Landmark offers three, two-week seminars during summer 2008.
Unlike Landmark's traditional 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.
Seminar sessions run 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. for two weeks and 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 Seminars
Registration is open for the following seminars:
• Study Skills for High School Students
• Developing Essential Writing Skills for High School Students
• Developing Essential Writing & Study Skills for Middle School Students
Study Skills for High School Students
• Two sessions: July 7 - July 18 and July 21
• Classes run 4 hours a day from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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. 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
• 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 7 - July 18
• This two-week seminar meets 5 days a week
• Classes run 4 hours a day from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
This course is designed for high school students who need to review and refine essential writing skills.
The goal of this course is to help students:
• 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 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 21 - August 1
• This two-week seminar meets 5 days a week
• Classes run 4 hours a day from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
This course provides middle school students with an essential array of writing and study skills to 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.
The goal of this course is to help students:
• 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
