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Reading
6 |
Email
me any time: davina.ramirez@pcc.edu
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Fall 2018 |
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check often! |
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Learning
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Syllabus
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"News for You" |
| Week
2: |
Different reading types: Essay, Short story, Expository writing (textbooks), Articles Review with "Title, topic, main idea" Review with Summary Outline
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Short Story 1: "The Open Window" Study Guide for "The Open Window" |
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3: |
The reading process: Preview Skills Academic Word List:
has words you don't know? Guessing new words: Context Guessing new words: Affixes Studying for a Quiz by Predicting Questions Understanding main ideas |
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| Summarizing a reading Collocations and Vocanulary Cards Quiz 3 Warmup this week; Quiz 3 next time |
Short Story 4: "A Serious Talk" Example Fiction Project - Setting Example Fiction Project - Plot Example Fiction Project - Characters
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| Week
5: |
Quiz 3 Fiction Presentations
Main
Idea vs. Supporting Detail
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| Week
6: |
Summaries |
Code Talker PPT: Chapters 1-7 Code Talker PPT: Chapters 8-12 |
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7: |
Inferences
Putting details in order Writing outlines Timed reading |
Outlining and Summary: Summarizing Fiction |
| Week
8: |
More
Inferences |
Paraphrasing, Part 1 |
| Week
9: |
Quiz 5 - at home |
Paraphrase Craze! Web exercise The OWL's discussion of paraphrase (with exercises) BBC "Skillwise" - Fact and Opinion exercise
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10: |
Quiz 6 |
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