Having a Master's Degree in English and Writing as well as 8 years of experience teaching these subjects, I have discovered ways to help students who need extra help with these topics. Students will listen to a short lecture with my tips and tricks for improving their reading and writing skills before challenging their own critical thinking while reading and writing themselves. Students will also have periods of conversation time where they will interact with myself and other classmates as we discuss a few pieces of literature and short stories in a typical class discussion, mimicking a regular classroom format. In this 90 minute course, students will learn how to close read better, be more descriptive in their writing, become better researchers while citing stronger evidence in their academic papers, and understand better test taking techniques for multiple choice reading based assessments.