Dr. Cheng's SAT/ACT English Center (程老师SAT/ACT英文阅读写作中心)

EMORY大學英文博士 美國現代語言學會會員

·       6月份SAT备考集训班

5月27日至6月3日，晚上6-9时

·      

暑期SAT/ACT强化班

第一期：6月6日至6月24日，周一至周五：下午1-4时；晚上6-9时

第二期：6月27日至7月15日，周一至周五：下午1-4时；晚上6-9时

第三期：7月17日至八月5日，周一至周五：下午1-4时；晚上6-9时

·       暑期中学生英文写作班

周二、四、六：早上10:00 – 12:00

·       高中生SAT/ACT辅导课

周六：1:30 – 3:30; 4:00 – 6:00  周日：10:30 – 12:30; 1:30 – 3:30

電話：(770) 667-3863; (678) 480-8696        E-mail: chengzhesheng167@gmail.com

地址：9810 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA 30097， Building A, Suite 203

Dr. Cheng’s SAT/ACT English Center

Intensive SAT/ACT Programs

Syllabus – Summer 2016 (Tentative) 

WEEK ONE

Monday           Vocabulary Diagnostic Test

Expanding your vocabulary range:

The relevance of radicals, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms and antonyms

Diagnostic Test - Writing Sections

Diagnostic Test – First In-class Essay

Identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses

Tuesday           Quiz on Vocabulary List 1

Working with radicals: Part 1

Diagnostic Test – Reading Sections

Identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses

Wednesday      Quiz on Vocabulary List 2

Working with radicals: Part 2

Criteria of Essay Evaluation: Sample Essays

An Overview of New SAT Essay: An Evaluation of Three Types of Skills

Drawing a distinction among outstanding/strong/competent critical thinking;

In-class reading practices:

Identifying the main idea of the passage?

In-class writing practices:

Methodology: Elimination

Thursday         Quiz on Vocabulary List 3

Working with radicals: Part 3

Evaluating First In-class Essays:

Essential qualities of good writing:

Unity, Coherence, Clarity

How to identify the Central Claim(s) of the Source Text

In-class reading practices:

Semantics and contextual evidence

Simulated writing sections

Friday              Quiz on Vocabulary List 4

Working with radicals: Part 4

Evaluating First In-class Essays (Continued)

How to Analyze the Source Text

Examples: Clearly appropriate – appropriate - adequately appropriate

In-class reading practices:

Tone and attitudes; Implications and suggestions

Simulated writing sections

WEEK TWO

Monday           Quiz on Vocabulary List 5

Working with radicals: Part 5

Second In-class Essay

In-class reading practices:

Purpose, main idea, and conclusion

Simulated writing sections

Writing good English: Coordination and Subordination

Tuesday           Quiz on Vocabulary List 6

Working with radicals: Part 6

Criteria of Essay Evaluation:

Essay structure: Introduction, Conclusion, Transitions

In-class reading practice:

Qualifications and words in context

Simulated writing sections

Writing good English: Positions of modifiers

Wednesday      Quiz on Vocabulary List 7

Working with radicals: Part 7

Evaluating Second In-class Essays:

How to analyze the Source Text (Continued)

Logical, Emotional and Aesthetical Appeals

Simulated writing sections

Writing good English: Using gerunds and infinitives

Thursday         Qui on Vocabulary List 8

Working with radicals: Part 8

Evaluating Second In-class Essays (Continued)

Writing strategies: Textual analysis (1) Logos

In-class reading practice:

Paradoxes and contradictions

Simulated writing sections

Friday              Quiz on Vocabulary List 9

Working with radicals: Part 9

In-class reading practice:

Accords and Discords

Simulated writing sections

Writing good English: Variety in sentence structure

Consistency in pronoun use

WEEK THREE

Monday           Quiz on Vocabulary List 10

Working with radicals: Part 10

Third In-class Essay

In-class reading practices

Simulated writing sections

Writing strategies: Textual analysis (2) Pathos

Writing good English: Variety in sentence beginnings

Tuesday           Quiz on Vocabulary List 11

Working with radicals: Part 11

Evaluating Third in-class Essays

Writing strategies: Textual analysis – Ethos (3)

In-class reading practices

Simulated writing sections:

Writing good English: Parallelism

Wednesday      Quiz on Vocabulary List 12

Working with radicals: Part 12

Evaluating Third In-class Essays (Continued)

Writing Strategies: Modes of writing (1)

In-class reading practices

Simulated writing sections

Writing good English: appositives at the beginning and the end

Thursday         Quiz on Vocabulary List 13

Working with radicals: Part 13

Writing Strategies: Modes of writing (2)

Writing good English: Using participles

Simulated SAT Test; Writing Sections

Evaluation and discussion

Friday              Quiz on Vocabulary List 14

Working with Radicals: Part 14

Simulated SAT Test: Reading Sections

Evaluation and discussion

Summary

Address:

9810 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA 30097
Building A, Suite 203

Phone #:

770-667-3863
678-480-8696