Adv Essay Writing and Grammar

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This course strengthens college-level critical reading, writing, and research skills in preparation for English 1A for English learners. It develops students' abilities to analyze and respond to texts from culturally diverse traditions. Students read articles, essays, poetry, and works of fiction or non-fiction which are of literary and cultural value. In response to these texts, students write approximately four academic essays (including at least one in-class essay) of at least 750 words each in which they support a thesis using textual evidence. Students review advanced grammar and sentence skills. In addition, students develop critical research strategies to write a thesis-driven, multi-source MLA-style research paper.