Summer Programs
A's test prep offers exclusive writing programs for students from elementary to high school.
Elementary Creative Writing Course:
(June 18th – 22nd 10:00 - 11:00 am Fee - $100)
Students at this level are very creative and love to express themselves. A little focus and direction can get them drawn to writing and help them identify their potential. This 5 days 1 hour course will focus on narrative writing skills.
Content covered:
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Identify different genres of narratives
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Recognize themes in fiction and short stories
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Understanding setting, author's tone and mood
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Distinguish types of conflicts
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Identify exposition, sequence of events, climax and resolution
Students will write a well-planned short story incorporating all the elements of a narrative, adhering to proper grammar and punctuation. Course material will be provided.
Writing Arguments:
(June 18th – 22nd 11:00 - 12:30 pm Fee - $200)
This 5 days 1.5 hours course is designed for middle and high school students. As students enter middle school they are introduced to rhetorical writing skills.
Content covered:
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Selecting a topic
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Brainstorm, free-write
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Organize an essay around a thesis.
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Show relation between the main idea and supporting evidence.
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Incorporate quotation and paraphrase in essays.
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Use transitions, appropriate vocabulary, and conventions of standard English.
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Draft, edit, rewrite & finalize
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Use MLA format to cite sources.
This course is designed to help students who are preparing to take the essay portion of their ACT test. Course material will be provided.
Writing an Analysis
(June 18th – 22nd 2:00 - 3:30 pm Fee - $200)
This course is designed for high school students. As students enter high school they learn to identify and critique narrative and argumentative essays, in order to learn and analyze the various literary styles and rhetorical devices used in writing.
Content covered:
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Critique arguments.
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Discover main idea.
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Evaluate the relevance of evidence and examples.
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Abstract the logic upon which an argument is developed.
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Discover and evaluate figurative language.
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Detect logical fallacies.
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Distinguish the different tones.
This course is designed to help students who are preparing to take the essay portion of their SAT test. Course material will be provided
SAT/ ACT Prep – Reading & Writing
(Dates and time -TBD Fee - $400)
This intensive 10 days 1.5 hours prep course is designed to get students ready for their PSAT/SAT/ ACT tests in fall. Concepts in grammar, punctuation and rhetorical skills will be covered as well as answering the questions on reading comprehension passages will be explained. Students will work on 5 test papers as practice.