You will learn how to find the meanings of words through analogy and other word relationships.

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

You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.

You will learn how to analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support your understanding.

You will learn how to use the elements of linear plot development to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved.

You will learn how to synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres and support with textual evidence.

You will learn how to edit a draft for grammar, mechanics, and spelling using editing strategies.

You will learn strategies to help you revise your writing to achieve clarity, coherence, and transition in order to address purpose, audience, and genre.

You will learn to write a persuasive text that responds to the views of others by using evidence that differentiates between fact and opinion to support your viewpoint.

You will learn how to write an imaginative story that sustains reader interest and includes well-paced action, an engaging story line, and a believable setting.

You will learn how to write an imaginative story that develops interesting characters and believable dialogue.

You will learn how to write an imaginative story that uses literary strategies/devices to enhance style and tone.

You will learn how to write an expository text that is logically organized, with a controlling idea and an effective introduction and conclusion.

You will learn how to write an expository/procedural text that uses a variety of sentence structures, rhetorical devices, and transitions.

You will learn how to write an expository text that synthesizes ideas.

You will learn how to write a persuasive text that includes a clear thesis with a position.

You will analyze works written on the same topic and compare how authors achieved similar or different purposes.

By using different organizational patterns as guides, you will learn how to make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions while distinguishing factual claims.

You will learn how to summarize main ideas, supporting details, and relationships among ideas within expository text.

You will learn how to analyze literary nonfiction, particularly speeches, by making inferences and drawing conclusions based on evidence in the text.