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

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

You will be able to analyze the persuasive impact of rhetorical structures and devices in famous speeches.

You will be able to analyze the quality, relevance, and credibility of evidence that supports or opposes an argument.

You will be able to write a short story with interesting and believable characters.

You will be able to write a short story with a well-developed conflict and resolution.

You will be able to use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story.