Students who are entering Junior Boarding School and are interested in reading and literature
Grades 6-8
One-on-one and small group (Max. 7 students/class)
Class Introduction
This course will focus on cultivating essential skills for classrooms in United States middle schools, comprehensively developing students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities, as well as fostering critical thinking and expression skills.
Teacher Background
Formerly an English teacher and department head at Indian Mountain School with over 15 years of English teaching experience at American middle and high schools, as well as extensive experience in teaching English abroad.
Learning Goals
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Develop research skills and presentation skills
- Develop grammar and punctuation skills
- Develop an understanding of major literary terms
- Develop vocabulary through context clues
- Develop writing skills through analytic writing (Toulmin Method of Claim, Evidence, and Warrant)
- Develop editing and revision skills to add unity and cogency to one’s writing
Feedback
Students and their parents will receive brief feedback after each class, regarding the student’s general participation in class. Students will also receive feedback on graded assignments via email.
Class Schedule
10 classes, 2 hours per class, 20 hours of instruction in total.
