Critical Reading
Throughout the course of the program, students are given various outside reading assignments from both fiction and non-fiction books that are supplied by the program. In this program, textbooks are emphasized less and concepts emphasized more. To be able to conceptualize at this age, students need a better frame of reference, thus the breadth of reading. Instead of book reports which can be lacking in depth, each chapter is quized and discussion follows which requries the student to think critically about what they have read and see it from a different angle. Too often these days, students can read mechanically for content and symbolism, but they cannot critically analyze the larger picture and gain implications from what they have read. This is the base of the program.