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Reading Skills

1. To follow the ideas and information in readings
   • Follow written instructions
   • Follow organization of a text
   • Recognize purpose, main ideas, and key ideas
   • Identify point of view, supporting argument and evidence
   • Identify literary elements
2. To determine meanings of unfamiliar words in course materials
3. Recognize cultural differences and show awareness of the general features of own culture and associated world views

Writing Skills

1. To write informally
   • Write reflectively about course readings
   • Summarize ideas and information from readings
   • With literary texts, a) summarize plot b) describe setting c) analyze character identify theme and conflict
2. To write formal summaries and paragraphs
   • Take accurate notes from an assigned article related to essay topics
   • Create paragraph frames for summaries and paragraphs
   • Using notes and framework, compose well-structured, paraphrased, accurate summaries and paragraphs
   • Describe plot, character, theme, conflict and setting
3. To write essays
   • Generate ideas from readings on economic, political, cultural and socially relevant topics
   • Select and narrow topics
   • Write focused thesis statements and parallel blueprint points
   • Create essay frameworks with interrelated body paragraph topic sentences
   • Write well-structured introductions
   • Develop unified, specific support in body paragraphs
   • Incorporate source material and document all sources appropriately, showing understanding of plagiarism
   • Create coherence within and between paragraphs
   • Write well-structured concluding paragraphs
   • With peer and limited teacher feedback, re-draft and revise
   • Follow format instructions
   • Edit and proofread
4. To write at least one case study analysis
   • Use the following steps:
     • state the problem
     • identify causes of the problem
     •  identify possible solutions
     •  evaluate possible solutions
     • recommend a course of action
   • Revise with peer and limited teacher feedback
   • Follow format instructions
   • Edit and proofread

Accuracy

1. To self-monitor for accuracy
   • Use and follow editing symbols
   • Use word processing editing aids (spelling, grammar check, thesaurus)
   • Apply knowledge of parts of speech, sentence elements, specified sentence types, and mechanics
   • Identify and correct errors for specified items
2. For explicit instruction and evaluation
   • Correctly form and use present perfect and past perfect tenses, present perfect continuous and past perfect continuous verb tenses
   • Identify and correct sentence structure errors such as run-ons, fragments, and missing sentence elements (e.g. missing subjects)
   • Identify and correct infinitive/gerund/base form errors
   • Correctly use articles and other determiners
3. Items to work on as need arises
   • All accuracy items from 100 and  200 levels
   • Passive adjective and verb forms
   • Parts of speech errors (e.g. parallelism in  thesis statements)
   • Word choice and word form errors (nouns, adjectives, adverbs)
   •  Application of appropriate strategies to use computers in writing

Classroom Skills

1. Take responsibility for the following:
   • attendance and punctuality
   • class work and assignments
   • participation and teamwork