English 415
Office Phone: 585-7652
Dr. O’Hora
Office: C 252 C
D 303 TTh 10:25-11:50 (#0294)
Mailbox: D 302
Th 1:00-2:25 (#1025)
Office Hours: MW 11:20-12:05; W 9:35-10:20 am;
W 4-4:45 pm; TTh 9:55-10:25 am; TTh 2:30-3:15 pm
English 415 – Reading Skills
Daily Course Outline – Fall 2012
Textbooks and Supplies
Langan, Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills, 5th ed.
Crocco, Laughter and Chills: Seven Great Stories
Sidney Poitier, The Measure of A Man
Paperback College Dictionary (Webster’s, Random House, American
Heritage, Oxford American, etc. No Longman’s.)
English 415 Reading Record Sheets
Aug. 28-30
~Introduction to Class; RFU Test
~Nelson Denny Test
Sept. 4-6
~Introduction to RFU
~ Introduction to Six Way Paragraph; Bring Laughter and Chills;
*Begin “Ransom of Red Chief”
Sept. 11-13
~Introduction to Lab; Introduction to Main Idea; *Read and discuss
“Ransom of Red Chief”
~ Introduction to Reading Detective; *** Journal due on “Ransom”
Sept. 18-20
~Continue Reading Detective; Introduction to Chapter 1
(Dictionary Use); * Begin “Tell-Tale Heart” in Laughter and Chills
~*Ch. 1, Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 54-62); Work on Contracts;
*Read and discuss “Tell-Tale Heart”
Sept. 25-27
~**Chapter 1 Test; Introduction to Chapter 2 (Vocabulary in
Context); *** Journal due on “Tell-Tale Heart”
~Go over Chapter 1 Test; *Ch. 2 Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 91-100);
Bring Poitier, *Read Chapter One, pp. 1-15 (quiz); Introduce
Response Paragraph assignments
Oct. 2-4
~FLEX DAY (no classes)
~**Chapter 2 Test; Work on Contracts; Intro. to Chapter 3 (Main
Ideas); *Read Poitier, Chapter One, pp. 16-30 (quiz) and
***Response Paragraph due
Oct. 9-11
~ Go over Ch. 2 Test; *Ch. 3 Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 132-141)
and read “Winners, Losers, or Just Kids?” pp. 431-433; complete
2
Summarizing ex. pg. 437; *Read Poitier, Chap.Two, pp. 31-46 (quiz)
~**Chapter 3 Test; Introduction to Root Words
Oct. 16-18
~ Introduction to Chapter 4 (Supporting Details); *Read Poitier,
Chapter Three, pp. 47-70 (quiz) and *** Ch. 1 Response Paragraph
Due (Author’s Chair)
~Go over Chapter 3 Test; *Ch. 4, Review Tests, 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 170178) and read “Owen, the Stray Cat,” pp. 439-442 and complete
Outlining exercise on pg. 446-447
~**Test on Chapter 4; Introduction to Chapter 5 (Locations of
Main Ideas); *Read Poitier, Chapter Four, pp. 71-96 (quiz)
Oct. 23-25
~**Test on Chapter 4; Introduction to Chapter 5 (Locations of
Main Ideas); *Read Poitier, Chapter Four, pp. 71-96 (quiz)
~ See In the Heat of the Night film; ***Ch. 3 Response Paragraph due
Oct. 30-Nov. 1~ Go over Chapter 4 Test ; *Chapter 5, Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp.
200-207); *Read “How to Make It in College Now That You’re
Here,” pp. 484-490 and Complete Outlining exercise on pp. 494-95;
*Read Poitier, Chapter Six, pp. 117-137 (quiz)
~**Chapter 5 Test; Introduction to Chapter 6 (Relationships I);
***Ch. 6 Response Paragraph due (Author’s Chair)
Nov. 6-8
~*Chapter 6, Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 240-247) and read “False
Ideas About Reading,” pp. 496-499 and do Outlining exercise on pg.
503; Go over Ch. 5 Test
~* Read Poitier, Chapter Eight, pp. 163-191 (quiz); Discuss “The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Nov. 13-15
~**Chapter 6 Test; Introduce Chapter 7 (Relationships II); Begin
film Sleepy Hollow (Discuss Extra Credit journal); ***Revised
Response Paragraph due (Author’s Chair)
~**Ch. 7, Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 283-293) and read “Childhood
Stress and Resilience,” pp. 516-520 and complete Mapping exercise
on pp. 524; Go over Chapter 6 Test; Finish film Sleepy Hollow
Nov. 20-22
~**Test on Chapter 7; Introduction to Chapter 8 (Inferences);
Assign “This I Believe” Essays and play recordings
~HOLIDAY
Nov. 27-29 ~*Chapter 8, Review Tests 2, 3, & 4 (pp. 331-341); Go over Ch. 7
Test; Play “This I Believe” recordings
~**Chapter 8 Test; Play “This I Believe” recordings
Dec. 4-6
~*** “This I Believe” Essays due; Class Presentations of “This I
3
Believe” Essays
~Nelson/Denny Test; Class Presentations of “This I Believe” Essays
FINAL EXAM MEETING
TTh 10:25-11:50 class
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
TTh 1:00-2:25 class
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
1:00-3:00 p.m.