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Fast Lane Learning Workshops
Live, summer workshops in the Metro Detroit Area |
The Fast Lane Workshops are a combination of three programs...
PACE Power Reading,
SOAR Study Skills, and
3-D Writing
...that help incoming 7th-12th grade students:
- Write research papers with ease,
- Improve reading efficiency up to 350%, and
- Have much more free time!
More details about each program are described below.
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PACE Power Reading
Taught in every English-speaking country in the world, PACE Power Reading guides students through specific strategies that dramatically improve reading speed and comprehension. Students measure their reading rate every day and see the improvement develop immediately.
To download a detailed overview of PACE Power Reading (pdf), click here.
Who Should Take this Class?
- Students who read for an hour and do not have any idea what they just read,
- Good students who want to be even better by improving their reading speed,
- Students who are contemplating a professional career – medicine, law, business – that requires an enormous amount of reading,
essentially…
- Anyone, 6th grade to adult, who is an average or better reader and wants to develop superior reading skills. *
*This course is not likely to benefit students who have uncorrected eye problems or who lack a basic English vocabulary.
What Can Students Expect from Taking this Class?
As a result of taking the PACE Power Reading course, students will:
- At least double their reading efficiency rate,
- Dramatically improve their speed and comprehension,
- Set the stage for major improvements in vocabulary,
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- Create more time to "play!"
How Does it Work?
Efficient reading requires two things:
1) The ability to read groups of words rather than one word at a time, and
2) Knowledge that allows you to read smarter; to adapt the way you read to the material at hand.
This course has a number of fast-paced exercises and games to help you develop the eye coordination and decision-making ability needed to effectively absorb words in groups. Scattered throughout each day's exercises are practice lessons to help students make the best use of their new-found skill.
What have other students said about PACE?
“My comprehension gets better (and) at the same time, my speed goes up!”
“I noticed it first helped when I was reading a history chapter. I will get my reading done a lot faster.”
“I enjoy reading now, it’s not a drag…It’s a great confidence increase.”
“I’ll be more comfortable when I take my ACT and SAT.”
“…I liked the fact that there was no competition...we each went at our own pace.”
As hundreds of students and families have discovered, SOAR® is a system of student-friendly strategies that are easy to learn, provide immediate results, and help studentsstudy more efficiently so that homework can be done in less time.
To download a detailed overview of PACE Power Reading (pdf), click here.
SOAR® Study Skills
As thousands of students and families have discovered, SOAR is a system of student-friendly strategies that are easy to learn, provide immediate results, and help students study more efficiently so that homework can be done in less time.
To dowload a detailed overview of SOAR Study Skills (pdf), click here.
Who Should Take this Class?
Students who have ever:
- Lost points due to missing assignments,
- Brought the wrong folders, notebooks, or textbooks home for homework,
- Forgot important things at home that they needed for school,
- Earned poor grades on a test for which they spent hours studying,
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- Earned decent grades, but felt frustrated because homework took too long…
… can benefit from SOAR® Study Skills.
What Can Students Expect from Taking this Class?
Students who learn the SOAR® System get the homework help they need by learning how to:
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- Communicate with parents & teachers
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- Prepare for tests & final exams
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How Does it Work?
The SOAR® strategies are the most fundamental skills for school success and interrelate with one another, making it easy for students to learn and use them immediately. The techniques within each section lay a foundation for the following section and reinforce strategies from previous sections.
The course includes hands-on activites and a detailed text-book, complete with activities, demonstrations, and photographs for students to reference long after the class.
What have other students said about SOAR®?
I can’t believe how much easier it is for me to keep my papers organized. Since I started using the Binder, I have not lost one assignment! My parents are so excited and I feel so much better about school.–Thank you!”
– Michael Zabik, 9th grade student
“Kurt seems to be more focused about time-management. The jar of priorities made a big impact on how he utilizes his time on a daily basis. He enjoyed the classes!”
– Lachele Mangum, parent of 6th grade student
“It was very, very informative…I liked the way it was organized; first the planner, then the notebook, then the test…It was fast, but so efficient!”
- Adam Scott, college student |
To dowload a detailed overview of SOAR Study Skills (pdf), click here.
3-D Writing
This one-day workshop guides students through the use of a unique 3-D organizer that helps students organize their thoughts and research into cohesive paragraphs that immediately transforms students' writing. This versatile writing tool has been used to help third graders write planet reports and grad students write dissertations.
Students will also learn valuable tips for maximizing research on the internet. Housed in a computer lab, students will be guided through the process of completing a career research paper - from beginning to end. The skills learned in this workshop will truly last a lifetime!
To download a detailed overview of 3-D Writing (pdf), click here.
PACE, SOAR, and 3-D Writing...why together?
Each of these three programs were built around the concept of helping students learn how to learn, increase their efficiency, and ultimately feel much more confident about themselves as a student. The skills learned in each program last forever! In fact, many participants (and parents of participants) tell us that they have used skills from each of these three programs in their professional lives, as well.
About the Instructors
J.J. Phillips M.Ed. - Jim's whole career has involved teaching or organizing some form of education. Even as Department Manager at Blue Cross/Blue Shield, he was teaching: production employees, managers, even State Senate staffers, and groups of AARP members. As a school teacher, he taught English, social studies, religion, PE, football, basketball, baseball and track to 5th-12th graders. He has also taught volunteer teachers how to teach and small business managers how to manage their employees. Jim has two books to his credit: How Should We Teach Religion Today? and A Handbook of Personnel Management.
2007 marks Jim’s 10th anniversary certified with the North American Pace Association and teaching the internationally renowned Power Reading Course.
Susan Kruger, M.Ed. -Susan is the author of SOAR® Study Skills and is a certified teacher and learning specialist. She combined her personal struggles with her professional expertise to create a powerful, student-friendly system. She has taught her SOAR® program to hundreds of students with great success! She travels the country training teachers in study skills/language arts learning and lends her talents as a consultant for a major text-book company. She recently received two Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Awards for her SOAR® Study Skills book.
Dates, Times, Locations, & Cost
Fast Lane Learning Workshops will be offered in two Detroit area locations during the summer of 2008:
Shrine High School: August 18-22, 2008
Divine Child High School: TBD
Other locations: TBD (Contact us to recommend new sites.)
All locations will feature:
PACE Power Reading - Monday thru Thursday - 8:30-11:30 - $200*
SOAR Study Skills - Monday thru Thursday - 12:15-2:45 - $200*
3-D Writing - Friday - 8:30-2:45 - $100*
*Special Discount: After registering one student for one course, families can receive an extra $25 discount for all other courses, including sibling registrations. For example, a family that registers two siblings for all three courses would pay $200 for one course and then receive $25 off of each of the additional five courses, for a total savings of $125.
Questions?
Contact us at 248.890.2092 -or-
email us at: fastlane (at) soarstudyskills.com
Register
To register on-line or print a mail-in registration form, click here.
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