English II

Building more formal, academic discourse, focusing on writing meaningful essays and developing their skills, through observation, analysis, critical reading and thinking, arts of style, organization and thoughtful content as well as sharpening the skills of logical reasoning and problem analysis through the development of reading comprehension strategies for informative and expository texts with focus on summarizing, analyzing and synthesizing textual material, examining selected readings and stylistic strategies as a means of developing effective argument-based writing.