BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Reading Fundamentals for International Students
Linn Lisher AESL 083.N01 Fall 2009
Course Syllabus
Writing Assignments/Homework
Week of Course
Reading Power
Great American Stories
Tests/Quizzes
*Pleasure Reading Journals due on
Monday starting on November 2nd.
*Summaries are due on Wednesday of
the following week.
Week 1
Aug. 26 - 28
Introductory Activities
Week 2
Aug. 31 – Sept. 4
Unit 1 – Previewing and Making
Predictions
Introduce Reading for Pleasure
Introduce Portfolio
Unit 1 – Previewing and Making
Predictions
Introduce Thinking in English Skills
Week 3
NO CLASS:
Sept. 7
Sept. 9, 11
Week 4
Sept. 14 - 18
Week 5
Sept. 21-25
Week 6
Sept. 28-Oct. 2
Week 7
Oct. 5 – 9
Week 8
Oct. 12 – 16
Mid-Term
Grades
Week 9
Oct. 19
Oct 21
Oct. 23
Unit 1: p. 29, Ex. 2; p. 31, Exs. 4 & 5; p.
33, Ex. 7
Unit 1: pp. 36-37, Ex. 9.
Thinking Skills: p. 154, Ex. 2
Unit 2 – Introduce Scanning
Unit 3 – Introduce Making Inferences
Introduce Reading Faster Skills
Unit 3 – Making Inferences
Unit 4 – Building a Powerful Vocabulary
Handout Using the Context
Unit 4 – Building a Powerful Vocabulary
“The Gift of the Magi”
by O. Henry
“Love of Life”
by Jack London
“The Story of an Hour”
by Kate Chopin
Unit 5 – Learning to Look for the Topic
Introduce How to Write a Summary
“The Journey to Hanford”
By William Saroyan
RP Test 1
Vocabulary
Test 1
RP Test 2
Library Visit –
Choose pleasure reading book
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
by Edgar Allan Poe
Unit 3: pp. 56-57, Exs. 5, 6, 7, 8
Thinking Skills: pp. 154-156, Exs. 3 & 4
Unit 3: p. 59, Ex. 10; p. 60, Ex. 11
Unit 4: p. 66, Ex. 3; pp.69-71, Exs. 5, 6, 7
Thinking Skills: pp. 158-159, Exs. 7 & 8
Unit 4: pp.74-75, Ex. 9; pp. 78-79, Exs. 11
& 12; p.83, Ex. 15
Thinking Skills: pp.160-161, Exs. 9 & 10
Unit 5: pp.85-86, Ex. 2; p.87 Ex. 4; pp.9193, Exs. 7 & 8
Thinking Skills: pp.162-163, Exs. 11 & 12
Summary #1
GAS pre Reading Activities and
vocabulary.
Select book and complete pleasure
reading commitment for Monday
GAS p. 65 ex D.
BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Reading Fundamentals for International Students
Linn Lisher AESL 083.N01 Fall 2009
Course Syllabus
Week 10
Oct. 26
Oct. 28
Unit 6 – Understanding Paragraphs,
and Main Ideas
RP p. 83, p. 88 ex 5, p. 91 ex 7, p. 94-95
ex 1, pp. 162-163 ex 11,12
p. 160-161 ex 9,10, pp. 82 ex14, Intro
understanding paragraphs p.94 Do ex 1
with a partner
RP p. 83, p. 88 ex 5, p. 91 ex 7, p. 94-95
ex 1, pp. 162-163 ex 11,12
RP pp. p. 94-95 ex 1 finish, pp. 96-98 ex 2
& 3.
Pre Reading Activities and vocabularyGAS
“Tom Whitewashes the Fence”
by Mark Twain
Oct. 30
Discussion Groups
Unit 7 – Finding the Pattern of
Organization
“A White Heron”
by Sarah Orne Jewett
Week 12
Nov. 9 - 13
Unit 7 – Patterns of
Organization
“A White Heron”
by Sarah Orne Jewett
Week 13
Nov. 16 - 20
Unit 7 – Patterns of
Organization
“Of the Coming of John”
by W.E.B. DuBois
Week 11
Nov. 2 – 6
Vocabulary
Test 2
Summary #
Last day to
withdraw
11/3
Unit 7 – Patterns of Organization/Review
Week 14
Nov. 23
NO CLASS Nov.
25-27
Unit 8 - Skimming
Week 15
Nov. 30 – Dec. 4
Week 16
Dec. 7 - 11
Week 17
Dec. 14
Unit 8 – Skimming
Review
LAST DAY OF CLASS
Note: This schedule is subject to change.
Test
Units 5,6 & 7
Summary #
“The Lady, or the Tiger?”
by Frank R. Stockton
Vocabulary
Test 3
Summary #
“The Lady, or the Tiger?”
by Frank R. Stockton
Final Exam
“Of the Coming of John”
by W.E.B. DuBois