DIRW-0403 Developmental Integrated Reading and Wri Writing I

Developmental Integrated Reading and Writing I is designed to help students develop reading and writing skills necessary to read academic texts and write essays. This course supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in English classes, including appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of word attack skills, vocabulary development, comprehension, fluency, sentence, paragraph, and essay development, grammar and usage problems as they occur in the essays, and study and test-taking skills. This course is designed specifically for students assessed at BASE levels 3-4 in the TSIA and must be part of a student's co-enrollment (co-requisite) in DIRW 0200 BASE NCBO Developmental Reading and Writing. This course will assist the student in developing the critical reading and academic writing skills necessary for college level English courses