Course Objectives

GAPH3 is designed with a student’s high school and college success in mind. The course is thoughtfully planned for current high school students and students who are beginning to plan for college. These students will receive knowledge geared to prepare them for their needs in these areas. The objectives in this course are steeped in critical reading, writing, and thinking, which will be required of students as they matriculate through high school and into college. This is the course that sets these skills in motion for what lies ahead in their future. This course prepares students for AP English classes.

  • Learn MLA usage and need for a Work Cited

  • Learn how to annotate and convert annotations into Cornell Notes

  • Advance knowledge and application through use of sentence structures, punctuation, and word usage to elevate writing practices.

  • Expand practice of finding main ideas and supporting details in passages/readings to enhance their written work.

  • Experience more complicated inference skills for greater ability in critical thinking skills.

  • Use the writing process to write longer written work and expand on intended meaning

  • Learn how to avoid the most common writing errors

  • Begin to explore steps in research techniques

  • Develop awareness of advanced research skills