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11062 AP English Language and Composition

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

15 sessions in Winter-Spring term from 1/09 to 4/24 

Follow CollegeBoard AP English Language and Composition course description. Prepare stuidents to take the exam in May 2023.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-english-language-and-composition-course-and-exam-description.pdf

Textbook: https://www.amazon.com/Language-Composition-Reading-Writing-Rhetoric-dp-1319056148/dp/1319056148

10631 AP Computer Science A

Instructor: Colby Brown

15 sessions from 1/14 to 4/29 to prepare AP Computer Science A Exam

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-computer-science-a 

07062 Sadlier English Language Art 英语综合能力教材 Grade 7

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

11 sessions from 01/10 to 03/21 to continue working on Sadlier English Language Art (Reading, Grammar, Writing) Grade 7 textbook.

Textbook:

04062 Sadlier English Language Art 英语综合能力教程 Grade 4

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

11 sessions in Winter term to continue the textbook

Textbook Samples: https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/78e87aa7#/78e87aa7/1

05070 Literary Analysis and Reflective Writing 文学阅读与分析写作 Grade 4-5 

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

In 11 lessons, Katharine will lead students to read several books, analyze, and write reflective essays. 

Dr, Sprecher selected the following books, and will lead students to read, analyze, and write analytical essays

(1) Wonder by R.J. Palacio
(2) Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes
(3) Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelisson
(4) I Escaped North Korea by Ellie Crowe and Scott Peters

Reflective Writing builds on analysis by considering the learning you’ve gained from practical experience. The purpose of the reflection is to help you to make improvements for the future and, as such, it is a more ‘personal’ form of academic writing often using the first person. Evidence still has a key role in reflective writing; it’s not just about retelling your story and how you felt. And evidence in the case of reflection will include your own personal experience which adds to the discussion. Reflective writing focuses on future improvements and answers questions like ‘what next?’

07041 Creative Writing (Grade 6-8)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

Textbook: 

07021 English Grammar for Writing G6-8

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

Textbook: The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, and 8: 125+ Simple Exercises to Improve Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage 
https://www.amazon.com/English-Grammar-Workbook-Grades-Punctuation/dp/1641520825

07070 Literary Analysis and Reflective Writing 文学阅读与分析写作 Grade 6-7 (New)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

In 11 lessons, Katharine will lead students to read several books, analyze, and write reflective essays. 

Dr, Sprecher selected the following books for this term

(1) Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
(2) The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
(3) Descent by Roland Smith
(4)  Into the Wind: A Mustang’s Story by Susan Metcalfe Honneus (This book will continue the literary tool of anthropomorphism that we explored in the fall term.)

Reflective Writing builds on analysis by considering the learning you’ve gained from practical experience. The purpose of the reflection is to help you to make improvements for the future and, as such, it is a more ‘personal’ form of academic writing often using the first person. Evidence still has a key role in reflective writing; it’s not just about retelling your story and how you felt. And evidence in the case of reflection will include your own personal experience which adds to the discussion. Reflective writing focuses on future improvements and answers questions like ‘what next?’

07074 World Mythology - Africa and Americas 

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

11 sessions from 01/09 to 03/20 read and analyze myths from Africa and Americas

This is a course that combines Reading, Analysis, and Writing short responses on Africa and Americas history and Myths. 

A Myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Studying those will help students understand some social phenomena that even impact today's world conflicts. Those knowledge will help students working on social study essay writing in middle and high school. 

Textbook (No need to purchase the book, Chapters will be available in Shared drive)

World Mythology is a compilation of over 50 great myths and epics. Your students will gain an appreciation and understanding of ancient and modern cultures through myths and epics from the Middle East, Greece and Rome, the Far East and Pacific islands, the British Isles, Northern Europe, Africa, and the Americas. An introduction and historical background supplement each myth. Questions at the end of each selection prompt analysis and response.

08011 Vocabulary and Reading Grade 8 ESL Students (New)

Instructor: Susan Bernhardt

上课时间是：北京时间，周六上午 10:30-11:30am (冬时制）

The textbook sample: https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/45b059e2#/45b059e2/1

Students will:

Study authentic models and learn how to write narrative, argumentative, informational, explanatory, literary analysis, timed essays, research papers, and technical pieces

Write for a variety of audiences and purposes

Build mastery of grammar, usage, and mechanics skills and apply them to the writing process

Participate in peer activities and writing workshops

Find five sections in their book: composition, grammar, usage, mechanics, and standardized-test practice

09082 The New York Times Writing Contests Challenges

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

11 sessions help students working on NY Times Spring Writing Challenges

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/learning/our-2022-23-student-contest-calendar-fall-semester.html

During this term, students will write and submit the following essays for the contest

JAN. 18-FEB. 15, 2023
STEM Writing Contest

FEB. 15-MARCH 15, 2023
Vocabulary Video Contest

MARCH 15-APRIL 12, 2023
Editorial Contest

09941 English Grammar for SAT/ACT (Grade 8-10)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

Students will work on grammar and sentence structure (a need Dr. Sprecher has seen among many writing students) for the PSAT/SAT test and writing in general. Students will study rules and strategies and practice them in response to short writing prompts as a way to create habits for the new skills in their own writing. 

Textbook https://www.amazon.com/College-Pandas-SAT-Writing-Advanced/dp/098949649X

09942 Vocabulary and Reading for PSAT/SAT (Grade 8-10)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

Build up Vocabulary and Reading comprehension Standardized tests

09070 Literary Analysis and Reflective Writing 文学阅读与分析写作 Grade 8-9 (New)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

In 11 lessons, Katharine will lead students to read several books, analyze, and write reflective essays. 

Dr, Sprecher selected the following books for this term

(1) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
(2) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimoline
(3) The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
(4) Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Reflective Writing builds on analysis by considering the learning you’ve gained from practical experience. The purpose of the reflection is to help you to make improvements for the future and, as such, it is a more ‘personal’ form of academic writing often using the first person. Evidence still has a key role in reflective writing; it’s not just about retelling your story and how you felt. And evidence in the case of reflection will include your own personal experience which adds to the discussion. Reflective writing focuses on future improvements and answers questions like ‘what next?’

04132 Singapore Dimensions Math 4A-4B (Continue)

Instructor: Hannah Kapoor

11 sessions on Thursday from 1/12 to 3/23 to Complete Dimensions Math 4A and part of 4B

Dimensions Math is newly, upgraded, and advanced Singapore Math program developed in 2019-2020

https://www.singaporemath.com/programs/dimensions-pk-5/

This course will cover Singapore Dimensions Math 4A and 4B

The Placement tests: https://www.singaporemath.com/placement-tests/ 

06122 AOPS Introduction to Algebra (Continue)

Instructor: Cathy Warner

11 sessions on Thursday from 1/12 to 3/23 to work on first several chapters of the book

A thorough introduction for students in grades 6-9 to algebra topics such as linear equations, ratios, quadratic equations, special factorizations, complex numbers, graphing linear and quadratic equations, linear and quadratic inequalities, functions, polynomials, exponents and logarithms, absolute value, sequences and series, and more

Textbook: https://artofproblemsolving.com/store/book/intro-algebra

09623 Intro to Competitive Programming for USACO with Java (Continue)

Instructor: Colby Brown

2022-2023 Competition Season Instruction: http://www.usaco.org/index.php?page=instructions

2022-2023 Competition Season Schedule

Dec 16-19: First Contest
Jan 27-30: Second Contest
Feb 24-27: Third Contest
Mar 24-27: US Open
May 25-June 3: Training Camp
Jul 15-21: EGOI 2023 (Sweden)
Aug 28-Sep 4: IOI 2023 (Hungary)

11 one-hour sessions work on Competitive Programming CP4 Book 1 using Java. CP4 Book 1 suitable for High School Students who are competing in the annual USACO, International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) (including the National or Provincial Olympiads) as the it covers most of the current IOI Syllabus.

USA Computing Olympiad website: USACO http://www.usaco.org/index.php  Preparing Resources http://www.usaco.org/index.php?page=resources

Colby has extensive experiences on Competitive Programming. He competed in a variety of academic competitions, including Texas UIL computer science and physics and ACM collegiate programming competitions, where he regularly placed.

08612 ACSL Intermediate Division Contest Prep (Continue)

Instructor: Jing Liu

11 sessions on Monday from 1/9 to 3/20

American Computer Science League (ACSL)  Contest https://www.acsl.org/get-started/divisions

Best for high school students with little or no programming experience and for advanced junior high students. Each contest consists of an online 30-minute, 5-question short answer test and an online programming problem to solve in 72 hours.

2022-2023 Season schedule https://www.acsl.org/get-started/schedule This course will prepare students to take intemediate Division Contest 1 and Contest 2.

There are four contests during the regular season. The window during which each contest can be accessed on HackerRank is as follows. 

Contest #1: available Oct. 31, 2022; closes Sunday January 15, 2023 @ 11:59pm EST

Contest #2: available Dec. 26, 2022; closes Sunday March 5, 2023 @ 11:59pm EST

Contest #3: available Jan. 30, 2023; closes Sunday April 9, 2023 @ 11:59pm EDT

Contest #4: available March 6, 2023; closes Sunday May 14, 2023 @ 11:59pm EDT

Based on the scores during the regular season, top students in all divisions will be invited to participate in an online Finals competition:

Invitations E-mailed: May 1, 2023 through May 16, 2023

Invitational Finals: Saturday, May 27, 2023 (Memorial Day weekend in the United States)

07602 Intermediate Programming and HackerRank Python Coding Challenge (Continue)

Instructor: Jing Liu

11 sessions from 1/11 to 3/22. 

Prerequsit: 06600 Python Programming for Beginner

Python has been gaining greater popularity in recent years in its applications in artificial intelligence and data science. Python is a programming language loved by professionals and amateurs alike for its simplicity in design and its power in solving real-life problems, which makes it the ideal choice for the introductory programming language.

In this advanced level of python course, we will continue to build core competency with focus on advanced programming concepts as blow:

1. Containers: list, dictionary, tuple, set
2. File I/O
3. Recursion
4. Error and exception handling

This course will also lead students to solve/code selected Python projects from https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/python Projects will be selected from: Data Type, String, Sets, Math, Itertools, Collections, Date and Time, Errors and Exceptions, and Debugging Subdomains with Easy and Medium difficulty levels. 

05150 Elementary School 1-on-1 tutoring

Instructors: TBD

11 sessions in the winter term

Tutoring Subjects

English Vocabulary and Reading
English Grammar and Writing
Singapore Dimensions Math Grade 2A to 5A
Numbers to Algebra
Pre-Algebra (for Placement test)
ITBS Test Prep
CogAT Test Prep
SSAT/ISEE Test Prep (for Private Middle School Application)

08150 Middle School Subjects 1-on-1 tutoring 

Instructor: TBD

11 sessions in winter term

Tutoring Subjects:

English Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Writing
Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, AGS 1, 2, 3 
AOPS Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, AMC8, Competition Math
SSAT/ISEE Test Prep (for Private High School Application)

11150 High School Subjects 1-on-1 tutoring 

Instructors: TBD

11 sessions in the winter term

Tutoring Subjects:

High School English Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Writing
AP or IB Level English, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Standardized Test Prep: PSAT11, SAT, ACT
College Application

111400 AP Chemistry Exam Prep (new)

Instructor: Lu Lu

15 sessions from 1/08 to 4/223 to review key concepts, exam practice

AP Biology Exam Prep (new)

Instructor: Daniel Lundberg

15 sessions from 1/11 to 4/26 to go through comcepts and practice exams

10951 Algebra 2 Review for SAT Math (New)

Instructor: Hannah Kapoor

09083 The New York Times Writing Contests Challenges 2-on-1 tutoring

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

11 sessions help students working on NY Times Spring Writing Challenges

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/learning/our-2022-23-student-contest-calendar-fall-semester.html

During this term, students will write and submit the following essays for the contest

DEC. 14, 2022-JAN. 18, 2023
Now Live! One-Pager Challenge

JAN. 18-FEB. 15, 2023
STEM Writing Contest

FEB. 15-MARCH 15, 2023
Vocabulary Video Contest

MARCH 15-APRIL 12, 2023
Editorial Contest

06504 Computer Science Level 1: VEX Robotics VR Coding in Python

Starts the Computer Science journey with text-based coding in VEXcode VR Python! Using a VR Robot to solve various coding challenges, students will learn about project flow, loops, conditions, and algorithms in Python.

10 sessions from Jan 15th to March 19th to go through

(1) 9 lessons from  https://education.vex.com/stemlabs/cs/cs-level-1-vexcode-vr-python 

(2) Students design and program VEX VR Robot to join the 2022-23 competition's on-line Coding Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el_unswBWvg

08000 Middle School In-Person One-On-One Tutoring

Instructor: Dan YU

In-person Math Tutoring at srudents' home.

08081-A English Literature Study from U.S Culture and History (New Group A)

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

Textbook: