Study Skills enables students to develop metacognitive awareness, learning strategies, critical-thinking skills, andproblem-solving skills to enhance their performance in both academic and nonacademic endeavors. Activitiesaddress time management and organizational skills; memory skills for acquiring, storing, and retrievinginformation; test taking skills and strategies for linking new information with prior knowledge; various note-takingstrategies; successful oral and written communication; and effective integration of creativity and logicalreasoning in completing projects and tasks. Students also become familiar with organization and integration oftablets as they study. Required in 6th grade Paired with Writing Workshop 6 ½ summer session; ½ MS credit Writing Workshop 6 provides an integrated and sequential approach to the introduction and reinforcement of word study skills, grammar, and composition skills. The course specifically addresses grammar, usage, and syntax of standard written English. The course addresses the five writing standards identified in research as integral to developmental growth in the complexity of knowledge, skills, and strategies to be expected for college readiness: (1) rhetorical analysis and planning; (2) generating content; (3) drafting; (4) evaluating and revising texts; and (5) editing to present technically sound texts. These fundamental skills in written communication are developed incrementally in middle school and further refined in high school courses. Required in 6th grade Paired with Study Skills ½ summer session; ½ MS credit