Middle and Elementary School ELA
A habit of reading improves focus and liberates a student from screen-based technologies and "3 minute" attention spans, and allows a student to be explore fields of study and worlds far away from Shanghai
Blueprint's Middle School and Elementary School ELA courses help younger students spark a passion and habit for reading by assigning engaging, relevant books for various grade levels:
Elementary School ELA level 1 ( Grade 4-5 )
Middle School ELA Level 1 ( Grade 6-7)
Middle School ELA Level 2 ( Grade 7-8 )
We assign 40-60 pages of reading and a response paper or essay assignment every class. In a semester-long course, most students write more for Blueprint than for their school English classes
Our Elementary School/Middle School ELA teachers are highly experienced, licensed American teachers with experience teaching English and IB at international schools and in test prep
School Holidays | Summer (2 week prep classes) / October Holidays, Christmas, Chinese New Year |
Weekly | Fall (13 sessions), Spring (15 sessions), 2 hours each |
High School ELA (Grade 9-10)
The perfect combination course for enrichment that combines:
Reading adult-level fiction and non-fiction (including Pulitzer Prize winners and NY Times best-sellers) – 70 to 80 pages per class
Weekly response paper and essay writing (graded for grammar and content)
Practice and Review on SAT, PSAT, and ACT Reading and Grammar sections
Blueprint’s highly popular ELA courses help guide students through achieving goals for reading serious, mind-expanding novels, along with practicing essay writing, grammar, and standardized exam sections
We focus on writing quality and grammar more than school English teachers annotating homework not just for content but also for grammar and word choice
Yang and Ross, our HS ELA teachers, are also experienced SAT/ACT teachers. We understand what reading and analytical skills must be developed for success before students start with high school and exam prep
School Holidays | Summer (2 week intensives) / Christmas, Chinese New Year |
Weekly | Fall (13 sessions), Spring (15 sessions), 2 hours each |