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L8 Reading & Writing

duration: 4 weeks
price: free
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About this Course

This course focuses on basic English literacy skills for high-intermediate English learners. Topics covered include reading extended pieces of literature and critical analysis.

Teacher's Email: melody.reese@thelanguagecompany.com


For the course syllabus, student forms, and policies, please refer to Student Resources on the TLC website.

https://www.thelanguagecompany.com/index.php?student-resources

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Course Objectives

• 8.RW.1 Respond to analysis questions on academic sources.

• 8.RW.2 Produce non-formulaic thesis statements appropriate to specific academic tasks.

• 8.RW.3 Produce a 3 to 4-page analysis paper over an extended piece of work (novel, biography, collection of articles, professional journal, short stories), with 2+ outside sources and proper citation. 

Learning modules

  • week one
    • Day One In-Class Writing

    • At Some Medical Schools, Humanities Join the Curriculum

    • Photograph Freewriting

    • Capturing Children’s Emotions

    • Comparison Interview

  • week two
    • Comparison Paragraph

    • Styles of Organization Discussion

    • The Expressions of Youth

    • My Two Brothers

    • Compare and Contrast Essay Pop Quiz

  • week three
    • My Old Neighborhood

    • Using Comparison and Contrast Transition Words

    • Two Topics Prewriting

    • Practice Research

    • 2 Source Search

  • week four
    • Sources Worksheet

    • Outline

    • Outline Conference

    • Comparison and Contrast Signal Words Pop Quiz

    • First Draft

    • Draft Conference

    • Student Survey

    • Final Draft

    • Final In-Class Essay

About the Instructor

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Melody Reese

Academic Coordinator - Toledo Campus

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