ESL 071 Reading

Fall 2002 -- MWF 2:30 – 3:25 pm

Syllabus

Office Hours – MWF 11:30 am – 1:30pm

Part-time Office - 320 – 3795

Textbook – none

Course Materials – pen, notebook, email account

Grading – Weekly quizzes = 400 points (25 points each)

Participation = 200 points (5 points a day) A = 900 – 1000 points

Assignments = 200 points B = 800 – 899 points

Mid-term = 100 points C = 700 – 799 points

Final = 100 points D = 600 – 699 points

____________ F = 0 – 599 points

1000 points total

Attendance – If you miss a class (sickness, funeral, skipping) it is YOUR

RESPONSIBILITY to find out what work you missed and to complete that

work. College policy states that after 6 absences you will be withdrawn

from the class.

Course Description – This course is designed to improve students’ overall reading

skills as they are used in the academic setting.

Course Objectives – By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1) Identify the introduction, conclusion, and main idea

2) Identify the style of the text : descriptive, narrative, expository

3) Answer questions of inference

4) Define cause/effect, comparison/contrast, summary, paraphrase

5) Define and correctly use prefixes, suffixes, and root words

6) Interpret different types of reading : menus, charts, posters, etc

Course Outline

Week 1 – Intro, Conclusion, Main Idea Week 9 – Comparison/Contrast

Week 2 – Descriptive Week 10 – Summary/Paraphrase

Week 3 – Narrative Week 11, 12 – Charts, Posters, Menus, etc

Week 4 – Expository Week 13, 14 – Library Skills

Week 5 – Prefixes Week 15 - Review

Week 6 – Suffixes

Week 7 – Root Words

Week 8 – Cause/Effect