COURSE SYLLABUS
FALL 2006
ENG 0913 Instructor: Ella Barre
Reading II Office No.: MP 330
Rm#: MC 537 Office Phone: 595-7214
MW: 10:00-11:20 AM
Call #: 14691 Office Hours:
Section #: 101 MTWR: 7:30-8:30 AM
R: 12:30-1:30 PM
MW: 2:30-3:30 PM
MW: 4:30-5:30 PM
Associate Dean: Mary P. Walker, Communications, MC-423, 595-7064
COURSE PRE-REQUISITE
ENG 0903 (Reading I)
TEXTBOOK AND OTHER MATERIALS
New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading, 2nd edition, by Joe Cortina and Janet Elder
College Dictionary
COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
MC 536 Reading Lab
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Designed to enhance the skills and techniques taught in Reading I. Emphasis is on improving the student's ability to locate central themes and/or main ideas, distinguish between major and minor details, and draw logical conclusions, as well as to recognize purpose and tone. Practice materials and computer programs are used to accomplish these goals. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 1 hour. Prerequisite: ENG 0903, ACT or CPT, or approval of instructor.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To show ability to obtain word meaning from context.
2. To demonstrate phonic and structural word attack skills.
3. To follow written steps in a process.
4. To discover main ideas and recount details.
5. To demonstrate recognition of a wide range of general and
specific terms.
6. To increase reading rate with appropriate comprehension.
7. To demonstrate appropriate use of skimming and scanning.
8. To demonstrate appropriate reading flexibility.
9. To draw conclusions from sentences, paragraphs, and larger
units.
10. To locate information in such reference sources as
dictionaries, indexes, tables of contents, and glossaries.
11. To show appropriate skills in reading in pertinent content
areas.
12. To read for recreational purposes.
TEACHING METHODS
This class is highly individualized. Students are helped to improve comprehension, speed, and vocabulary. The student begins at his own reading level and moves at his own rate of speed. Reading machines, SRA, and Jamestown Publishers materials are used. Discussions on assigned textbook lessons are conducted as needed.
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
I. Laboratory performance includes:
A. Working with skill building materials during regular
class times.
B. Working with these same materials one hour per week in
addition to regular class times. Students may choose
times most convenient to them.
C. Students who sign in to do lab practice and then leave lab for more than five (5) minutes without talking to lab specialists first will not receive lab credit for the time when they are not in the lab. Students who sign in for lab practice and do not sign out when leaving, will not get lab credit for time spent in the lab.
Because 50% of the final grade is based on a weekly accumulation of these skill-building exercises, it is extremely important that students attend all classes and perform the outside of class time practice each week.
II. The attached schedule, which indicates when textbook work is to be completed and when tests will be given, should be followed carefully.
III. Consistent and/or extreme tardiness is extremely disruptive in the reading laboratory. Tardiness also leads to poor laboratory performance which adversely affects the lab grade.
GRADING SYSTEM
Grade distribution:
Text assignments 25%
Tests 25%
Laboratory performance _50%
Total 100%
Point Scale: Standard Scale:
A+ = 98
A = 95 C- = 72 90-100 = A
A- = 92 D+ = 68 80- 89 = B
B+ = 88 D = 65 70- 79 = C
B = 85 D- = 62 60- 69 = D
B- = 82 F = 59 or less 0- 59 = F
C+ = 78 0 = no points
C = 75
NB. Please note in "Grade Distribution" section that 50% of entire semester grade is decided by the student's laboratory performance.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Laboratory performance is of prime importance in this course. For this reason it is necessary that students enrolled in these classes observe the following regulations:
1. While there is no set formula as to the number of absences a student may have in this class, all students are held responsible for all laboratory work, tests, and assignments
on the day scheduled.
In addition, lab grades are affected by attendance--see "Grading System," above. Explanation of lab points: Number of days classes meet is added to labs assigned. For example, 45 days plus 12 weeks of labs = 57. This sum is divided into 100. 100 divided by 57 = 1.75. Each lab and/or classes missed will decrease the 100 points by 1.75. For Tuesday-Thursday; Monday-Wednesday classes the points deducted from the 100 points will be 2.3.
2. A student informed by an instructor that he has been excessively absent should make an appointment with his or her instructor before his or her grade is damaged further.
3. Late assignments will be accepted only if turned in to the designated instructor's box before the next meeting time of the class. Students who have been absent from class may
turn in the assignments for the absence period only if they bring this work to the instructor's box before returning to class. Any student with late assignments who does not follow the above procedure loses his privilege to turn in late work.
4. Make-up tests: A student who misses a class test should immediately contact the instructor or lab paraprofessional to see if the test is being given in a later class or if there is a time it may be taken before the tests are returned to the class. Any student who misses this opportunity and wishes to take a make-up must go to the instructor's office and file his intention to do so two weeks before finals week (one week before finals in summer). The make-up will then be scheduled on an individual basis during finals week. Students who do not file their intention in advance as required lose the make-up opportunity.
5. Please turn your cell phone off before entering the classroom or lab area.
FALL SEMESTER 2006
Reading II
SCHEDULE OF STUDY: tentative
Text: NEW WORLDS An Introduction to College Reading by Joe Cortina and Janet Elder
Please Note: All pages assigned should be read, studied, and exercises completed before class on the dates assigned. Do the work in the book, not on your notebook paper.
August
Mon 21 Orientation
Wed 23 Diagnostic testing. Please be on time for class. pp. 03-17.
Mon 28 pp. 19-50
Wed 30 pp. 51-69 Lab Orientation
September
Mon 04 Labor Day College Closed No Classes
Wed 06 pp. 71-116
Mon 11 Test I; pp. 119-130
Wed 13 pp. 131-165
Mon 18 pp. 167-179
Wed 20 pp. 181-217
Mon 25 pp. 219-234
Wed 27 pp. 235-262
October
Mon 02 pp. 263-275
Wed 04 Test II; pp. 277-288
Mon 09 pp. 289-330
Wed 11 pp. 331-349
Mon 16 Late assignments; lab work.
Wed 18 pp. 351-388
Mon 23 Late assignments; lab work.
Wed 25 pp. 391-411
Mon 30 pp. 413-450.
November
Wed 01 pp. 451-469
Mon 06 Test III
Wed 08 pp. 471-488
Mon 13 pp. 489-505
Wed 15 pp. 547-556
Mon 20 pp. 557-589
Wed 22- 24 Thanksgiving Holiday No Classes
Mon 27 Test IV
Wed 29 Post-evaluation. Please come to class on time.
December
Mon 04 Late assignments; lab work
May
Final Exams Week Dec. 09- 15: There is no final in this class.