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Summer Camp: Continuous - 6Th-8Th Grade - Informational Texts Scavengerhunt
Laura McVay
Average rating:4.1Number of reviews:(7)
In this continuous, weekly online class, students will learn how to Close Read and analyze Informational Texts using OYLA magazine through gamification, guidance, application, and feedback.
Class experience
US Grade 6 - 8
This continuous class covers close reading and understanding informational texts. Using the fantastic STEM magazine OYLA, we will gamify close reading by embarking on a scavenger hunt. We will be shifting our mindset from working to exploring as we read wonderful articles on everything from Physics and Biology to Technology and Logic. Students will directly engage with textual features, language, ideas, and formulating their own understanding into words. All of the skills students hone in...
Students will learn, apply, and gain foundational understanding of close reading informational texts.
I am a certified secondary English teacher with a BA and MA in English. I have tutored AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP US History, AP Government/Econ., AP Language, and AP Literature for over 10 years. I have also tutored ACT English and ACT Reading for several years. The materials that we use is content that I have gathered and used with all my face-to-face students.
1 file available upon enrollmentPrinted PDF of the posted Scavenger Hunt 1 die (from a set of dice) pen/pencil
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
OYLA science magazine
Average rating:4.1Number of reviews:(7)
I am an ACT English and ACT Reading specialist who is bringing my "in-person" expertise to OutSchool. After years in the secondary ELA classroom, I decided to focus on private sector tutoring. I teach ACT English and ACT Reading Prep, and I tutor...
Group Class
$25
weekly1x per week
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-14
3-12 learners per class
