Students become comfortable using open-ended research questions, different sources of information, and appropriate research methods in gathering information for research projects. Students make oral presentations that demonstrate considerations of audience, purpose, and the information conveyed. Students read the works of various noted authors for analysis of style, form, and historical significance. This course reviews and expands the communication skills begun in English I with greater emphasis on organization, syntax, precision of expression, and wider use of vocabulary. Through revision exercises students become more aware of the writing and thinking process.
Students make oral presentations to experience speaking before a critical audience.
Students become more comfortable and confident in research techniques and the use of the Media Center through the refinement of their research skills. Students read various works of fiction and non-fiction to analyze style, form and historical context. Students continue to develop and improve their literal and inferential comprehension skills as well as expand their contextual vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on improving critical thinking skills through the analysis and synthesis of a variety of print and non-print materials. Written and oral communications is enhanced through the expanded use of the writing process.