N E I U
T H E
SPRING 2011
R E A D I N G
R E A D
D E V E L O P M E N T
P R O G R A M
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Vocabulary Enrichment
Gary Packard
WEB SITE: http://www.neiu.edu/~gspackar/index.html (Accessible through Blackboard)
OFFICE: LIB 412
HOURS: MW 10-10:50 & T 11-12, or by appointment
X5446
g-packard@neiu.edu
READ these common sense issues (available in detail on Course site > FAQs):
Attendance/tardiness: If you are often absent or tardy to this class, you simply will not pass the course.
Success: You are responsible for your success in this class; I am not.
Maturity: This is not high school. Act like an adult, and I will treat you like an adult.
- Participation in class is required.
Mobile devices: I confiscate phones. They can be retrieved from my office.
Incomplete work: Work not completed = z e r o.
Food, candy, chips, etc: DO NOT EAT in class. DRINKS are fine.
Plagiarism: If you let someone COPY your course work, you will both be kicked out of the class.
In-class grading: If in-class switching/grading of assignments/tests insults you or compromises your privacy,
please make arrangements to come to my office, and we will grade your work together.
Email: This is professional communication with someone assigning you a grade.
Do it grammatically correctly. Otherwise, it will be IGNORED.
Course Purpose
Techniques to increase your comprehension of unfamiliar vocabulary
 Contextual and Structural analysis of unfamiliar vocabulary
 Parts of speech identification to improve contextual analysis skills
 Expanded vocabulary by rote usage of Latin & Greek derivatives
 Expository note-taking and comprehension
 Dictionary comprehension and usage
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RequIred Books & MaterIals
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 Levine, Harold. Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student
Webster's New World Compact School & Office Dictionary, 4th Ed
 My Reading Lab ACCESS CODE (see course web site)
 Inexpensive stapler
 Other materials & documents are supplied by course web site
FINAL GRADE IS BASED ON:
Attendance, participation, attitude,
conduct……30%
SEE POLICY (course site > FAQs)
Blog………….………………………..…..20%
Assignments & quizzes…………….…...50%
An ‘A’ average on assignments DOES NOT guarantee an ‘A’ grade for this course.
GRADING IS BASED ON POINTS SYSTEM (IE: 97% grade = 97 points).
POINT VALUES:
My Reading Lab: 1000 points
Exercises & assignments: 3000
points
Quizzes: 1600 points
Final: 200 points
FINAL GRADES:
A = 5220 - 5800 points
B = 4640 - 5219 points
C = 4060 - 4639 points
D = 3538 - 4059 points
F = 3537 points & below
APRIL 1, 2011 IS THE DEADLINE FOR DROPPING A SPRING 2011COURSE.
R E A D 117
Weeks One /
Two
Week Three
General Course Schedule
Course web site questionnaire; Course & Text Orientation; Dictionary Orientation;
Mnemonics
Content-area Expository Note-taking Skills & Summarization, Parts of Speech.
Dictionary Exercise; My Reading Lab 1
Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student (VCBS), BLOG Assignment explained
Chap 4 Exercises, Quizzes
My Reading Lab 2
Week Four
Week Five
Chap 4 ~ Words Derived from Greek
My Reading Lab 3
VCBS Chap4 ~ Words Derived from Greek; Chap 4 Quizzes, pp. 107-122
My Reading Lab 4
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Eleven
VCBS Chap 4 ~ Words Derived from Greek; Chap 4 Quizzes, pp. 122-145
My Reading Lab 5
Greek; Chapter 4 Reviews & Quizzes
Cross-chapter worksheet
My Reading Lab 6
VCBS Chap 5 ~ REVIEWS, Words Derived from Latin
My Reading Lab 7
Chap 5 Quizzes, pp. 146-154
Cross-chapter worksheet
My Reading Lab 8
Chap 5 ~ Quizzes, Words Derived from Latin
My Reading Lab 9
Chap 5 ~ Words Derived from Latin; Chap 5 Quizzes, pp. 154-176
My Reading Lab 10
Week Twelve
Week Thirteen
Chap 5 ~REVIEWS, Quizzes, Words Derived from Latin
Chap 5 Quizzes, pp. 176-202
Cross-chapter worksheet
Week Fourteen
Week Fifteen
Review of Chapters 2, 4, & 5; Overflow
Cumulative Final Exam