LSAT Crawl • Walk • Run

Minimum viable study day

CRAWL: Learn the reasoning

No speed pressure. Do one question carefully and explain why every answer is right or wrong.

Practice workflow

Guided Practice Session

Use your own PrepTest questions. This guide externalizes the process — it does not ship copyrighted stems.

Mode Timing

Name the JOB
Fill JOB → GIVEN → CONCLUSION → GAP → TARGET
Eliminate A–E
Write why the credited answer works
Log a next-time rule if you missed

Logical Reasoning

JOB → GIVEN → CONCLUSION → GAP → TARGET

Draft ready

1. JOBWhat am I being asked to do? 2. GIVENWhat did the stimulus actually establish? 3. CONCLUSIONWhat claim is the argument trying to prove? 4. GAPWhere is the reasoning vulnerable? 5. TARGETWhat must the correct answer accomplish?

Answer choices

A–E elimination notes

For each choice, write why it fails the JOB — or why it survives.

A B C D E

Credited answer / why it worksWhat does the correct choice do that the others do not? Next-time ruleOne reusable rule from this question.

STOP AT THE PERIOD.Before adding an idea, ask:

Question stem decoder

What is the JOB?

Question type

Wrong-answer trainer

Why is this tempting?

Printable study aid

LR Question-Type Decision Mat

Match the stem to the JOB, then ask the checkpoint before you touch the answers.

If the stem looks like…	JOB	Checkpoint

Printable study aid

Wrong-Answer Trap Deck

Cut into cards. For each trap: what it looks like, why it tempts, what to ask, and a short original example.

Printable study aid

LR Translation Dictionary

Plain-language meaning first. Symbols second. Use this when stem or stimulus language starts to fog.

Reading Comprehension • no mental pictures required

Verbal Passage Map

Map what each paragraph does, not what it looks like.

Main point in one sentenceThe author is mainly doing ___ because ___.

Reading Comprehension

RC Viewpoint Tracker

Track who thinks what. No mental movie required — just labels, agreement, and why.

Ask: Whose view is this? Why did the author include it? What changed at the transition?

AUTHORWhat does the author claim or emphasize? THEORY / SCHOLAR AWhat does Viewpoint A say? THEORY / SCHOLAR BWhat does Viewpoint B say? AGREESWhere do they overlap? DISAGREESWhere do they split? WHYWhy does the disagreement matter to the author’s purpose?

Author moveThe author is mainly doing ___ because ___.

Printable + interactive study aid

Conditional Logic Tiles

Build the relationship outside your head. Click tiles to arrange them, then say the meaning in plain language.

Tile bank

Your chain

Say it in one sentenceWhat does this arrangement claim?

Cut apart and rearrange on paper

Printable study aid • 15-minute plan

Writing Preflight Sheet

Plan before drafting. Externalize the conflict so the essay has a job.

Useful move: “Perspective B is right that X. However, X does not establish Y because …”

Mistake detective

Turn a miss into a rule

What fooled me? Why was it attractive? What did I overlook?

Miss type Next-time rule

Skill stage tracker

Crawl / Walk / Run Progress Board

Track stage, not streaks. Breaks are allowed. Moving sideways or backward is information, not failure.

Learning still figuring it out Untimed can do carefully Timed can do under clock Automatic reliable with little strain

Print-friendly generator

Study Card Generator

Build a cut-apart pack from the same JOB, trap, translation, and logic content already in the app.

Deck

Progress

LSAT Crawl • Walk • Run

CRAWL: Learn the reasoning

Guided Practice Session

Session summary

JOB → GIVEN → CONCLUSION → GAP → TARGET

A–E elimination notes

What is the JOB?

Why is this tempting?

LR Question-Type Decision Mat

Wrong-Answer Trap Deck

LR Translation Dictionary

Verbal Passage Map

RC Viewpoint Tracker

Conditional Logic Tiles

Writing Preflight Sheet

Turn a miss into a rule

Crawl / Walk / Run Progress Board

Study Card Generator

Error Log