ENGL000: Pre-College English

Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

• take effective notes while reading a text or listening to a video or lecture;
  
• identify themes, main ideas, and topic sentences;
  
• write complete sentences with a clear focus, including topic sentences;
  
• identify and employ a variety of sentence patterns to improve coherence;
  
• apply prewriting strategies to narrow a topic and develop a piece of writing; and
  
• organize paragraphs effectively by using appropriate topic sentences and supporting sentences.