Textbook, Novel, Packet:
     Reading Connections, by Anne Ediger and Cheryl Pavlik
     The Giver, by Lois Lowry
        The Giver course packet (LING 110 - Reading 3) at Smart Copy (located next to Hot Lips Pizza)

Class Objectives:
The main goal of this class is to improve your ability to read and understand both academic texts and works of
fiction in English. By the end of this class, you should be able to:

•           demonstrate previewing, skimming and scanning techniques to locate information
•           distinguish general from specific ideas and locate them in a passage
•           distinguish fact from opinion in a passage
•           identify and restate the main idea of a passage
•           read and understand a novel in English
•           identify conflict, climax, and resolution in works of fiction
•           paraphrase key ideas from a passage
•           make inferences about information in a passage
•           identify basic rhetorical patterns in reading passages
•           read at a rate of 100-150 words per minute from a variety of sources
•           lead a small group discussion that analyzes assigned reading passages
•           increase your active and passive vocabularies in academic English

Expectations and Workload: You will have reading assignments due for almost every class and you will be asked
to do a group presentation on one or two of them. Please be sure to read all assigned texts before we discuss
them in class. I expect you to come to class ready and willing to participate in a discussion about the text. If you
have questions about anything in the text that you cannot guess or infer from the context, please come to class
prepared to ask your classmates or me about it. You are responsible for any information you miss if you are
absent. I do not accept late homework.

Attendance: Attendance is part of your grade. If you miss 3 or more classes, it will lower your grade. If you must
miss a class, please call or e-mail me before the class. Also remember that you are responsible for any
information you miss if you are absent. If you miss a quiz or a test, you cannot make it up, so please make sure to
be in class on those days.

Participation: Active participation in all class activities is required. If you participate actively, you will learn more
in this class. Please try your best!

Grading: Your final grade will be based on your class participation including homework, novel reading assignments,
group presentations, quizzes, midterm, and final exam. Scores must be above 70% in all three areas in order
to pass to level 4 reading.