GUST 0342 Developmental Reading II
Learning Outcomes
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Students will use context clues in multi-paragraph reading selections to determine the meaning
of unfamiliar words and phrases and to determine meanings of words with multiple meanings.
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Students will interpret the meanings of similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole and other
figurative expressions in multi-paragraph reading selections.
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Students will identify/infer stated and implied main ideas in multi-paragraph narrative and
expository reading selections and can analyze these selections for supporting details that best
support specific elements of the passage.
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Students will infer the mood a writer is attempting to evoke, the audience to whom the writer is
directing his/her writing and the tone expressed by the writer in multi-paragraph reading
selections.
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Students will analyze the relationships of ideas in written material, make inferences and draw
conclusions from multi-paragraph reading selections.
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Students will determine the issue, major arguments pro and con and the writer’s position on the
issue in multi-paragraph reading selections which present opposing views on an issue.
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Students will be able to identify problems and possible solutions and evaluate the viability of the
possible solutions.
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Students will be able to distinguish the assumptions basic to the writer’s argument in multiparagraph reading selections.
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Students will evaluate the supporting details of a writer’s argument and determine whether the
details support the writer’s main idea, argument or contention in multi-paragraph reading
selections.
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Students will be able to assess the overall logic and credibility of a writer’s argument in multiparagraph reading selections.
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Students will apply study skills to multi-paragraph reading assignments through outlining the
material, interpreting and preparing notes from the material, summarizing the material,
interpreting information in graphic form and demonstrating an understanding of written
directions.
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