Students learn to interpret charts, graphs, tables and pictures, take notes using a variety of methods, research and organize information, organize a notebook, write essays using information found through research, improve reading comprehension, and study for different sorts of tests. These skills are taught in the context of an inquiry into several major themes and current events. Students keep a daily journal, write poetry, short stories, essays and newspaper articles and explain or defend an idea in writing through the use of researched facts. Back to course listing Journalism In Journalism, students use the Process Approach to research, create, write, edit and publish articles for inclusion in the Summer Program newspaper, The Gow Summer Sun . Students produce five editions of the newspaper to be shared with counselors, parents and staff.
Students also learn the rudiments of photojournalism, layout and design.
In Communication Skills Development, students improve their ability to convey information to a specific audience visually, orally and in writing. Students conduct interviews, prepare and deliver speeches, participate in formal debates, write persuasive articles based on research or observation and write creative pieces for publication in a literary magazine. In Literature, students read independently and participate in shared reading experiences. Reading material is chosen by the instructor and from the student's personal interests. Students learn to keep daily journals, orally participate in whole class reading and discuss literature critically and personally.