CCOG for RD 95 archive revision 201904
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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2019
- Course Number:
- RD 95
- Course Title:
- Reading for Enjoyment
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Addendum to Course Description
Reading 95 is designed to help students develop their abilities to read, understand, and enjoy literature. Reading 80 or instructor permission is required.
Intended Outcomes for the course
At the end of the term, the successful student will
· use reading as a pleasurable and positive way to spend time
· articulate/communicate personal growth in reading skills
· participate effectively in literary conversation and response writing
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assessment may include, but is not limited to:
1. Completion of daily reading assignments
2. Participation in class discussion
3. Short in-class quizzes and tests
4. Completion of one or more short papers
5. Reasonable attendance
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Vocabulary
- Story line
- Character development
- Human relations
- Cultural themes
- Universal literary themes
- Greater self-awareness
Thinking skills:
1. Mark and write main ideas/themes in their books
2. Mark passages that raise questions for class discussion
3. Participate in class discussion
4. Relate book to its historical or cultural context
Vocabulary skills:
1. Mark words they are unsure of in their books
2. Using context, guess word meaning
3. Use dictionary efficiently