托福SAT標化培訓

在標化培訓以外，惠宜教育聯系到了Phillips Exeter Academy的現任英語老師，在圣誕期間給孩子們開設精品美高讀寫提高課程。在為期兩周10天20課時的讀寫課程里，Exeter老師給孩子們挑選了一本Exeter學生在學校閱讀的書目 Their Eys Wathing God. 通過著名美國作家Zora Hurston這本小說，老師將帶領孩子們逐步了解小說的幾個要素--情節、對話、場景、視角等，每周結束后有一篇分析性短文寫作。課程采用Exeter最著名的Harkness Table 圓桌討論形式授課，可以讓孩子們充分體驗Exeter英語老師的上課方式，課堂要求、作業布置，從而進一步提高自己的英文讀寫水平。課程為網絡實時課程。

課程英文介紹如下：

About the Course:

In this two-week course, students will explore and discuss the elements of fiction—plot, voice, style, setting, point of view and symbolism—while reading a classic work of American literature. They will write two short analytical essays in which they practice formulating a thesis and building an original argument based on their growing understanding of the text.  Classes will be discussion-based, organized around the students’ observations and interests.  Along with the assigned reading, each class will focus on one element of fiction and one aspect of good writing.

Course Syllabus:

First Week

12/20    Course Introduction; Nabokov, “Good Readers & Good Writers”; The Elements of Fiction

12/21        Ch. 1-2; Character; Formulating a Thesis

12/22        Ch. 3-4; Setting; Gathering Evidence

12/23        Ch. 5-7; Point of View; Organizing Material into an Argument

12/24        Ch. 8-10; Writing #1 Due

Second Week:

12/27        Ch. 11-12; Symbolism and Allegory; Concrete Nouns

12/28        Ch. 13-14; Style; Active Verbs

12/29        Ch. 15-16; Voice; Active vs. Passive Voice

12/30        Ch. 17-18; Theme; Sentence Variety

12/31        Ch. 19-20; Writing #2 Due

About the Book ana Author:

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. Her works, which portray racial struggles in the early-1900s American South--and particularly the struggles of African-American women--have become classics of American literature and have influenced such literary giants as Alice Walker and Toni Morrison.  Hurston’s most popular novel is Their Eyes Were Watching God (published in 1937).