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Assistant Professor
Developmental English
Northern Virginia Community College

 
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Laura S. Young
Developmental English
NVCC-Loudoun
703-948-7715
lyoung@nvcc.edu   

Last Revised Jan. 6, 2012
   
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


   
Welcome

Within this site you will find my course syllabi, materials and valuable learning resources. If you are in one of my classes, click on the appropriate link on the left side of this page to enter your class syllabus, or click on the "Blackboard Entry" above to enter a Blackboard course. The links on the right side of the page will take you to some valuable resources.

My reading and writing classes will help you to:

  • identify the main ideas and supporting details of written material from a variety of subject areas and formats
  • paraphrase and summarize
  • distinguish fact from opinion and recognize bias
  • draw conclusions from supporting material
  • identify common writing patterns including illustration, chronological, comparison/contrast, definition, cause/effect, and classification
  • improve and enrich vocabulary
  • respond to a variety of written material
  • develop critical thinking skills
  • identify parts of speech
  • identify and correct sentence problems
  • identify and compose sentences containing various sentence patterns
  • write paragraphs that contain topic sentences and sufficient development
  • write multiparagraph essays with focus on main ideas and adequate and relevant support

 
 
  
Reading & Writing Resources