| Course Description | In this course, this session is recommended for rising grade 4 and grade 5 students. Students will write and submit 2 pieces of writing for New York Times young writers’ contests: Summer reading contest and 100-words narrative contest. Preparing for and submitting to these contests will not only give students the opportunity to compete in and win each competition, it will also help students to improve in writing, editing, and critical thinking.
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. |
| Teacher | Mr. Jake from Brighter Bee Academy
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| Class Time |
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 |
| Sample Schedule | Class 1 Introduction: Finding Articles + Developing Opinions
–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 |