Reading Level 6
Course ELRDX706
Summer 2012
Instructor:
Christina Andrade
Instructor
Contact:
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Facebook: facebook.com/christina.embassy
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Class
Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-2:30
Room: SH
116/SCST 133
Required
Materials:
1.
From
Reading to Writing 4
*available at the USD bookstore
2. Coraline the graphic
novel
*available at the USD bookstore
*You must buy your books and bring them class by Tuesday
6/26. This is worth 10% of your grade!
Course
Goals
This course prepares students for
college-level reading. This course
offers intensive practice in critical reading and thinking. In particular, students will learn to identify main ideas, develop strategies for vocabulary development
through the use of context cues, analyze structural components of texts, and extend
their comprehension of the reading materials through classroom discussions,
online research, group work, journal entries, and apply the knowledge derived
from these in their writing. When
possible, reading passages will link to topics covered in Writing 6.
If I do my job well, by the end of this course students will be
able to:
·
Critically
analyze texts for purpose and source
·
Comfortably
read a variety of authentic texts from news stories, to academic articles, to
novels
·
Complete
the reading of an entire English novel
·
View
reading as an enjoyable activity
Course
Objectives
1.
Build
vocabulary through critical analysis of texts
2.
Summarize
and interpret reading passages by thinking critically and engaging in effective
group work through discussions that deepen thinking by encouraging different
viewpoints
3.
Analyze
and evaluate arguments presented by the authors and engage in cross-cultural
discussions
4.
Gather,
evaluate, organize, and interpret information from a variety of genres
Student
Learning Outcomes
1.
Student can summarize the main ideas
of a text 1000-1200 words
2.
Students can infer meaning from
various texts
3.
Students can analyze and evaluate
author’s argument
4.
Student identifies contextual meaning
of most key words in text including some high-level academic vocabulary
Classroom
Expectations
Students are
expected to come to class on time, prepared and ready to participate.
This means:
1.
Do not come to class late.
2.
Come to class with your homework
completed.
3.
Bring your textbook and novel to class
with you every day.
4.
Bring your notebook and pen with you
every day.
5.
Be *engaged*.
Engaged
(adjective) = interested and excited to participate
*Engagement*
is a very important word to Christina. Did you notice it is even in the title
of the textbook for this course? You will hear it all the time. Learn it, live
it, love it J
Attendance
Policy
My attendance policy is simple: Come to
class!
If you come to class regularly,
Christina will like you and you will learn.
If you must miss a class, please tell
Christina before the class you are going to miss.
You can contact Christina in person, by email
or by Facebook (so easy, right?)
Students are required by the US government to
have a minimum of 80% attendance.
If you are more than 10 minutes late to
class, you will be marked absent. This will make Christina very sad. L
Do you think attendance is important to
Christina???
Grading
System
10% Purchase
the books by 6/26/12
25% Weekly
News in the Real World Assignments
25% Homework
40% Coraline
“Book Club” Shared Reading Experience Assignments
Late
assignments cannot be accepted
**Please notice that the majority of your final
grade comes simply from coming to class prepared and participating. Your
attendance and participation is very important to me!
Cheating
Policy
Any student
caught cheating will immediately fail that assignment.
Any student
caught cheating three or more times will fail the class.
Course Assignments
News in the Real
World (NRW)-Oral Summary
Each weekend you will be asked to follow what’s happening
out there in the real world. You can follow the news on any medium you like
(TV, newspaper, internet, radio, etc.). There is no limit on topic, as long as
you find it interesting. On Tuesdays you will share one interesting news story
with your classmates. Your group presentation will include a short oral summary
of the news article (1-2 minutes). You must also teach your classmates one
“bling bling” vocabulary word that you learned from the news story.
Book Club
Over the course of this semester we will be reading an
entire English novel. Once a week we will try to include a book club activity.
These activities may include silent reading time, group discussions, journaling
or other creative engagement assignments. The purpose of this time is to ensure
that we all stay on target in our novel reading experience. Your teacher has
carefully selected a novel that she hopes will be meaningful and interesting
for you.
Homework
Homework will often be assigned from the required textbook.
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