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Basic Reading and Writing

Humanities
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Lumen Learning
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Lumen Learning
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EN
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English
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Contents· 276 sections
  1. 01: Course Contents
  2. 1.01: About This Course
  3. 1.02: Course Contents at a Glance
  4. 1.03: Learning Outcomes
  5. 02: Faculty Resources
  6. 2.01: Faculty Resource Overview
  7. 2.02: PDF
  8. 2.03: Assignments
  9. 2.04: Question Banks
  10. 2.05: I Need Help
  11. 03: Module 1- Success Skills
  12. 3.01: Why It Matters- Success Skills
  13. 3.02: Performance Assessment- Success Skills Journal
  14. 3.03: Outcome- Habits for Success
  15. 3.04: Text- A Personal Definition of Success
  16. 3.05: Text- Strategies to Achieve Success
  17. 3.06: Text- Campus Support Networks
  18. 3.07: Self Check- Habits for Success
  19. 3.08: Text- Defining Critical Thinking
  20. 3.09: Text- Critical Thinking and Logic
  21. 3.10: Text- Problem-Solving with Critical Thinking
  22. 3.11: Text- Evaluating Information With Critical Thinking
  23. 3.12: Self Check- Critical Thinking
  24. 3.13: Try It- Critical Thinking
  25. 3.14: Outcome- Time Management
  26. 3.15: Text- How You Use Your Time
  27. 3.16: Text- Create a Schedule
  28. 3.17: Text- Get Better at Prioritizing
  29. 3.18: Self Check- Time Management
  30. 3.19: Try It- Time Management
  31. 3.20: Outcome- Writing in College
  32. 3.21: Text- What to Do with Essay Assignments
  33. 3.22: Text- Strategies for Writing Success
  34. 3.23: Text- Writing Through Fear
  35. 3.24: Self Check- Writing in College
  36. 3.25: Try It- Writing in College
  37. 3.26: Outcome- Computer-Based Writing
  38. 3.27: Video- Beginning Word Processing Skills
  39. 3.28: Video- Intermediate Word Processing Skills
  40. 3.29: Video- Advanced Word Processing Skills
  41. 3.30: Try It- Habits for Success
  42. 3.31: Outcome- Critical Thinking
  43. 3.32: Self Check- Computer-Based Writing
  44. 3.33: Try It- Computer-Based Writing
  45. 3.34: Putting It Together- Success Skills
  46. 3.35: Assignment- Success Skills Journal Final Draft
  47. 3.36: Assignment- Habits for Success Journal Entry
  48. 3.37: Assignment- Critical Thinking Journal Entry
  49. 3.38: Assignment- Writing in College Journal Entry
  50. 3.39: Assignment- Time Management Journal Entry
  51. 3.40: Assignment- Computer-Based Writing Journal Entry
  52. 04: Module 2- Reading
  53. 4.01: Why It Matters- Reading
  54. 4.02: Performance Assessment- Reading Journal
  55. 4.03: Outcome- Types of Reading Material
  56. 4.04: Text- The Academic Style
  57. 4.05: Text- Distinguishing Features of Reading Types
  58. 4.06: Self Check- Types of Reading Material
  59. 4.07: Try It- Types of Reading Material
  60. 4.08: Outcome- Reading Strategies
  61. 4.09: Presentation- Rhetorical Context
  62. 4.10: Text- Scanning
  63. 4.11: Text- Skimming
  64. 4.12: Text- SQ3R
  65. 4.13: Presentation- High-5 Reading Strategies
  66. 4.14: Self Check- Reading Strategies
  67. 4.15: Try It- Reading Strategies
  68. 4.16: Outcome- Specialized Reading Strategies
  69. 4.17: Text- Online Reading Strategies
  70. 4.18: Text- How to Read Graphs
  71. 4.19: Video- Reading Textbooks
  72. 4.20: Self Check- Specialized Reading Strategies
  73. 4.21: Try It- Specialized Reading Strategies
  74. 4.22: Outcome- Vocabulary
  75. 4.23: Text- Using Context Clues
  76. 4.24: Text- Dictionaries
  77. 4.25: Video- Enriching Your Vocabulary
  78. 4.26: Self Check- Vocabulary
  79. 4.27: Try It- Vocabulary
  80. 4.28: Outcome- Thesis
  81. 4.29: Video- Identify the Thesis Statement
  82. 4.30: Text- Topic Sentences
  83. 4.31: Self Check- Thesis
  84. 4.32: Try It- Thesis
  85. 4.33: Outcome- Supporting Claims
  86. 4.34: Video- Main Ideas and Supporting Details
  87. 4.35: Text- Support and Elaboration
  88. 4.36: Video- Relationship Between Purpose and Supporting Details
  89. 4.37: Self Check- Supporting Claims
  90. 4.38: Try It- Supporting Claims
  91. 4.39: Outcome- Logic and Structure
  92. 4.40: Text- Rhetorical Modes
  93. 4.41: Text- Logical Arguments
  94. 4.42: Text- Inductive and Deductive Arguments
  95. 4.43: Video- Critical Thinking and Logical Fallacies
  96. 4.44: Self Check- Logic and Structure
  97. 4.45: Try It- Logic and Structure
  98. 4.46: Outcome- Summary Skills
  99. 4.47: Text- Annotating
  100. 4.48: Text- Paraphrasing a Thesis Statement
  101. 4.49: Text- Choosing Appropriate Quotes
  102. 4.50: Presentation- Major and Minor Details
  103. 4.51: Video- Summarizing
  104. 4.52: Self Check- Summary Skills
  105. 4.53: Try It- Summary Skills
  106. 4.54: Putting It Together- Reading
  107. 4.55: Assignment- Types of Reading Material
  108. 4.56: Assignment- Reading Strategies
  109. 4.57: Assignment- Specialized Reading Strategies
  110. 4.58: Assignment- Vocabulary
  111. 4.59: Assignment- Thesis
  112. 4.60: Assignment- Supporting Claims
  113. 4.61: Assignment- Logic and Structure
  114. 4.62: Assignment- Summary Skills
  115. 4.63: Assignment- Reading Journal Final Draft Submission
  116. 05: Module 3- Writing Process
  117. 5.01: Why It Matters- Writing Process
  118. 5.02: Performance Assessment- Personal Analysis Essay
  119. 5.03: Outcome- Topic Selection
  120. 5.04: Text- How to Come Up with a Topic to Write About
  121. 5.05: Text- Ways to Narrow Down a Topic
  122. 5.06: Self Check- Topic Selection
  123. 5.07: Try It- Topic Selection
  124. 5.08: Outcome- Prewriting
  125. 5.09: Text- Prewriting Strategies
  126. 5.10: Presentation- Rhetorical Context For Yourself as a Writer
  127. 5.11: Text- The Working Thesis Statement
  128. 5.12: Self Check- Prewriting
  129. 5.13: Try It- Prewriting
  130. 5.14: Outcome- Finding Evidence
  131. 5.15: Text- Support and Elaboration
  132. 5.16: Text- Preliminary Research
  133. 5.17: Text- Blending Source Material with Your Own Work
  134. 5.18: Text- When to Quote Paraphrase or Summarize a Source
  135. 5.19: Self Check- Finding Evidence
  136. 5.20: Try It- Finding Evidence
  137. 5.21: Outcome- Organizing
  138. 5.22: Text- How to Write a Thesis Statement
  139. 5.23: Text- Text Structures
  140. 5.24: Text- Components of an Effective Paragraph
  141. 5.25: Video- The Toulmin Model
  142. 5.26: Self Check- Organizing
  143. 5.27: Try It- Organizing
  144. 5.28: Outcome- Drafting
  145. 5.29: Text- Using an Outline to Write a Paper
  146. 5.30: Text- Crappy First Drafts
  147. 5.31: Text- Time Management for College Writers
  148. 5.32: Self Check- Drafting
  149. 5.33: Try It- Drafting
  150. 5.34: Outcome- Revising
  151. 5.35: Text- Respond and Redraft
  152. 5.36: Text- Higher Order Concerns
  153. 5.37: Self Check- Revising
  154. 5.38: Try It- Revising
  155. 5.39: Outcome- Proofreading
  156. 5.40: Text- Lower-Order Concerns
  157. 5.41: Video- The Change-Up Method
  158. 5.42: Text- Proofreading Strategies
  159. 5.43: Self Check- Proofreading
  160. 5.44: Try It- Proofreading
  161. 5.45: Putting It Together- Writing Process
  162. 5.46: Assignment- Personal Analysis Essay
  163. 5.47: Assignment- Topic Selection
  164. 5.48: Assignment- Prewriting
  165. 5.49: Assignment- Finding Evidence
  166. 5.50: Assignment- Organizing
  167. 5.51: Assignment- Drafting
  168. 5.52: Assignment- Revising
  169. 5.53: Assignment- Proofreading
  170. 06: Module 4- Research
  171. 6.01: Why It Matters- Research
  172. 6.02: Performance Assessment- Personal Analysis Essay Revision
  173. 6.03: Outcome- Finding Sources
  174. 6.04: Text- Preliminary Research Strategies
  175. 6.05: Video- Level Up Your Google Game
  176. 6.06: Text- Intermediate Research Strategies
  177. 6.07: Video- Google Scholar
  178. 6.08: Video- Advanced Search Strategies
  179. 6.09: Reading- How to Search in a Database
  180. 6.10: Self Check- Finding Sources
  181. 6.11: Try It- Finding Sources
  182. 6.12: Outcome- Source Analysis
  183. 6.13: Text- Evaluating Sources
  184. 6.14: Video- Tools for Evaluating Sources
  185. 6.15: Text- Using Sources in Your Paper
  186. 6.16: Self Check- Writing Ethically
  187. 6.17: Outcome- Writing Ethically
  188. 6.18: Self Check- Source Analysis
  189. 6.19: Try It- Source Analysis
  190. 6.20: Video- Using Multiple Sources
  191. 6.21: Text- Academic Dishonesty
  192. 6.22: Text- Defining Plagiarism
  193. 6.23: Text- Avoiding Plagiarism
  194. 6.24: Try It- Writing Ethically
  195. 6.25: Outcome- MLA Documentation
  196. 6.26: Text- Introduction to MLA Documentation
  197. 6.27: Text- MLA Document Formatting
  198. 6.28: Text- MLA Works Cited
  199. 6.29: Video- Creating MLA Citations
  200. 6.30: Text- MLA In-Text Citations
  201. 6.31: Self Check- MLA Documentation
  202. 6.32: Try It- MLA Documentation
  203. 6.33: Putting It Together- Research
  204. 6.34: Assignment- Personal Analysis Essay Revision
  205. 6.35: Assignment- Finding Sources
  206. 6.36: Assignment- Source Analysis
  207. 6.37: Assignment- Writing Ethically
  208. 6.38: Assignment- MLA Documentation
  209. 07: Module 5- Grammar
  210. 7.01: Why It Matters- Grammar
  211. 7.02: Outcome- Nouns
  212. 7.03: Text- Function of Nouns
  213. 7.04: Text- Regular Plural Nouns
  214. 7.05: Text- Irregular Plural Nouns
  215. 7.06: Text- Count vs. Non-Count Nouns
  216. 7.07: Text- Compound Nouns
  217. 7.08: Self Check- Nouns
  218. 7.09: Try It- Nouns
  219. 7.10: Outcome- Pronouns
  220. 7.11: Text- Pronouns
  221. 7.12: Text- Pronoun Person Number and Case
  222. 7.13: Text- Antecedent Clarity
  223. 7.14: Text- Antecedent Agreement
  224. 7.15: Self Check- Pronouns
  225. 7.16: Try It- Pronouns
  226. 7.17: Outcome- Verbs
  227. 7.18: Text- Active Verbs
  228. 7.19: Text- Linking Verbs
  229. 7.20: Text- Helping Verbs
  230. 7.21: Text- Verb Tenses
  231. 7.22: Text- Subject and Verb Agreement
  232. 7.23: Text- Verb Tense Consistency
  233. 7.24: Text- Non-Finite Verbs
  234. 7.25: Self Check- Verbs
  235. 7.26: Try It- Verbs
  236. 7.27: Outcome- Adjectives and Adverbs
  237. 7.28: Text- Functions of Adjectives
  238. 7.29: Text- Functions of Adverbs
  239. 7.30: Text- Differences between Adjectives and Adverbs
  240. 7.31: Text- Common Mistakes with Adjectives and Adverbs
  241. 7.32: Self Check- Adjectives and Adverbs
  242. 7.33: Try It- Adjectives and Adverbs
  243. 7.34: Outcome- Other Parts of Speech
  244. 7.35: Text- Conjunctions
  245. 7.36: Text- Prepositions
  246. 7.37: Text- Articles
  247. 7.38: Self Check- Other Parts of Speech
  248. 7.39: Try It- Other Parts of Speech
  249. 7.40: Outcome- Punctuation
  250. 7.41: Text- End Punctuation
  251. 7.42: Text- Commas
  252. 7.43: Text- Semicolons
  253. 7.44: Text- Colons
  254. 7.45: Text- Hyphens and Dashes
  255. 7.46: Text- Apostrophes
  256. 7.47: Text- Quotation Marks
  257. 7.48: Text- Brackets
  258. 7.49: Text- Ellipses
  259. 7.50: Text- Parentheses
  260. 7.51: Self Check- Punctuation
  261. 7.52: Try It- Punctuation
  262. 7.53: Outcome- Sentence Structure
  263. 7.54: Text- Basic Parts of a Sentence
  264. 7.55: Text- Common Sentence Structures
  265. 7.56: Text- Sentence Punctuation Patterns
  266. 7.57: Text- Run-on Sentences
  267. 7.58: Text- Sentence Fragments
  268. 7.59: Text- Parallel Structure
  269. 7.60: Self Check- Sentence Structure
  270. 7.61: Try It- Sentence Structure
  271. 7.62: Outcome- Voice
  272. 7.63: Text- Active and Passive Voice
  273. 7.64: Text- Using the Passive Voice
  274. 7.65: Self Check- Voice
  275. 7.66: Try It- Voice
  276. 7.67: Putting It Together- Grammar