RDG 100 Course Outline/Schedule
Date
Session/
Meeting
Focus
Assignment Due / Assessment /Test
(RJ = Reflective Journal/Questions)
Introduction to RDG 100 – Critical Reading
1
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Class Introductions
Course Syllabus Activity
Introduction to Blackboard & GTC Gmail
Course Entrance Letter
Study Strategies
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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Goal Setting
Survey & Question
Reading: “Amid War, Passion for TV
Chefs, Soaps and Idols”
Intro to Computer Learning Environment – Aplia
The Reading Process & Critical Thinking
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The Reading Process
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Introduce Critical Thinking Circles
Questioning
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Curiosity Inventory
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Critical Thinking Circles
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Read & Respond to Deep Thinking
Questions for “Cultivating Curiosity”
Context Clues & Vocabulary
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Vocabulary Strategies: VAN – Visual aid,
Association & Notecards
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Word parts & stems
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Critical Thinking Circle
Context Clues & Vocabulary
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Word Part Matching Game
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Denotation & Connotation
Computer Lab
Main Ideas & Topics
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Art Prompt
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Key Terms Activities
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MAPPS
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Critical Thinking Circle
Main Ideas & Topics
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Paragraph Scramble
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Concept Maps
Implied Main Ideas
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Making generalizations
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Cartoons
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Couch Trip
Implied Main Ideas
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Critical Thinking Circles
Patterns of Organization
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Recognize to Identify Activity
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Predicting & Identifying Patterns
Patterns of Organization
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Relating Ideas & Pattern
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Types & Examples of Patterns
Review for Midterm Exam
Complete/submit Entrance Letter
Introduce yourself in Bb Discussion
 Student Information Sheet
Effective Reader Inventory
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 1
Aplia Pre-Test
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 1
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 2
RJ: (Connect p. 27) Amid War, Passion for
TV Chefs, Soaps and Idols
RJ: (Lib Guide) An Open Door, a Forest
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 2
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 3
RJ: (Lib Guide) Speaking to the Identity of
Chinese Children in U.S.
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 3
Aplia Due: Chapters 1-3 due
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 4
RJ (Lib Guide) Obama and the Politics of
Outsourcing
(Ancestry Mapping Activity)
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 6
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 4
RJ (Lib Guide) Excerpts from Fast Food
Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American
Meal
(Health Activity/Survey)
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 5
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 6
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 5
Date
Session/
Meeting
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Focus
Midterm Exam
Reading & Study Strategies
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Applying Reading Process
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Taking Notes
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Textbook Chapter Reading
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SQ3R
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Critical Thinking Circles
Reading Textbook Chapters
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Reading & Study Aids
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Highlighting, Annotating, Outlining
Assignment Due / Assessment /Test
(RJ = Reflective Journal/Questions)
Midterm Exam
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 7
RJ (Lib Guide) Sizing Up Emotions or The
Death of Ivan Ilych
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 7
19
Computer Lab
Aplia Due: Chapters 4-7
20
Visual Information
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Critical Thinking Circles
21
Reading Critically: Fact & Opinion
22
Reading Critically: Fact & Opinion
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Critical Thinking Circles
RJ (Lib Guide) Children, Adolescents, and
the Media: Seven Key Issues
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 9
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 8
RJ (Lib Guide) Fact/Opinion Argument
Analysis At Issue: Acculturation and
Assimilation
23
Research Class in Library
24
Analyzing Author’s Tone
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Critical Thinking Circles
25
Analyzing Author’s Tone
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 10
RJ (Lib Guide) The Future of Feminism Is
with Men OR Think You're Smart? Can You
Tell What's on Her Mind
Library Assignment/Culture Research
Project Articles & Outline
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 9
(Song Lyrics Activity)
RJ (p. 566) Excerpts from An Inconvenient
Truth AND
(Lib Guide) All Summer in a Day
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 10
(Community Environment Survey Activity)
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 11
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 11
26
Evaluating Evidence
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Critical Thinking Circles
27
Applying Critical Reading Skills to Arguments
28
Applying Critical Reading Skills Online
Pre-study/Survey notes on Ch 12
29
Presentation of Culture Research Project
Culture Research Project
30
Presentation of Culture Research Project
31
Last day of class – Review for Final
Final Exam
Reading/Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 12
Aplia Due: Chapters 8-12
Aplia Post-Test
Course Exit Letter
Effective Reader Inventory
Final Exam
Final Exam:
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or modify the course content, the number of tests, and/or the type of tests when, in the opinion of the instructor, such action is in the
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Updated: Monday, March 21, 2016