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OTHER ONLINE COURSES
READING/WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING
What do we do?
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Throughout the course, students are asked to read articles, essays, reports, and short stories; they discuss the content and they write essays synthesizing the information. Students receive a considerable amount of help in the writing process.
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Example: Students read the following short stories:
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The Answer Is No by Naguib Mahfouz
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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
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The Open Window by Saki
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The Story of my Life (Chapter 1) by Helen Killer
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
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The students are given questions to reflect upon. They discuss the purpose and details of each story and they write essays in which they synthesize information from two or more of the stories and in which they express their own feelings and thoughts.
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