Fairfax Collegiate

Reading for Meaning 7-9

Read opposing viewpoints about contemporary issues, practice close reading, notetaking, and summarizing, and become a critical reader.

This is an introduction to critical reading and writing. Genres include short stories, journalistic writing, essays, and poetry.

Classroom exercises develop important literary analytical tools including compare/contrast, cause/effect, and prediction.

Students write a variety of compositions on the results of their analyses and the literary themes expressed in the texts. They also write an original work.

Summer 2022 Reading for Meaning 7-9 Class Sections

In-Person Locations

Session Dates Location Time
Session II 6/27/2022 - 7/8/2022 Dulles Morning
Session II 6/27/2022 - 7/8/2022 Tysons Afternoon
Session III 7/11/2022 - 7/22/2022 Vienna Afternoon
Session IV 7/25/2022 - 8/5/2022 Ashburn Morning
Session IV 7/25/2022 - 8/5/2022 Chantilly Afternoon
Morning Class Times: 8:30am to 12:00pm
Afternoon Class Times: 12:30pm to 4:00pm
Students work on a critical thinking assignment.
Reading for Meaning students hard at work.
Students take a break from their assignment to ham it up for the camera.
A student works on writing his reading analysis.
A student gets excited to share her work.
Summer 2022 Writing Courses