CFELA 10 — College Focus ELA
The College Focus: Reading and Writing course has been designed to prepare high school seniors for an introductory college-level course, as well as for the CUNY placement exams in reading and writing. It is offered to students who, based on their Regents and/or SAT scores, are on-track for high school graduation but are not qualified for college-level work. Without an early intervention, they are likely to need remedial education at CUNY. By asking the question, 'Why Do People Do What They Do?' and reading nonfiction texts which strive to answer this question through the discipline of psychology, students will become active and engaged readers as well as stronger critical thinkers. Working within a Psychology framework, students improve their reading comprehension and critical writing skills. At the end of the 60-hour course, students take the CUNY Assessment Tests in Reading and Writing to determine eligibility for credit-bearing college courses.