This skills-based Grade 10 level course ladders into academic Grade 11 English, GED or health science prep courses. Students develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, sentence structure, writing skills and critical thinking. Students read a variety of genres including current event articles, academic essays, issue related fiction and respond to the reading to develop paragraph writing skills. Students develop the academic language to understand, discuss and edit writing through intensive grammar workshops.
Prerequisites
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How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
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† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.