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The Amazing Race: A Writing Strategy - Grades 3rd-5th

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*This is an ONLINE course.
**This course is taught in the PST Pacific Standard Time Zone.

The RACE strategy is a method used to thoroughly answer an open-ended text question. It is a simple writing strategy that can help students construct more thoughtful and rigorous responses to what they read. This course will teach students to become more sophisticated readers and writers while learning to draw inferences and summarize text. For this online class, students will need a private Gmail account to access a Google classroom link. This course falls under the Communication, Critical Thinking, Information and Technology Literacy, and Personal, Social, Civic, and Environmental Responsibility Institutional Level Outcomes (ILOs).
Upon completion students will:
  • Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text
  • Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text
  • Compare and contrast their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Student Expectations:
  • Be on time, sit where your device remains immobile and the camera/mic is directed to the face
  • Actively participate but do not chat or talk when someone else is talking, mics should be muted unless teacher calls on you
  • Communicate frequently, discuss any questions or concerns with instructor, read over syllabus thoroughly
  • Keep your camera on unless directed by the teacher, student faces only, no emoji’s or icons and wear appropriate dress.
  • Absolutely, NO VIDEO RECORDINGS of class images/voices, content or likenesses
  • Be responsible when using and accessing the internet, websites and social media assigned to this course
  • Internet devices used by student MUST be able to support Google Classroom, the internet platform for this class. Students MUST have a Google email address (Gmail account) to participate in this online class
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Class Details

12 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu

Location
NA - Online

Instructor
Kathleen Peña 

Tuition: 

$99.00

Registration Closes On
Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 12:00 AM

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
7/8/2024 - 7/25/2024 Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM N/A - Online Kathleen Peña 

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