
Winter & Spring Term

5 DAYS 'ALL ABOUT THE WRITINGS'
PROGRAM DATE: FEB 20 - 24 MON-FRI
CREATIVE WRITING: GRADE 2-3
Every day different creative writing: [roll-a-story, finish the story, vocabulary story exercise, begin the story, emoji story]
Will submit one writing piece to PBS Kids Writers Contest
–Learn basic structure/organization of a story
–Understand the foundation of descriptive writing (sensory and figurative language)
–Improve grammar and vocabulary skills
5 TYPES OF WRITING: GRADE 4-5
Types of writing: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and literary analysis
–Learn to create a story, utilizing proper structure/organization and descriptive language
–Understand the parts of an essay and learn sentence frameworks to build a cohesive/proper paper
–Improve grammar and vocabulary skills
5 TYPES OF WRITING: GRADE 7-8
Types of writing: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and literary analysis
–Learn to create a story, utilizing proper structure/organization and descriptive language
–Understand the parts of an essay and learn sentence frameworks to build a cohesive/proper paper
–Improve grammar and vocabulary skills
CREATIVE & CRITICAL: WRITING COMPETITION MIDDLE
NYT Student Editorial Contest (4/12)
Poetry Competition: Ember Journal Competition (5/1)
–Build organization skills to create a cohesive and thoughtfully constructed composition
–Improve syntax, vocabulary, and grammar skills
–Develop revision techniques
CREATIVE & CRITICAL: WRITING COMPETITION SENIOR
NYT Student Editorial Contest (4/12)
Poetry Competition: National High School Poetry competition (3/31)
-Learn the basics of argumentative writing and the key elements to successfully structure and argue one’s opinion with solid reasoning and evidence
-Intensive research based class for the editorial contest; students will learn the basics of research to support arguments, find credible sources and complete accurate citations
- Learn poetic devices and figurative language techniques to devise complex poems with personal messages
ACADEMIC LITERATURE 9-10: WRITING COMPLEX ESSAYS
-Upper level literature class where students will read 2 AP/IB level novels
-Deeper level analysis on content, language devices, themes, and characterization
-Transfer understanding to writing; student will learn essay organization and practice writing complex essays - compare/contrast, thematic literary analysis, characterization systems
PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
INSTRUCTORS
ANNABELL B. LEE
Book Club/ Academic Literature/ Writing Competition/ SAT
HANNAH JEONG
Book Club/ Literature & Writing/ Writing Competition Junior Level

Book Club: Grade 1
Tuesday 4:30pm-6:00pm
Thursday 4:30pm-6:30pm

Book Club: Grade 4
Tuesday 6:30pm-8:00pm
Friday 6:30pm-8:00pm

Academic Literature
L7: Wednesday 7pm-9pm
L8: Saturday 12pm-2pm
L9: Saturday 5pm-7pm

Creative Writing
L5-6: Saturday 6pm-7:30pm

Book Club: Grade 2
Wednesday 4:30pm-6:30pm
Friday 4:30pm-6:00pm

Book Club: Grade 5
Thursday 4:30pm-6:30pm
Saturday 4:00pm-6:00pm

PSAT Practice
Tuesday 7pm-9pm

Intensive Writing (5 types)
Friday 6pm-7:30pm

Book Club: Grade 3
Wednesday 6:30pm-8:00pm
Thursday 6:30pm-8:00pm

Book Club: Grade 6
Monday 6:30pm-8:30pm
Wednesday 4:30pm-6:30pm

SAT Fundamental
Thursday 8pm-10pm
Saturday 1:30pm-3:30pm

Writing Competition
Middle: Saturday 2pm-4pm
Middle-2: Tuesday 5pm-7pm
High: Saturday 11am-1pm