A focus of this class is writing English essays. To improve their writing skills students will learn how to vary sentence structure, compose paragraphs effectively, improve logic flow, and develop effective conclusions as well as introductions. Vocabulary building for writing is emphasized. Students in this class are required to dedicate time to reading, especially to non-fiction passages. Students will practice comparing and contrasting texts. Students will learn how to make inferences, read context clues, and read to learn information. We provide teaching and encourage students for reading and write about various stories. In each of the lessons, students will receive vocabulary lessons, learn about grammar, practice reading different types of literature, and learn skills to become good writers.

This is a sample of Reading Comprehension from this course
Reading paragraph ;- The Best Dancer
Annabelle was the school’s best dancer, something she reminded Taylor, Laura, and even five‐year‐old Christina of every day. “Mrs. Coolidge says I’m very gifted,” she said, elongating the word “gifted” until it seemed to have three syllables instead of two. “She says I’ll probably be a principal dancer at one of the world’s most elite theaters.”
Mrs. Coolidge had said these things, yes, but she had said them to a number of students in need of inspiration as encouragement. “Getting inspired” was something Mrs. Coolidge thought was very important. Annabelle, she believed, was inspired, but inspired to win, to outdo, to beat everyone else. Mrs. Coolidge would prefer it if Annabelle simply liked to dance.
“Students! Students!” Mrs. Coolidge called to the small gaggle of girls surrounding Annabelle. “I’d like to introduce you to our newest student, Sally. Sally is a most talented and gifted student. I hope you’ll all take the time to greet her warmly.”
Annabelle looked at Sally with lowered brows. Sally didn’t have a dancer’s body: she was short, with legs that looked bowed, like they belonged to a frog instead of an eleven‐year‐old girl. Annabelle smirked. This girl would be no competition for Annabelle and her graceful, gifted performances.
In the following weeks, however, it became clear that Annabelle had grossly underestimated Sally’s dancing abilities. In fact, Sally was not just a gifted dancer, but Sally was an incredibly gifted dancer. She leapt and twirled and bowed and moved in ways Annabelle hadn’t imagined possible forsuch a short girl. And to top it off, Sally was a nice girl. She didn’t brag,she didn’t rub her talent in her classmates’ faces, and she neversaid no to helping one of the younger girlslearn a new dance move. She wasfunny,she wassmart, and everyone liked her.
Annabelle was furious. Auditions for the lead of the school ballet were only three weeks away, and she was nearly positive that Sally would snatch the part right from underneath her. And so Annabelle devised a plan.
It was a well‐known fact that Sally liked cake. In fact, Annabelle wondered how someone so little could eat so much. And yet, Sally managed to eat one‐third of a triple chocolate fudge cake every single day. “Cake,” Annabelle told herself, “is Sally’s weakness.”
On the morning of the audition, Annabelle filled a small paper bag with earthworms. There were four of them: big, juicy brown worms that she found sunning themselves on the sidewalk after the previous evening’s rain. She felt them wriggle and twist in her hand as she placed them in the bag. She arrived at school just after Sally, and placed the paper bag in her locker.
Mrs. Coolidge nodded yes, and continued to talk about the importance of stretching. Annabelle hurried to her locker. She reached up to the top shelf, but the small bag was missing. She began to look frantically through the locker. She shook out her jacket, pulled out her bag, and emptied her pencil case. The worms were gone.
Annabelle walked back to her class stiffly. She wasn’t sure what to make of this development. The worms couldn’t have walked away. She frowned. Had someone seen her collecting the worms?
By the time Annabelle returned to class, it was time for auditions. Annabelle would perform first. She had prepared a beautiful piece in which she slid across the stage on her toes, emulating a flowering tulip.
Annabelle was midway through her performance when she felt something warm and sticky land on her right shoulder. A few moments later, she felt another drop on her head, and then again on her left shoulder. She looked down. The earthworms she had collected in the morning were draped across her shoulders. She could feel the third earthworm dangling from her ear like some misshapen earring. Annabelle looked up, and from the rafter she saw Sally holding the small brown paper bag.
Sally winked at her. “Nice try,” she mouthed. Sally got the lead that year.

In this Reading Comprehension you will get the multiple-choice questions (MCQ) and Answer solution type questions.

A sample of MCQ type question on this RC.

Annabelle devises a plan that somehow involves a bag of earthworms and Sally. What motivates Annabelle’s actions?
A She wants to stop Sally from getting the lead part in the school ballet.
B She wants to prove that she is a more gifted ballet dancer than Sally.
C She wants to get the other ballet students to stop liking Sally so much.
D She wants Mrs. Coolidge to think that Sally is dirty and gross.
Answer ;- A.

Question/Answer type question on this RC.
Que“Annabelle and Sally are more similar than they seem at the beginning of the story.” Explain whether this statement is accurate or not. Support your answer using information from the story.
Suggested answer: Answers may vary and should be supported by the story. Example: “The statement that Annabelle and Sally are more similar than they seem at the beginning of the story is accurate. At the beginning of the story, it seems like Annabelle is boastful and competitive, while Sally is modest and helps other students with their dancing. At the end of the story, Sally drops worms on Annabelle during her audition. This shows that Sally is like Annabelle, in that they are both competitive, they both want the lead role, and they are both willing to mess up the other’s audition.” Ans;- The Cyclops was willing to help Zeus and give him weapons because he freed them from the underworld.