English Department Goals

1)  Demonstrate a knowledge of literal, figurative, and inferential meaning.

2) Utilize a variety of strategies to access and understand different texts.

3) Produce clear and coherent analytic and reflective writing in which the development, organization
and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

4) Select pertinent supporting details and examples.

5) Use standard English conventions.

6) Edit and revise written work.

7) Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

8. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of
reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

9) Crowning Goal: Synthesize literary experiences to broaden perspectives on the human condition.