The goal of the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) is to prepare college- bound seniors for the literacy demands of higher education. Students in this year-long, rhetoric-based course develop advanced proficiency in expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. This course includes multiple reading selections on a topic, often representing different genres. Course texts include classic and contemporary works – both fiction and non-fiction – of varying lengths from a variety of sources and genres. This course not only satisfies the 4th year high school "a-g" English requirement, but also will address critical areas of the CSU English Placement Test.