The content, assignments, and assessments for Basic Reading and Writing are aligned to the learning outcomes below.

Chapter 1: Success Skills

Define and evaluate college success skills

• Identify and practice habits for success
• Identify and apply critical thinking skills
• Analyze time management practices
• Define successful approaches toward college-level writing tasks
• Apply word-processing skills to college writing tasks

Module 2: Critical Reading

Identify critical reading strategies

• Identify and differentiate between different types of texts
• Identify reading strategies for academic texts
• Identify specialized reading strategies for specific types of texts, including content in disciplines and visual information
• Identify techniques for strengthening vocabulary
• Identify thesis statements in texts
• Identify supporting claims in texts
• Identify logic and structure in texts
• Identify summary strategies for reading comprehension

Module 3: Writing Process

Approach writing as a “process”

• Identify topic selection activities
• Identify prewriting activities
• Identify activities to find evidence in support of a claim
• Identify essay organizational techniques
• Identify drafting activities
• Identify revision activities
• Identify proofreading activities

Module 4: Research Process

Identify the components of the research process

• Identify preliminary, intermediate, and advanced search techniques
• Identify methods of analysis to assess the quality and reliability of a source
• Identify issues of plagiarism and academic dishonesty
• Identify MLA document formatting and citation practices

Module 5: Grammar

Identify patterns of academic grammar and usage