Title: Advanced English (Grade 8-10)
Instructor: Dr. William Jiang
Duration: 15 Sessions, 9/2 - 12/16/2018, Sunday, 5pm - 7pm (PST)
I. Purpose of the program
The Ivy Advisor’s Dr. William Jiang has designed the
following English enhancement program specifically for talented middle school
and high school students with the following overall goals:
1)
Increasing English vocabulary from
learning word stories, roots, prefixes, suffixes, and etymology
2)
Increasing students’ skills in English
grammar by studying a comprehensive grammar book
3)
Increasing students’ reading and writing
skills by extensive reading in poems, novels, and essays
4)
Getting an early start in Standardized
Tests such as SAT, PSAT, and ACT
5)
Starting early in AP English Language
and Composition, and AP English Literature and Composition
6)
Heightening students’ capability to
understand and enjoy life through reading classic literature
7)
Deepening students’ all-round knowledge
about humanities and social sciences
8)
Enriching students’ educational
experience overall
II. Major Contents of the program
The class will consist of the following specific contents and learning objectives:
- Vocabulary-building: over 1,500 important words in 15 weeks
- Guided classic English reading: read five classic novels, multiple classic stories, and lots of poems
- Guided and graded writing assignments in the form of book reports (five book reports)
- Feedback on each writing assignment for each student
- Intensive training in English grammar