You will learn skills necessary for reading and writing to a prompt.

In this lesson, you will be able to identify the imagery in a text and evaluate its effectiveness.

You will learn how to write a topic proposal that addresses your topic, purpose, and audience.

You will learn how to write a thesis statement that explains your position about a topic.

You will learn how to organize your essay with relevant evidence that supports your thesis.

You will practice checking for proper voice, tense, and syntax.

You will learn how to cite your sources in the body of your research paper and write a works cited page according to the Modern Language Association (MLA) style manual.

You will learn revision strategies you can use to strengthen your introduction and body of your paper.

You will practice checking for correct subject-verb agreement.

You will practice checking for pronoun reference and agreement.

You will learn how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote material from your sources.

You will learn revision strategies you can use to polish your essay's style, tone, and vocabulary.

You will be able to identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text.

You will be able to determine whether an argument has enough evidence and whether the evidence is credible.

You will be able to decide whether an author uses inductive or deductive reasoning in a particular argument.

You will be able to use reference guides to help you understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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

You will learn strategies to help you determine whether a written argument is logical and/or valid.

You will be able to identify a speaker’s position in an argument and identify supporting evidence.

You will learn the skills needed to listen to a speaker and identify the parts of a speech and their importance.