Cameron

During the summer we will be working on building up your muscles in Reading and Organization. Remember that Monday sessions will focus on Reading, while Tuesday sessions will focus on Organization.

Reading:

We will be reading Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and completing book study activities at each session. During our sessions we will read the next upcoming chapter together, and you will be responsible for the remaining chapter for the upcoming week.

Here is the timeline:

June 13- Chapters 1 and 2 (We read 3 and Cameron will be responsible for reading 4 by next session)
June 20-Chapter 3 and 4 (We will read 5 and Cameron will be responsible for 6 by next session)
June 27- Chapter 5 and 6 (We will read 7 and Cameron will be responsible for 8 by next session)
July 4- Chapters 7-8 (We will read 9 and Cameron will be responsible for 10 by next session)
July 11- Chapter 9-10 (We will read 11 and Cameron will be responsible for 12 by next session)
July 18- Chapter 11 and 12 (I will prepare a short test over the entire book to see how well Cameron is able to retain information)
July 25- Article of the Week Lesson
August 1- Article of the Week Lesson
August 8- Article of the Week Lesson


Organizational Tips Timeline:

We will be working through the 7 Habit of Highly Effective Teens to discover the areas that Cameron would most like to work on throughout next year in becoming a master student. We will also work in Dave Ellis' book Becoming a Master Student, which is a college level student success book. I will provide Cameron with all materials including the 7 Habits textbook, workbook, and activity companion.

June 14- Get In the Habit and Paradigms and Principles
June 21- Habit 1 Be Proactive
June 28- Habit 2 Begin with the end in mind
July 5- Habit 3 Put first things first
July 12- Planning and Time Management
July 19- Note Taking
July 26- Test Taking Strategy
August 2- Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw
August 9- What is important for next year? Establishing Systems.