SUMMER 2008 - SEMINARS for STUDENTS

Landmark offers three separate two-week Seminars for Students during summer 2008. Unlike Landmark’s traditional programs, these classes best serve those students who do not need the remedial or individualized instruction provided by Landmark School’s academic programs.

The Summer Seminars are designed specifically for students who are currently enrolled in public and private high schools and need to develop strategies and skills that they can apply across the curriculum. With a class size of 10 to 12 students, extensive application of skills, and instruction by two Landmark teachers, students learn a variety of essential strategies.

Each seminar introduces material in a structured multi-modal format and provides for active, hands-on application of the material. These two-week sessions start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 noon (no lunch or afternoon activities are offered).  At the end of the seminar, students receive a certificate of completion and a checklist of suggested skills and strategies to be implemented during the school year.

Summer 2008 Seminar Titles
Registration for the following seminars will be available in early 2008.

• Study Skills for High School Students
• Developing Essential Writing Skills for High School Students
• Developing Essential Writing & Study Skills for Middle School Students

Summer 2008 Seminar Descriptions

  Study Skills for High School Students

• Two separate sessions: July 7th - July 18th and July 21st - August 1st
• Each two-week session meets 5 days a week
• Classes run 4 hours a day from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

Study Skills provides high school students with an essential array of tools and ideas designed to specifically help students learn more effectively in high school and college. Initially students will learn their individual learning style so that they can more effectively use their strengths to succeed in school. Specific skills will be taught through direct instruction, extensive hands-on work, and periodic homework assignments designed to reinforce material learned in class. Each student will then be taught how to:

• Organize their time
• Organize their material
• Study more effectively for tests (including strategies for the new SAT)
• Read actively
• Take two-column notes from lectures and written sources
• Summarize and paraphrase information
• Use a textbook more effectively

  Developing Essential Writing Skills for the High School Student

• One session: July 7th - July 18th
• This two-week seminar meets 5 days a week
• Classes run 4 hours a day from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

This course is designed for high school students who need to review and refine essential writing skills. Students will learn and apply the steps in process writing (brainstorming and organizing, writing a rough draft, editing and proofreading, and writing a final draft). Specific skills will be taught in isolation and directly applied in writing. A high interest thematic unit will serve as the content. Writing exercises and prompts will be derived from this content. Through this course, students will…

• Learn to use the steps in process writing (brainstorming, organizing, rough drafting, proofreading and final drafting)
• Make effective use of graphic organizers to structure and sequence ideas
• Review and practice the building blocks of writing (paragraph structure, transitional words and phrases, elaboration of ideas, etc.)
• Learn and practice strategies for active proofreading
• Learn and practice the sub skills for multiparagraph writing and e
  essay writing
• Practice varying sentence structure
• Set individual goals for improving writing and work on those goals

  Developing Essential Writing & Study Skills for the Middle School Student

• One two-week session: July 21st - August 1st
• This two-week seminar meets 5 days a week
• Classes run 4 hours a day from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

Providing middle school students with an essential array of writing and study skills is the focus of this course. It is designed to specifically help students learn more effectively in middle school and prepare for high school. Additionally, students will learn and apply the steps in process writing (brainstorming and organizing, writing a rough draft, editing and proofreading, and writing a final draft). Specific skills will be taught through direct instruction, extensive hands-on work, and periodic homework assignments designed to reinforce material learned in class. Each student will be taught how to:

• Organize their time and materials
• Study more effectively for tests
• Take two-column notes from lectures and written sources
• Summarize and paraphrase information
• Use a textbook more effectively
• Brainstorm, use graphic organizers, proofread and create final draft
• Review and practice the building blocks of writing (paragraph structure, transitional words and phrases, elaboration of ideas, etc.)
• Practice varying sentence structure
• Set individual goals for improving writing and work on those goals

For more information and registration for 2008 Summer Seminars, please contact us:

Colleen Kelleher
Landmark School
P.O. Box 227
Prides Crossing, MA 01965-0227

Phone: 978-236-3353
Fax 978-236-3371
Email: summerseminars@landmarkschool.org

Download the 2008 Summer Seminars for Students Registration Form Here

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