REA8Week

=__ SAMPLE 8 WEEK SYLLABUS:  __= = Course Syllabus  = = REA0001  = SEMESTER Beginning-Ending Dates =  = =   Name: E-mail:   = ==  Office: Building 540 Room 204  Phone:  386.506.3630 (Staff Assistant)      == Office Hours: (If Applicable)

M/W: __7:30-8:00; 9:30-11:00; 3:00-3:30__
T/R: __7:30-8:00; 9:30-11:00; 2:00-2:30__

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:   An introduction to reading designed to help students gain proficiency in basic reading skills. Emphasis is placed on developing vocabulary and improving comprehension skills. (REA 0001 cannot be used toward A.A. or A.S. degree requirements.) Lab fee: $15.00.  MAJOR LEARNING OUTCOMES:  1. Determine meaning of unknown words through context. 2. Recognize/Develop main ideas of a given passages. 3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distinguish major from minor supporting details. <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1; msobookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Recognize relationships within and between sentences in a passage <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1; msobookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Generate inferences. <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1; msobookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Determine an author’s purpose and tone <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1; msobookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distinguish statements of fact from opinions. <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1; msobookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Evaluate the elements of an argument <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"> <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Required Texts: Langan, John. __Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading (4th Edition)__, Marlton, NJ: Townsend Press., 2004. (__TS) __ __ Everyday Heroes. __ Marlton, NJ: Townsend Press, 2004. (__EH__) Nist, Sherri and Mohr, Carole. __Advancing Vocabulary Skills__ (Short Version, 3rd     Edition). West Berlin, NJ: Townsend Press, 2002 (AV) Long, Nancy Z. __Mary McLeod Bethune__ A college level dictionary

A portfolio for the semester’s accomplishments
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT: Reasonable accommodations in accord with Section 504 of the ADA are welcome. If you are a student who has a disability, please inform the instructor as soon as possible. If you are registered with Student Disability Services, you will be given every accommodation you were granted. If you know you have a disability but have not registered with Student Disability Services, then you must do so before accommodations will be allowed. (Registering with Student Disability Services is mandatory for any accommodation). PLAGIARISM is the borrowing of material from any source without documenting or acknowledging the source. Be sure that you document all ideas or information that you use in any of your papers (for all of your courses) that are from sources such as books, magazines, CDs, records, newspapers, internet, interviews, movies, radios, television, etc. If you are not sure how to document the information you have selected to use, please ask your instructor. If you are not sure how to write the information in your own words (paraphrase), then ask your instructor how it should be written. Remember: EVEN IF YOU USE YOUR OWN WORDS, YOU MUST STILL DOCUMENT THE SOURCE OF THE IDEA. If you do not correctly document your paper, you must re-do it until it is correctly documented. Copying another person’s work or turning in a paper that you did not write and submitting it as your own will be grounds for a failing grade in the course. LEARNING CENTER: You are required to log 30 hours of work in the Learning Center. Use your time wisely and productively during the time you spend in the Learning Center. EXIT CRITERIA: In order to receive a grade of A or B or C, you must do the following: A. You will complete your Academic Support Center Assignments B. You develop a portfolio (directions provided by instructor). C. In order to receive the grade of A or B or C, you must take the state mandated Florida Developmental Reading Exit Exam and make the required score for exiting the course; D. You must also pass the developmental reading final exam, which will count for 20% of your grade. The grade of F will be received if you fail the class because of non-attendance. Therefore, it is in your best interest to make sure to inform your instructor or the Chair of the English Department if you intend to “stop coming” to the class. If you have a serious problem that would prevent your completion of the semester, TALK TO US; WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU FIND ALTERNATIVES. The grade of SP will be received if your performance on class work, tests, and/or the portfolio reflects that you need more time-on-task to develop college-level reading skills. In that case, you will register to repeat REA 0001. EVALUATION: Assignments (in-class & out of class) 30% Novel Assignments 10% Quizzes/Tests 20% Departmental Final 20% Learning Center 10% Portfolio 10% Development of the Portfolio and completion of Lab Assignments are required. Your teacher will help you complete both of these tasks. If you do your work but are unable to pass the exit exam, remember that this only means that you need more time to develop your skills to help you become an effective reader. COURSE ACTIVITIES: ASSIGNMENTS MAY VARY FROM THIS OUTLINE. Week I. Introduction (Dates) __Test of Academic Skills__ (__TASK__) (8/31-9/3) Academic Support Center Orientation/Skills Tutor ASC Assignments: Skills Tutor/Townsend Press/Individual Work Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills (__TS__): p.3-9 (__TS__): p. 10-30: Chapter I: Vocabulary in Context (__TS__): p. 31-42 Review Tests 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Place in Portfolio) __ Advancing Vocabulary Skills __ (AVS): Unit One: Ch. 1 & 2     (Can you say the words? That is more important than you think.) Mary McCleod Bethune Biography: Chapters 1& 2 Week II Review of test results Lab assignments Play the Money Game: What would you do with. . . ?    (AVS): Unit One: Ch. 3 & 4    (__TS__): p. 458-469: Ch. 4: Keys to College Success Mastery Test (Vocabulary in Context) Diagnostic State Exit Exam (__TS__): p. 49-65: Chapter 2: Main Ideas (__TS__): p. 65-82: Main Idea Review Tests 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Portfolio) ASC Assignments: Skills Tutor/Townsend Press/Individual Work Mastery Test (Main Idea) __ Everyday Heroes __ (__EH__): p.1-10 (Write paragraph summaries for portfolio) (AVS): Unit One: Ch. 5    Mary McCleod Bethune Biography: Chapters 3& 4 Week III. (__TS__): p. 423-430: The Professor is a Dropout (__TS__): p. 93-118: Ch. 3: Supporting Details (__EH__): p.11-19 (__AVS__): Test: Unit One Mastery Test (Supporting Details) (__TS__): p. 131-148: Ch. 4: Implied Main Idea and the Central Point (__TS__): p. 148-158: Implied Main Idea Review Tests 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Portfolio) (__TS__): p. 171-201: Ch. 5: Relationships I     (__EH__): p. 20-28 (__EH__): p. 167-176 ASC Assignments: Skills Tutor/Townsend Press/Individual Work (AVS): Unit Two: Ch. 6 & 7    Mary McCleod Bethune Biography: Chapters 5 & 6 Week IV (__TS__): p. 215-239: Ch. 6: Relationships II    (__EH__): p. 29-36. Mastery Tests: Relationships I & II   (AVS): Unit Two: Ch. 8 & 9   (__EH__): p. 37-44. (__TS__): p. 265-288: Ch.7: Fact and Opinion (__TS__): p. 301-318: Ch. 8: Inferences Practice for State Exit Exam (__TS__): p. 319-330: Includes Review Tests 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Portfolio) (AVS): Unit Two: Ch. 10     Review Practice Exit Exam Results/Assignments Mary McCleod Bethune Biography: Chapters 7 & 8 Week V. (__EH__): p. 45-52. Mastery Tests: Fact and Opinion Mastery Tests: Inferences (AVS): Unit Two Test (AVS): Unit Three: Ch. 11 &12   Minder Bender (__EH__): p. 53-70. ASC Assignments: Skills Tutor/Townsend Press/Individual Work (AVS): Unit Three: Ch. 13 & 14    (__TS__): p. 535-547: Combined Skills Tests: 1-6 Week VI. (__TS__): p. 343-358: Chapter 9: Purpose and Tone (__TS__): p. 359-370: Review Tests 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Portfolio) Mastery Tests: Purpose and Tone (__TS__): p. 383-395: Ch. 10: Argument (__TS__): p. 395-407: Includes Review Tests 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Portfolio) (__EH__): p. 71-78. (AVS): Unit Three: Ch. 15    (__TS__): p. 548-557: Combined skills Tests 7-11 (Portfolio) (__TS__): p. 603-614: Chapter 4: More on Argument Mastery Tests: Argument (__TS__): p. 521-531: Ch.10: The Life of the Urban Working Class (AVS): Unit Three Test (__TS__): p. 558-565: Combined skills Tests 12-16 Week VII (__TS__): p. 567-583: More on Summarizing and Outlining (__TS__): p.615-624: Ch. 5: Understanding Bias (__AVS__): Unit Four: Ch. 16 & 17   (__EH__): p. 79-86. (__EH__): p. 87-96. (__TS__): p. 491-498: Ch. 7: Rabies (__TS__): p. 499-509: Ch. 8: Bad Managers (__AVS__): Unit Four: Ch. 18 & 19    Practice State Exit Exam Review Results/Individual Analysis Week VIII (__AVS__): Unit Four: Ch. 20     Review for State Exit (AVS): Unit Four Test Portfolio Due Departmental Final Exam State Exit Exam