Objective︰
This course aims to help students improve their critical reading
and thinking skills. Students will read challenging texts that
reflect important cultural themes and demand critical thinking,
analyze the rhetoric and structure of arguments, and summarize
and critique examples of mature expository and argumentative
prose. In an effort to develop students’ skill for working and
learning together and to expose them to different points of
view, group projects that emphasize collaborative research,
topic exploration, group writing and problem solving accompany
each reading. Students are encouraged to incorporate resources
outside the classroom—to search the Internet, explore
pop-culture sources, interview people, and conduct
observations—to explore further what they have read.
Textbook︰