TS-OD 72 - Open Doors Language Arts and Literature Level 2

Credits: 5-10
Introduces Level 2 students to the basic principles of the mechanics of writing and strategies to develop and organize complex ideas in writing. Students practice critical reading skills and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts, including fiction, nonfiction, and informational through the writing process.

Enrollment Requirement: Appropriate placement and instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Find key evidence and make inferences from a text.
Determine and summarize the organizational structure and supporting details of a text.
Analyze how texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts.
Use technology to produce and publish writing.
Write a 5-sentence paragraph including topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion.
Demonstrate exact sentence structure including capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.