1. Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths. 
2. Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing.
3. Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts. 
4. Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts. 
5. Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical development of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose. 
6. Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations. 
7. Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies. 
8. Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim.
9. Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments.
10. Recognize and apply the conventions of standard English in reading and writing.

* Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. 

* Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. 

* Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. 

* Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making. 

• College-Level Reading Comprehension: 
  -Literary Texts (fiction)
  -Informational Texts (nonfiction)
• Grammar: 
  -Parts of Speech
  -Punctuation
  -Common Errors
• Plagiarism/ MLA Format
  -5 Paragraph Method
• College-Level Writing:
  -Rhetoric
  -Sentence Structure
  -Paragraph Structure
• Research-Based Academic Essay
  -Topic/Generating Ideas
  -Secondary Sources/ Supporting Claims
  -Thesis Workshop
  -Outline/Planning
  -Rough Draft/ Revising, Editing, Proofreading
  -Final Draft/ Final Exam

Final grades will be calculated according to the following criteria:

+ Attendance/Participation--20%

+ Reading Assignments--20%

+ Writing Assignments--20%

+ Unit Tests--20%

+ Final Exam--20%

= Final Grade-- 100%

GRADING SCALE 90 – 100 A 80 – 89 B 70 – 79 C 60 – 69 D 0 – 59 F

Your Final Grade for the class will be submitted as a letter grade (A, B, C...) to LSCPA at the end of the semester; Please note that you must earn a C or higher in this class in order to move on to the next level of English classes. 

• All assignments for this class will be available through Blackboard, and all grades will be displayed in the Bb Gradebook. 
• Assignments will vary in form: reading exercises, writing exercises, quizzes, unit tests, and an academic essay (which serves as your Final Exam for the course). 
• You will be asked to demonstrate your reading and writing skills in various ways in this class, but I will do my best to provide specific instructions and examples for assignments, as needed. 
• Revise/Resubmit policy: for most assignments, you will be allowed to Revise the first attempt and Resubmit it as a second attempt in order to earn a higher grade, and some assignments will require that you Revise and Resubmit the assignment before you can move on to the next assignment. 
• Grades for submitted assignments will be submitted in a timely manner; please understand that English is not a "simple" subject to grade, and it may take more time for grades to be returned to you due to the nature of our content. 
• Due Dates will be set in Blackboard as needed on assignments, and an automatic 0 grade will be issued for any work that is submitted after the due date. 
• I hope that my students know that I am on their team always and that I will work hard to ensure their success in my classes. Communication is key, and what better way to work on communication skills than by taking an English class? I hope that the skills you learn in my class will help you in your future classes and career paths.