HIGH SCHOOL READING & WRITING PROGRAM
Designed for students who have not historically been readers or who scored below 22 on any practice or official ACT Reading section or 510 on SAT Reading/Writing and Language sections.
9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Graders
COURSE
DESCRIPTION
READING & WRITING PROGRAM
$365 for 8 semi-private hours (includes R/W book)
- This program is designed to boost overall reading/writing skills, improve classwork quality and college preparation results, and encourage a love for reading/writing.
- Writing will focus on thesis development, concise pointed writing, analysis of texts and persuasive writing prompts.
- Reading will focus on annotation skills, reading comprehension and short answer questions with evidence using text and ACT timed critical reading samples.
- Students will incorporate current assigned reading into sessions as well.
Price
**High school book list; A Lesson Before Dying, Of Mice and Men, Peace Breaks Out, My Antonia, Hoop Dreams, Death of a Salesman, In Cold Blood, The Glass Menagerie, The Help, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, To Kill a Mockingbird
Choices on list are widely used in high school curriculum. Some selections have adult language and adult themes.