Walter Payton College Prep

English

• be able to create effective, sophisticated, and original pieces of writing for a variety of academic and non-academic audiences and occasions
• be capable of analyzing and evaluating the rhetorical structure of a variety of texts independently
• have a vast collegiate vocabulary and literacy in academic language
• be critical consumers of information and media
• feel confident about their ability to write, speak, listen, read, and think in any situation they may encounter in the academic world, the workplace, and the world outside those institutions
• be capable of achieving whatever goals they set for themselves
• love reading and enjoy the writing process
• be actively engaged in their worlds, individually, at home, at work, and in their communities
• be aware, tolerant, respectful, and understanding of other people
• know who they are
• be leaders

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