High School Reading and Argument Analysis: Free Course

About this course

Study High School Reading and Argument Analysis in this free English video course from Khan Academy. The classroom preserves all 10 published source recordings, totaling approximately 44m, with their original lesson titles and sequence. The selected curriculum focuses on language analysis, evidence and clear written explanation. Use the videos to follow an explanation, examine an example and develop a study output you can check independently. The course title describes this recorded subject or learning track; your study can extend beyond watching through the practical activities below.

Course at a glance

What you’ll learn

• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Rhetorical devices and appeals”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Analyzing the presentation of ideas”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Identifying "hidden" viewpoints”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Similarities and differences: primary and secondary sources”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Connect examples across High School Reading and Argument Analysis by identifying the terms, assumptions and methods they use.
• Create a small independent practice output and check it against the relevant teaching explanation.

Skills you’ll gain

• Language analysis
• Text evidence
• Grammar reasoning
• Clear writing

Course Overview

The source curriculum is presented as a complete recorded video edition of High School Reading and Argument Analysis. Representative lessons include “Rhetorical devices and appeals”, “Identifying "hidden" viewpoints” and “Supporting an inference with logical reasoning and evidence”. These recordings give concrete examples to revisit while building language analysis, evidence and clear written explanation. Their place in the lesson list is preserved, so you can return to a particular explanation without losing its source position. Introductions, demonstrations, examples, reviews and compilations remain included whenever they appear in the original playlist. Reading a lesson title is useful for locating a topic; working through its reasoning and checking a practice attempt is what makes the recording valuable for learning.

How to study the course

• Videos 1–2: this part of the source list includes “Rhetorical devices and appeals” through “Choosing the best text evidence”. Identify the relevant feature of a sentence or passage. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 3–5: this part of the source list includes “Analyzing the presentation of ideas” through “Identifying "hidden" viewpoints”. Connect an interpretation with textual evidence. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 6–7: this part of the source list includes “Analyzing visual evidence (and vampires)” through “Similarities and differences: primary and secondary sources”. Compare examples that use a similar rule differently. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 8–10: this part of the source list includes “Similarities and differences: different accounts of the same topic” through “Supporting an inference with logical reasoning and evidence”. Revise a sentence or explanation for clarity. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.

Who is this for?

This course suits English-language learners, students and teachers studying the specific reading or grammar topic. It also provides a recorded reference for revisiting a topic after an earlier lesson or study attempt. Choose examples appropriate to your background and allow time to work through the method instead of judging understanding only by how familiar the terminology sounds.

Before you start

Comfort with everyday written English is helpful. Choose short practice texts appropriate to your level and keep notes on the examples you analyze.

Put the lessons into practice

Choose a short appropriate passage or write a small set of original sentences. Apply the reading or grammar methods demonstrated in the course. Explain a decision using a specific feature of the text rather than relying only on a remembered rule. Revise one example and describe how the change affects its meaning or clarity. Keep a small collection of contrasting examples, including one that initially caused confusion. Return to the relevant recording and write a clear explanation of the distinction you now understand.

This optional study activity is provided by WikiFree for independent practice. Keep your working notes and use the relevant classroom recording to check a step, definition or interpretation. It is not an instructor-marked assignment.

Certificate / Assessment

Watching the public videos and using WikiFree completion tracking does not award a certificate, academic credit, an examination voucher or instructor assessment. Use your practice output to review what you can explain and repeat independently. The recorded lessons provide study material; completion tracking records your progress through that material.

Frequently asked questions

Provider: Khan Academy. Videos play from the Khan Academy channel on YouTube.