Description: This is a one-semester course designed to remediate those students who have not demonstrated mastery on the state-mandated TAKS test. In this class, students develop their vocabulary and word analysis skills, build reading comprehension, and study literary elements and persuasive techniques found in both written texts and visual media. They review basic spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure rules. They focus on the grammatical elements of subject/verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb forms, and parallel structure. All writing assignments in this course revolve around six specific traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions) and compositions vary in form and length. Special attention is given to evaluating published and unpublished writing for both mechanics and content.