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SUMMER INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM
FOR ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (SIELP)
2008: July 7 - August 15
Program
Six-week intensive English language summer program, held on three CUNY campuses:
30 hours a week of instruction, including 4 hours of reading/writing/listening comprehension/oral communication and
Internet research; 1 hour of ESL-focused physical activity; and 1 hour of guided conversation practice at lunch.
A Saturday High School Transition Program is available during the academic year.
Students
Entering ninth grade English language learners, at an intermediate level or higher, seeking to improve their
English language skills in preparation for success in high school.
Note: Entering 10th grade English language learners may apply to the Hostos Community College campus only.
Curriculum
Intensive, history-based, English language curriculum, requiring students to:
- Read two complete novels, My Brother Sam Is Dead and War Comes to Willy Freeman
- Write multiple drafts of 4 compositions
- Write daily entries in a reading response journal
- Learn word processing
- Complete an Internet research project
- Make trips of cultural interest in support of the curriculum
- Use the resources of a CUNY college
Assessment
Student progress reports are made available both to parents and to the appropriate high school in the fall.
In the words of former students:
I hope you will please choose me for this program. Please help me live my dreams. -An application
SIELP taught me most of the things I will need to know when I get to the 9th grade. -An essay
All of these things are in the air and you catch them in six weeks. -A journal entry
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For further information, please call Hilary Sideris at (646) 344-7348 or email at hilary.sideris@mail.cuny.edu
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