Students’ weakness lies in feeling too comfortable with extensive reading. When reading a novel, they only pay attention to the plot, while ignoring the author's characterization, suspense design and exquisite descriptive. Therefore, it is necessary to know strategies of reading short stories, catching key elements, building up vocabulary, and practicing writing stories.
Date and Time
- August 2, 2021 ~ August 27, 2021
- Every Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
- 9:00 AM ~ 11:00 AM
Course Description
Students’ weakness lies in feeling too comfortable with extensive reading. For example, when reading a novel, they only pay attention to the plot, while ignoring the author's characterization, suspense design and exquisite descriptive. As a result, most students are challenged to read non-story books for the first time after 7th grade, because such articles lack engaging storylines. From Grade 2-5, the most common writing task is to write stories. However, Kate finds that even when teaching children how to write stories, many children write too pale and empty content due to insufficient knowledge reserve. Therefore, it is necessary to know strategies of reading short stories, catching key elements, building up vocabulary, and practicing writing stories.Learning Objectives
- Teach students how to design a story from an author's perspective
- Learn classic writing techniques
- Recite good descriptive sentences
Suitable For
- Grade 3 ～ Grade 4