You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meanings of academic English words and in other content areas.

You will use your knowledge of cognates from other languages to help you understand unfamiliar words.

You will learn how to synthesize ideas and details in texts and support the connections with textual evidence.

You will read and annotate paired texts in order to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

You will read and annotate paired texts in order to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence.

You will learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.

You will be able to write effective introductions and conclusions with a controlling idea or thesis, using a variety of sentence patterns.

You will be able to distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning.

You will learn how to annotate or mark a text as you read and re-read to gain a deeper understanding of the text.

You will read carefully in order to identify allusion, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism and to evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.

You will read carefully in order to identify diction, tone, and irony and evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.

You will be able to read a text and understand how the figurative language of a literary work contributes to its historical and cultural setting.

You will be able to write an essay using effective rhetorical devices and transitions.

You will be able to write an essay that is organized appropriate to audience, purpose, and context.

You will be able to recognize how literary devices such as character foils can create complex characters in a short story.

You will be able to write an essay that contains relevant information and valid inferences.

You will be able to recognize how the narrator's point of view shapes a short story.