LEVEL 2 READING

SYLLABUS: Summer 2009


INSTRUCTOR:  Margaret Young OFFICE:  229 East Hall
TELEPHONE: 503-725-4143 OFFICE HOURS:   by appt.
E-MAIL:  youngm@pdx.edu

*Note on email:  Please email me if you have a question about any of the assignments that we are doing, or if you have a question about your grades.  Please DO NOT email me to get homework assignments if you are absent--ask a classmate to send these to you. Also, DO NOT email me to ask me to change your final grade.

TEXT:   Past, Present, & Future--4th edition, by Gregg and Russell; Heinle and Heinle, 1996


ATTENDANCE:  Click on this link to see VERY important information.

GRADES:



In this course, we will quickly review various skills and content covered in Level E: prefixes, suffixes, and word roots; guessing vocabulary from context; skimming to identify main ideas of paragraphs and passages; scanning to locate specific information; identifying supporting details; reading under timed conditions; analyzing word forms; and practice using a dictionary to locate and pronounce words.

We will also practice: 1) paraphrasing to summarize the main points of a passage, 2) inferring ideas from a passage, and 3) using a dictionary to choose the correct meaning of a word.  In addition, we will learn more prefixes, suffixes (word forms), and word roots.


OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the term, you should be able to do the following.



If you have difficulty hearing, seeing, walking, or if you have an illness or other condition that will make studying in this class difficult, please tell the teacher.

 

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