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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER FOR EACH LECTURE/DISCUSSION
Class Date
Week 1
Topic
Introduction to Class
Getting Started
1/18/2011
and
1/20/2011
Week 2
1/25/2011
and
1/27/2011
Vocabulary Strategies
(Students will use their
knowledge of context clues
and word parts to determine
the meaning of unknown
words).
Reading
Syllabus
Course Information/Calendar
Angel
My Reading Lab
Assignment
Module 1: Getting Started
 Read syllabus and calendar
 Set up MRL account
 MRL: Pretests
 Angel Getting Started Quiz
Module 2: Vocabulary Strategies
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 2
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Quiz 1: Vocabulary
Strategies
Lexile Reading
Module 3: Active Reading Strategies
Active Reading Strategies
Overview
Week 3
2/1/2011
and
2/3/2011
Module 3: Active Reading Strategies
Active Reading
Preview- Survey and
Question
(Students will learn to survey
and question a reading
passage before reading).
Vocabulary Study
Week 4
2/8/2011
and
2/10/2011
Week 5
2/15/2011
and
2/17/2011
Week 6
2/22/2011
and
2/24/2011
During Reading:
Paragraph Essentials
Topic/Main Ideas and
Supporting Details
(Students will map/outline
paragraphs).
Vocabulary Study
During Reading:
Transitions/Writing Patterns
(Students will map passages
according to patterns of
organization).
Post Reading:
Recite and Review
(Students will summarize
readings as a review
method).
Vocabulary Study
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 1
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The World of Words- Chapter 9,
Part I
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 3
The World of Words- Chapter 9,
Part II
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 3
The World of Words- Chapter 9,
Part I and II Review
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 7
The World of Words- Chapter 10,
Part I
Lexile Reading
Vocabulary Ch. 9 part 1
Quiz 2: Active Reading
THEA Practice 1
Practice Reading 1
(Prereading)
Module 4: Paragraph Essentials
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 9 part 2
 Quiz 3: Paragraph Essentials
 THEA Practice 2
 Practice Reading 2 (Mapping)
Module 5: Writing Patterns
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 9 Test
 Quiz 4
 THEA Practice 3
 Practice Reading 3 (Mapping
Patterns)
Module 6: Post Reading
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 10 part 1
 Quiz 5
 THEA Practice 4
 Practice Reading 4
(Summarizing)
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Week 7
3/1/2011
and
3/3/2011
Week 8
3/8/2011
and
3/10/2011
Active Reading:
Putting it all Together!
(Students will apply the SQ3R
comprehension strategy to
longer readings).
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 7
Vocabulary
The World of Words- Chapter 10,
Part II
Midterm Project- Studying
Textbooks
Week 9
3/22/2011
and
3/24/2011
Fact/Opinion
Purpose
(Students will distinguish
between fact and opinion).
Vocabulary Study
Week 10
3/29/2011
and
3/31/2011
Tone /Bias
(Students will analyze a
reading for purpose, tone
and bias).
Vocabulary Study
Week 11
4/5/2011
and
4/7/2011
Week 12
4/12/2011
and
4/14/2011
Module 8: Midterm Project
Project Handouts
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(Students will apply the
comprehension strategies
learned in weeks 1-8 to their
study of a current college
textbook chapter).
Vocabulary Study
Inferences
(Students will make valid
inferences based on details
within a reading).
Midterm Project
Lexile Reading
Vocabulary Ch. 10 Test
The World of Words- Chapter 10
Review
Reading Across the Disciplines
Fact & Opinion pgs. 133-137
Purpose pgs. 137-138
The World of Words- Chapter 11,
Part I
Reading Across the Disciplines
Tone pgs. 140-144
Bias pgs. 144-146
The World of Words- Chapter 11,
Part II
Reading Across the Disciplines Ch. 5
Vocabulary
The World of Words- Chapter 11
Review
Argument: Point and
Support
(Students will identify point
and support in an argument).
Lecture Notes/Handouts
Vocabulary Study
Module 7: Reading to Learn
 Practice Reading 5
 Vocabulary Ch. 10 part 2
 THEA Practice 5 (Outlining
Longer Readings)
 Bring a current college
textbook to class next week
The World of Words- Chapter 12
Part I
Module 9: Fact and Opinion
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 11 part 1
 Quiz 6: Fact and Opinion
 THEA Practice 6
 Practice Reading 6
Module 10: Purpose and Tone
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 11 part 2
 Quiz 7: Purpose and Tone
 THEA Practice 7
 Practice Reading 7
Module 11: Inferences
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 11 Test
 Quiz 8: Inferences
 THEA Practice 8
 Practice Reading 8
Module 12: Argument Basics
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 12 part 1
 Quiz 9: Basics of Argument
 THEA Practice 9
 Practice Reading 9
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Week 13
4/19/2011
and
4/21/2011
Argument: Faulty Logic
(Students will analyze
arguments for faulty logic
and excessive bias).
Vocabulary Study
Week 14
4/26/2011
and
4/28/2011
Lecture Notes/Handouts
The World of Words- Chapter 12
Part II
Critical Reading Practice
Final Review
Vocabulary Study
The World of Words- Chapter 12
Chapter Review
Module 13: Advanced Argument
 Lexile Reading
 Vocabulary Ch. 12 part 2
 Quiz 10: Advanced
Argument
 THEA Practice 10
Module 14: Finishing Touches
 Vocabulary Ch. 12 Test
 Final Review
 Practice Reading 10
Week 15
5/3/2011
and
5/5/2011
Final Review
Week 16
Final Exam
5/10/2011
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