English 500: Intensive Reading & Responsive Writing

This course offers advanced students the opportunity to upgrade their academic reading, speaking, vocabulary, and writing skills.

Students will examine the daily life and culture of a group of the first Americans to inhabit the northern plains around what is now western Minnesota and the Dakotas.   

This course will include in-class reading of the novel Waterlily, analysis of written material, vocabulary development, critical thinking, discussion, and writing response papers.

Note: this course is limited to students who have achieved a score of 6th grade or higher on the TABE reading or language test (minimum TABE score of 524) and possess basic word processing skills.

English 500: Intensive Reading & Responsive Writing will be offered in the afternoons from 1:30 - 3:30, Monday – Tuesday - Wednesday, for 8 weeks starting May 23 through July 20. Please sign up with the front desk if interested.  There is a $10 materials fee due at registration. Individual copies of Waterlily will be available for purchase through the school for $5.