Bellevue Community College

Winter 2008
ELIUP 073:	READ & REACT 5C
Schedule:	Monday – Friday 2:30- 3:20
Room:	R305
Instructor:	Cynthia Weintraub
Email:	cweintrau@bcc.ctc.edu
Phone:	(425) 564-4189 (voice mail; messages are forwarded to my email account)
COURSE  MATERIALS:
Title:	Topics for Today: An Advanced Reading Skills Text
Author:	Smith and Mare
Publisher:	Heinle & Heinle
ISBN:	141300811
Title:	The Pearl
Author:	John Steinbeck
Publisher:	The Penguin Group
ISBN:	0-1401-7737-X

The text book and the novel will be available at the BCC Bookstore located in Building B.  You can access the bookstore at: http://bcc.collegestoreonline.com/

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this class you will have learned how 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, style tone and language
• Analyze non-fiction by recognizing rhetorical organization, types of support, style, tone and language

Discussion and critical thinking outcomes

• Respond appropriately to questions about readings
• 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 to other situations
• Summarize and paraphrase a reading
• Identify significant similarities and differences between situations, characters, and outcomes
• Synthesize information to create ideas and opinions
• Recognize one’s own biases and values and acknowledge the perspectives of others
• Use evidence and logic to question and analyze information

Students will be evaluated by three quizzes on our textbook topics, two quizzes on our reading of ‘The Pearl’ and one final exam on understanding of subject matter, vocabulary, and reflective reactions to our reading.  We will also do a presentation project in a team or group setting.  You must attend 75% of the class to pass.  Success is achieved by completing all assignments on time, participating in group activities and class discussions, and demonstrating an understanding of the main ideas of our reading topics.

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