Tentative Schedule of Course Topics and
Assignments
Assignments are due on the
corresponding date shown
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Date |
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9/02/03 |
Introduction – Syllabus, schedule, goals, guidelines, reading strategies |
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9/09/03 |
Class work: Context Clues Readings: “My World Now” (5) p 117, “The
Chaser” (30) p 383 |
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9/16/03 |
Class work: 1st Library
Assignment – Meet in the Library for
class. Readings: “The Death of a Farm“ (2) p 127 “My Mother’s Blue Bowl” (6) p 127 |
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9/23/03 |
Class work: Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Reading:
“A Real Loss” (1) p 85 “You Are What You Eat” (9) p 155 Last date to
have novel approved. |
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9/30/03 |
Class work: Patterns of Organization & Summary Reading: “Flour Children” (10) p 165 “How to Stay Alive” (25) p 3827 |
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10/07/03 |
Class work: Word Parts Reading: “Darkness at Noon” (4) p 109, “Restored to the Sea” (21) p 283 1st
Library Assignment & Presentation Due |
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10/14/03 |
Midterm Exam
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10/21/03 |
Class work: Distinguishing Between Fact and
Opinion Reading: “Genes and Behavior: A Twin
Legacy” (13) p 199 “A Personal Stress Survival Guide” (29) p 369 |
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10/28/03 |
Class work: Transitions and Sequence Reading: “Death Penalty Victims” (19) p 265 “Long Term Memory” (28) p
355 |
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11/04/03 |
Book
Report with Journal and Presentations Due Reading:
“Houses to Save the Earth” (26) p 333 “Collegians Predisposed to Road Rage” (27) p
345 |
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11/18/03 |
Complete
Book Report Presentations |
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11/25/03 |
Class work: 2nd Library
Assignment – Report to Library for
class |
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12/02/03 |
2nd
Library Assignment and Presentations Due |
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12/09/03 |
FinalExam |
Massasoit Community College
v Assigned Reading Responses – Choose one of the three reader response
discussion questions for each of the assigned readings.
(Must include: Date;
Selection Title & Number;
Chosen
Question Written Out)
v Written Daily In-Class Prompt – include the date & prompt
v
Classroom notes – include date
v Reading Response Journal (for the chosen novel) – The left side of the page
is to contain the date and pages read, along with any facts about the novel
acquired through reading these specific pages.
On the right hand side of the page should be the reader’s reaction to
what is going on in this portion of the novel.
All reading assignments must be complete
with a grade of 70 (seventy) or above.