Reading 4
Outcome
Read with a Purpose
Students will identify their reading
purpose for complex texts and prepare for
it using a range of pre-reading strategies.
Skills
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Fluent Reading
Students will recognize, define and use the
meanings of a range of words and phrases
found in complex, dense, and specialized
texts
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Strategic Reading
Students will develop a range of complex
strategies to monitor and enhance
comprehension
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Use prereading strategies such as
previewing, asking questions, and
predicting that are appropriate to the
reading level and content.
Make sure your reading fills your needs,
level, and goal.
Increase the depth of your
understanding of academic vocabulary
and appreciate subtle differences in
meaning by reading a variety of texts.
Understand and interpret idioms,
expressions, and figurative language.
Examine your knowledge and develop
critical thinking skills
Think about what you already know
during the reading process to better
understand what you are reading.
Understand and manage your reading
environment
Figure out how to pronounce and
understand words by using knowledge of
roots, prefixes, and suffixes
Use the pronunciation information in a
dictionary or glossary.
Use context to figure out unknown
words.
Distinguish between connotative and
denotative meanings.
Use a college dictionary or thesaurus,
identifying the appropriate definition
and/or using etymological information.
Assignments
Assessment
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Analytical and Critical Reading
Students will locate, analyze, and critique
stated and implied information, arguments,
and themes in complex or dense texts
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Use text format and features.
Identify how facts/ideas are organized.
Scan/skim
Ask and answer higher-order questions
to guide/assess reading.
Make inferences
Break long sentences into phrases and
think about their meaning.
Mark texts and/or make notes.
Organize notes and/or make own
graphic organizer/text map.
Write a summary to check
understanding.
Discuss with others.
Research other interpretations.
Find and interpret information in
complex, tables, graphs, and diagrams.
Locate specific information in a lengthy
or dense source.
Interpret political cartoons depicting
current or historical people and events.
Find the main idea and implied main
idea and related details.
Write a summary using the author’s
main points
Understand how writers use cause and
effect, problem and solution, and other
organizational patterns.
Identify and distinguish between fact
and opinion.
Identify the enduring issue and make
connections between ideas, events, and
people.
Name and use metaphor, simile,
hyperbole, understatement, and
personification.
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Students will make complex connections
between lengthy or multiple complex or
dense texts and/or real life in order to
address the reading purpose
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Study Skills
Students will demonstrate the use of study
skills and classroom behavior appropriate
in an American college setting.
Computer Skills and Technology
Students will use technology in their lives,
work, and academic settings.
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Identify the cultural, personal, and/or
historical influences on the writing,
providing evidence.
Determine if the information is relevant
or not.
Agree or disagree with an
idea/argument or theme and explain
reasoning.
Compare and contrast
people/characters/events in different
texts.
Combine, compare, contrast, and/or
critique ideas/arguments or themes in
different texts.
Synthesize information.
Come on time, stay for the whole class
period, and leave on time.
Do assigned homework
Communicate with the instructor
Take notes
Participate actively in class activities
Use outside tutoring resources
Become familiar with campus resources
Develop test taking skills and strategies, such
as for the college placement test.
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Use email to communicate
Practice keyboarding skills
Use the portal and wiki
Use word processing software
Make use of additional presentation
software such as Microsoft PowerPoint
or Publisher