Advanced Reading Course Winter Camp
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Course Overview
The Advanced Reading Course (ARC) Winter Camp is a live, online, six-class course that teaches students how to annotate passages, follow the plot, understand characters, and use the best evidence to support their thinking. Each class teaches a new advanced reading skill and students participate in group guided reading through a passage together.
Course Information
Dates: December 21-23 & 28-30, 2026
Grades 5-6 Meeting Times: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Grades 7-8 Meeting Times: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Class size: 6 students
Cost: $207
Course Curriculum
Each course session teaches the following advanced reading skills
Session 1: Annotation, Tracking the Plot, and Best Evidence
Session 2: Tracking the Plot and Best Evidence, part II
Session 3: Facts of the Text vs. Inference
Session 4: Characterization
Session 5: Perspective
Session 6: Compare & Contrast
Instructor
The ARC Winter Camp is taught by David Marrufo, MA. He is an independent educator with 20 years of experience including teaching at private and charter schools, tutoring, and teaching SAT Reading Boot Camps.
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