At the end of this course, you will be able to say:

I can...

• understand a detailed account of a cultural topic
• understand non-fiction, analytical texts
• identify the author’s purpose in writing an article or story
• identify the author’s point of view in a reading
• identify facts in a reading
• identify opinions in a reading
• cite textual evidence to show the author’s point of view
• recognize weaknesses in an author’s argument
• use a tree map to categorize and analyze ideas from a reading
• understand most inferences and allusions
• make inferences from a reading