(SU2023)NYT Writing Contest Prep Class-Wed

NYT writing contest is open to students between 13 yr to 19 yr.If your child is younger than 13 years old, you are welcome to join this course to prep for future submission when age is appreciate.

The course topics will include strong sentences, dynamic paragraphs, argumentation, description, objectivity in writing, and narrative arc. Students will become versatile writers and thinkers as they produce writing in different modes. The teacher will provide editing for students that will help them with their contest submissions. 

• BA in English from Harvard University; Master of Fine Arts from Iowa
• 3 years in teaching literature and writing courses to undergraduate students
• Awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Fellowship in Mexico City
• One of Mr. Jake’s middle school students won second place at the New York Times summer reading contest twice
• Mr. Jake has helped high school students gain acceptance into Ivy League Universities such as Cornell University.

 Weds at 6-7 p.m. EST

7 classes from the week of July 4th until the end of August

There is no class during July 31-August 4

–Topics: Research, Navigating the NYT, Hook, Surprise, Concrete to Abstract, Sensorial to Mental, Thinking of the Arc

Class 2 Mixing Fact & Interpretation

–Topics: Pushing deeper into topics, Interpretation, Narrative Development, Inciting Incident

Class 3 Mixing the Personal & the Objective

–Topics: Voice, Objectivity, Connecting the Personal to the Universal Narrative Climax

Class 4 Respond to Stories

–Topics: Responding to Stories, Paraphrase, Summary, Playing with Voice, Anecdote, Internal/External

Class 5 Finding Articles.2

–Topics: Research, Search Tools, Picking Topics, Relevance

Class 6 Structuring Responses  

–Topics: Structure, 3-part structure, Freytag Pyramid, Conclusions

Class 7 Structure.2

–Topics: Structure, Narrative Arc & Emotional Arc