READ/REACT 4D

Spring 2009

Instructor:        Nance Koike                               Time:    M-F, 12:30 – 1:20

                   Email: nkoike@bellevuecollege.edu Office Hours: by appointment (Office-C227)

Text/Materials:             For Your Information 4; Reading and Vocabulary Skills-Blanchard/Root         

Where the Heart Is – Billy Letts

                                    English-English dictionary

                                    White 8 ½ x 11-inch college- ruled paper

Course Description:

This class will enable you to be a good reader for your academic college class work. Our textbook will provide the primary source of reading and reading skill exercises; however, we will also read the novel Where the Heart Is.  You will engage in group work frequently to discuss and summarize reading material, and a high level of participation is expected in this class.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

· Reading outcomes

· Confirm or revise predictions made prior to reading a passage

· Draw conclusions and make inferences from a reading

· Identify author’s point of view in a reading

· Analyze fiction through identification of plot, character, setting, theme and use of figurative language

· Analyze non-fiction by recognizing rhetorical organization and types of support used in development

· Discussion outcomes

· Respond appropriately to questions about readings

· Clearly express an opinion relevant to the content of a passage

· Support views with reasons and evidence

· Extend and/or apply the ideas expressed in a reading

· Summarize passages

· Critical thinking outcomes

· Use inductive and deductive reasoning to come to logical conclusions about a reading

· Identify significant similarities and differences between readings

· Synthesize information to create new ideas and opinions

· Recognize one’s own biases and values and acknowledge the perspectives of others

· Study skills outcomes

                                Find specific materials in the library and on-line

Grading:

Tests/Quizzes                                       30%                  Grading Scale:

Midterm and Final on the novel                  30%      A = 93 – 100       D= 0-74(repeat level; good effort)

Summaries/Reactions                               20%      B = 84 – 92        F= 0-74(repeat level; unsatisfactory effort)

Class work/assignments                           20%      C = 75 -83         

You must achieve a grade of at least 75% or higher to pass this class

Attendance:

· Attendance and participation are critical for success in this class. Any hour that a student is not in class will be counted as an absence.  Students who miss class 12 times will receive a grade of “F.” Students who miss class 10 or 11 times will receive a grade of “D.” Three (3) tardies of 5 minutes or more will equal 1 absence.

· Assignments are considered late if they are not ready to be turned in when collected on the due date. Late assignments lose 10% of their value for each day they are late. No assignments will be accepted two days after the due date.

· If you are absent from class, please ask someone to find out what you missed. You are still responsible for missed material in the event of an absence.

Classroom Expectations:

Come to class prepared with all of your supplies and with your homework finished.

Be a student who is willing to talk and ask questions.

Respect the classroom as an English only environment.

Be respectful of your fellow classmates and your instructor at all times.

Special Needs:

If you require accommodation based on a documented disability, have emergency medical information to share, or need special arrangements in case of emergency evacuation; please make an appointment with DRC (Disability Resource Center.) If you would like to inquire about becoming a DRC student, you may call 564-2498 or go in person to the DRC program office in B132.

Other:

Please refer to the Arts and Humanities Student Procedures and Expectations www.bellevuecollege.edu/artsum/studentinfo.asp  for all other information.

Tentative Schedule (Please note: this schedule is subject to change)

WEEK 1	3/30	3/31	4/1	4/2 Classes Begin	4/3
WEEK 2	4/6 Late Placement New students only: Challenge Test	4/7	4/8	4/9	4/10 Novel: Chap 1-7
WEEK 3	4/13	4/14	4/15 Reading Test	4/16	4/17 Novel: Chap 8-13
WEEK 4	4/20	4/21	4/22	4/23 No Class	4/24 Novel: Chap 14-17
WEEK 5	4/27	4/28 Reading Test	4/29	4/30	5/1 Novel: Chap 18-21
WEEK 6	5/4 Novel: Mid-term book test	5/5	5/6 Mid-term test	5/7 Midterm Evals Due	5/8 No Class

WEEK 7	5/11	5/12	5/13	5/14	5/15 Novel: Chap 22-26
WEEK 8	5/18	5/19 Reading Test	5/20	5/21	5/22 Inst. TOEFL Novel: Chap 27-31
WEEK 9	5/25 Holiday	5/26	5/27	5/28 Reading Test	5/29 Novel: Chap 32- 38
WEEK 10	6/1 Novel: final book test	6/2 Watch film	6/3 Elective Sign-Up Watch film	6/4	6/5
FINALS WEEK	6/8	6/9 Reading Test	6/10	6/11	6/12