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Reading/Writing
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All Levels Reading and Writing
Reading success depends on a student’s ability to decode, or “sound out” words based on their spellings. In phonics instruction, students learn the most common sound-spelling relationships so they can “break down and sound out” words of various lengths.
Instructors will use various tools to help students strengthen their ability to process stories, understand the meaning, and combine it with their background knowledge.
Writing sentences requires a grasp of sentence structure and word structure, including vocabulary, capitalization, and punctuation. Instructors will help students master elements to grammar so their writing comes across clearly.
Elementary
Forming Sentences and Paragraphs
Sentences express a complete thought, and paragraphs organize a series of sentences around a specific topic. Students will learn how to build sentences and form paragraphs about any topic of their choice.
Intro to Essay Writing
Students will develop successful writing skills as they undergo the writing process, which includes choosing a topic, researching it, making an argument, writing, editing, and revising. Along the way, they will strengthen their command of grammar, sentence structure, and paragraphs.
Middle and High School
Reading Analysis
As they comprehend various texts, students will learn how to interpret, analyze, and criticize ideas presented. Instructors will expose students to literary, figurative language, and rhetorical devices and show them how writers use it to make points in their writing. This course offering includes an essay writing component.
Essay Writing
Students will develop successful writing skills as they undergo the writing process, which includes choosing a topic, researching it, making an argument, writing, editing, and revising. Along the way, they will strengthen their command of grammar, sentence structure, and paragraphs.
Storytelling and Creative Writing
Through frequent and diverse exercises, students develop their use of voice, imagery, characterization, dialogue, and narration to develop a story of their choosing.
Argumentative Writing
Students will learn how to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. This course offering allows them the opportunity to apply rhetorical and figurative language to the completion of essays about real-world issues.
