THE CORE WRITING METHOD

Unit 01 · The Writing Path

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