Includes phonics, spelling rules, affixes and roots, misspelled words and apostrophe.
Students can expect to increase working vocabulary and improve skills in basic communications.
Students compose essays which support a thesis through structure appropriate to both thesis and reader and learn to revise for clarity and correctness. Students compose several essays using a variety of strategies to present evidence in support of a thesis. Explores ideas and issues through discussion and writing. Includes paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, and documenting using style appropriate to discipline researched. Students practice skills learned in the classroom as they work in the PCC Writing Center, or as voluteers in local public schools.