BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
AESL 103.B01 Fall 2009
***Each Monday, Pleasure reading journals and each Friday Lilith Summer Summaries are due.
Week of Course
More Reading Power
Lilith
Summer
Week 1 – Aug 26
Aug 28
Week 2 – Aug 31
Sept 2
Sept 4
NO CLASS Sept. 7
Week 3 – Sept 9
Sept 11
Week 4 - Sept. 14
Course Syllabus
Writing Assignments/
Homework
Introductory Activities
p. vi, vii, viii Part 1 p. 2
Introduce Reading for Pleasure- “Good
Morning”
Introduce Unit 1 Previewing p. 16-18 ex
1&2, Guidelines p. 19,
pp..20-21 ex 3
p. vi,vii,viii Part 1 p. 2
Read “The Necklace” and do the 10
multiple choice.
Read pp. 7-8 pleasure reading
pp. 22-ex 4 p. 24 ex 5
Library visit for pleasure book selection
Hand out Pleasure reading packet.
Introduce Unit 2 – Scanning p. 25-33.
example and ex 1-2
Introduce Part 3Thinking Skills pp.159-162
work as a group, pp. 162-163 1-5 individually
then compare.
Unit 2 pp.34-37 ex 5&6
Give163-164
out Lilith
book.
pp.
do summer
items 6-10.
p.23-24 ex 5,
TS pp.163-164 do items 6,7
Unit 2 – Scanning p. 30-31. ex 3
Introduce Unit 3 Skimming p, 38-39, pp.40-41
ex 1.
Read pp. 16.
Read p.25 and The Necklace
again
Read pp. 38-39
pp. 160-161 do ex, a-c
.
Service project reading
Unit 3:pp. 38-39 –Read about
Skimming
TS pp. 163-164 do items 6-10
Complete spider G.O.
Linn Lisher
Tests, Quizzes
9/16
9/18
Week 5 - Sept. 21
9/23
9/25
TS pp.163-164 do items 8,9
Skimming pp.42-43 ex 2.
Scanning p. 34-35. ex 5
Part 4 Introduce Reading Faster pp. 182-184,
pp. 185-186.
R.F passage
1 p.191-192
Introduce
Writing
a Summary
Unitpp.163-164
3 pp.44 ex 3do item 10
TS
R.F passage 2 p.193-194
Unit 3 pp.47-50 ex 5
Hand out Lilith Summer .
Unit 4, pp. 56-59 ex 4-6,7
Write a Summary
R.F passage p. 195-200
Introduce Unit 4- Vocabulary p. 53.
pp. 54-58 ex 1,5
Scanning p. 36-37. ex 6
Hand out LS vocabulary list
TS pp.163-164 do item 11-15
Introduce Unit 4- Pronouns p. 60.
and Synonyms p. 62 . pp. 60-64 Do
ex 8
Lilith
Unit 4, pp. 55,56,58 ex 2,3,6
Do ex 10, 12.
pp. 1-11
Part 3:pp. 164-165 Items11-15
pp. 56-57 ex 3.4. p. 59 ex 7
Inferences p. 65-66
Week 6 - Sept. 28
9/30
R.F passage p. 201-206
Unit 5 – Making Inferences p. 65
p. 67 ex 1&2 pp. 69-75 ex 5,6,7
10/2
Lilith
Unit 4 Ex 9,11
Unit 5 ex 3,4,7
pp.12-23
Part 3: pp. 165-166 items 16-20
MRP Test 1
Week 7 – Oct. 5
R.F passage p. 207-212
Introduce Unit 6 – Finding Topics p. 79
pp.79-83 ex 1,3,5,6.
Unit 5 ex 8, Unit 6 ex 2& 4
10/7
10/9
pp.166-167 items 21-25
Test - Lilith 1-4
Week 8 - Oct. 12
Mid-term Grades Due Unit 7 – Discovering Topics of Paragraphs
10/14
10/16
Week 9 - Oct. 19
10/21
pp.24-38
Unit 7 – Discovering Topics of Paragraphs - p.
85 ex1, p. 86-87 examples, p. 89 example, p. 92
example, pp. 74 ex8,
TS pp.169-170 36-40
MRP pp. 77-78 ex 10,11 pp. 8789 ex 2,3, pp. 90-91, ex 4,5 pp.
92-93 ex 6
AARP Reading/Writing Assignment Due
10/23
MRP Test 2
pp.39-50
Week 10 - Oct. 26
Topics Unit 8 – Understanding Main
Ideas, pp. 96-97 example, MRP pp. 7778 ex 10,11 pp. 87-89 ex 2,3, pp. 9091, ex 4,5 pp. 92 example, Introduce
Main ideas pp. 96-97, TS pp.169-170
36-40
pp. 92-93 ex 6-8, pp.98-100 ex
1-2, Signal words p. 109
example, pp.110-111 ex 1 Give
this a try.
10/28
Unit 9 - Patterns of Organization pp.
107-109 examples, pp. 92-93 ex 6,7,8,
pp. 100-103 ex 3-4, pp. 111-113
ex 2-3, pp. 171-172 ex 41-45
pp.98-100 ex 1-2, pp. 110 -111 ex 1.
pp. 169-170 ex 36-40
10/30
Week 11 –Nov. 2 - 6 Unit 9 - Patterns of Organization
Last day to withdraw
11/3
Test - Lilith 5-8
No Lilith
Week 12 - Nov. 9 - 13 Unit 9 - Patterns of Organization
pp.51 -66
Week 13 - Nov. 16 - 20 R.F passage p. 243-248
Unit 9 - Patterns of Organization
Test Units 6 & 7
pp. 67 -81
Test – Lilith 9-12
Week 14 - Nov. 23
NO CLASS Nov. 25-27
Week 1 5 - Nov. 30 –
Dec 4
Unit 10 - Summarizing
Pleasure Reading Report
Due
pp.82 -93
Week 16 – Dec. 7 11
Pleasure Book Oral Reports
pp. 94 108
FINAL EXAM
Week 17 – Dec. 14
LAST DAY