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SUMMER
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Grades 7
- 8
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| Reading & Vocabulary Workshop |
Time: 8:00am-10:15am |
Using literature from around the globe and from
a variety of genres, this course presents students with exercises
designed to increase their comprehension, fluency and vocabulary.
Developing stronger analytical thinking and decoding skills,
word analysis, and vocabulary development are emphasized.
Instructors also teach strategies that develop both literal
and inferential comprehension. Listening skills and following
directions are stressed. A diagnostic test will be administered
to help determine proper placement of students.
Tuition,
Testing and Materials: $1250 |
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| Writing Workshops |
Time: 10:30am-12:45pm |
This writing course focuses on expressive and
persuasive writing skills. It increases confidence in the
student's writing abilities through learning and practicing
essential writing skills from pre-writing to the revision
process. This course will focus on various writing exercises.
Topics include: paragraph coherence and development; thesis
statements and essay organization; narration and description.
Tuition, Testing and Materials: $1250 |
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| English |
Time: 1:30pm-3:45pm |
This course provides students with a systematic
presentation of the essential elements of English grammar
and mechanics, focusing on grammatical concepts, language
conventions, and sentence-level writing. The course also introduces
word origins and literary devices, short essays and composition,
and penmanship. Short stories and one or two novels will be
read as a basis for introduction to literary analysis, writing
assignments and reading comprehension.
Tuition,
Testing and Materials: $1250 |
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| Pre-Algebra - Full Credit/Enrichment |
Time: 8:00 am - 1:15 pm (includes study
hall) |
This course is for students who have completed
arithmetic and is a preparation course for Algebra I. It covers
signed numbers, basic algebraic equations, fractions, measurement,
and factorization, simplification of expressions, word problems,
percentages, ratios, proportions, and basic geometry.
Click
here for course syllabus
Tuition: $1695(books
and materials not included) |
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| Algebra I Full Credit/Enrichment |
Time: 8:00 am - 1:15 pm (includes study
hall) |
| For full credit/enrichment see High
School Math |
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PSAT/SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing/
CTY Prep
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Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm |
July 10th to August
3rd |
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This course is a comprehensive preparation for
the SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing examination.
Areas covered in Evidence Based Reading include command of
evidence, purpose of paragraph, word in context, and applying
visual information from graphs to analytical concepts. Students
will be taught various strategies to breakdown the passage
and the questions. This strategy will be practiced on World
Literature, Great Global Conversation, History/ Social Studies,
and Science passages. In Writing, students will learn to recognize,
correct, revise, and avoid common errors in grammar and usage.
Class activities will include a sequence of hands on activities
concentrating on sentence basics, comma usage, other punctuation
and capitalization, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, verb
tense, articles, sentence clarity and style. Students will
fully master core ideas on usage, rhetoric, graph analysis,
and the essay. Extensive practice reinforces the skills and
strategies that are taught, and practice tests are included.
Tuition: $1799 (books and
materials included) |
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| Registration
Forms Interested in enrolling at the Kendall Park
Learning Center? Click
here to go to the Admissions page, where you can download
a variety of registration forms and materials. |
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