Monday
1/14/08
Syllabus
Annotation and the Reading to Learn Process
Preview Introductory Survey and What Do You Believe?
Complete Introductory Survey
Read “How to Mark a Book” by Mortimer J. Adler (Handout) and demonstrate annotation techniques discussed in class
BE SURE TO PURCHASE ALL COURSE TEXTS AND SUPPLIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Wednesday
1/16/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details
within selections
2. Outline and map reading selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
Review/Discuss Adler selection
Group work
Preview “My Life as a Reader”
Read New York Times article “Consequences: Reading Skills Are Tied to a Longer, Healthier Life”
Read New York Times article “Good Readers Better Able to Retain Brain Skills” by Eric Nagourney
Read Modesto Bee article “Benefit of Learning Priceless, But Feds Make an Educated Guess” by Stephen Ohlemacher
Complete a Metalog for each reading
Follow directions on handout to complete “My Life as a Reader” assignment
Monday
1/21/08
Class work:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
See above
Wednesday
1/23/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1.
Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details
within selections
2. Outline and map reading selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and
audience
6. Analyze the extended meaning of texts through word choice
Review/Discuss New York Times and Modesto Bee selections
Review Introduction Key Concepts: “The Reading Process”, “Becoming a First-Rate Reader” and “Reading With a Pencil” (DCRS pgs. 1-7)
Preview and begin “Q-Notes” for “Introduction” (DCRS pgs. 1-23)
Continue reading “Introduction” and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of this chapter (DCRS pgs. 1-23)
INTERNET TASK
As directed on DCRS pg. 15, go to text website at: www.mhhe.com/spears OR input title and author of textbook into “Google” or other search engine. Make sure you go to work for 7th edition.
Click on “Student Edition”, then “Contents”, and then “Word Parts”. Print out the following sections: Latin Roots and Prefixes, and Greek Roots and Greek Prefixes. Bring them to class for a group assignment.
Monday
1/28/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
2. Outline and map reading selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
B.
Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5.
Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
“Roots and Prefixes” Group work
Context Clues Activity
Read and complete Q-Notes for the entire informational section of Part 1-- Chpt. 1: “Reading for the Idea and Author’s Purpose” (DCRS pgs. 30-50)
Wednesday
1/30/08
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 1 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 30-50)
Review orrect format (on syllabus) for completing Chapter Work and Exercises
Preview Mercury Reader and Reading Response Questions
Read, complete work for “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” by Jonathan Kozol (MR pgs. 5-13) (Reading Response Questions)
Chpt. 1 “Main Idea and Controlling Idea” (DCRS pgs. 31-34) complete Practice Exercise 1 #2-15—ODDS OR EVENS and Practice Exercise 2 # C OR D (DCRS pgs. 40-41)
Return to top Chpt. 1--Main Idea, Author’s Purpose, and Modes of Discourse and Chpt. 2—Inference
Monday
2/4/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
2. Outline and map reading selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
6. Analyze the extended meaning through word choice
7. Infer tone
8. Analyze point of view
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze denotation and connotation
2. Identify figurative language
Review/Discuss Kozol selection
Group work
Review Modes of
Discourse (DCRS pgs. 44-50)
Review Chpt. 1 homework
Group work: Practice Exercise 4 (DCRS pgs. 50-53) and Chpt. 1
Chapter Exercise: Selection 2 (pgs. 55-57)
Homework:
Read, complete work for “Shame” by Dick Gregory
(MR pgs. 16-20)
(Reading Response Questions)
Read, complete work for “Growing Up” by Russell Baker
(MR pgs. 23-30)
(Reading Response Questions)
Wednesday
2/6/08
Review /Discuss Gregory and Baker selections
Preview Part I-Chpt. 2: “Reading between the Lines: Making Accurate Inferences” (DCRS pgs. 65-81)
Preview Literature Response and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway (Handout)
Read and complete Q-Notes for the entire informational section of Part 1-- Chpt. 2: “Reading between the Lines: Making Accurate Inferences” (DCRS pgs. 65-81)
Read, complete work for “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien (MR pgs. 215-232) (Answer Literature Response Guide Questions)
Monday
2/11/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
2. Outline and map reading selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
6. Analyze the extended meaning through word choice
8. Analyze point of view
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze denotation and connotation
2. Identify figurative language
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 2 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 65-81)
Review/Discuss O’Brien story
Group work
Complete “Graphs and Charts”(WalMart) Questions (DCRS pgs. 79-81) and read, complete work for Chpt. 2 Chapter Exercise: Selection 3 (pgs. 85-88) (DCRS) using correct format
Read, complete work for “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen (MR pgs. 235-242) (Answer Literature Response Guide Questions)
EXTRA CREDIT OPTION #1 (15 pts.) DUE 2/20/08
Xerox, type
out, or print from an Internet search engine the lyrics from a song that
you believe can be read on an inferential level. Annotate the lyrics and
then, in a well-organized paragraph, analyze them using these questions
as guidelines:
http://lyrics.astraweb.com
What is the
title of your chosen song?
Who wrote it?
Who performs it?
Why did you choose this song?
What is your first
reaction to this song? Why?
What is the most important line(s) in the song? Why?
What is the literal, surface meaning of the song?
What is the
inferential, deeper meaning of the song?
How does this song
make you feel? Why?
Wednesday
2/13/08
Review Chpt. 2 homework
Review /Discuss Olsen story
Group work: Practice Test #1
Review Introduction and Chpts. 1-2 in preparation for test on WED. (You may also want to go to text website and take the Practice Test for Chpts. 1-2)
Read, complete work for “Death by Landscape” by Margaret Atwood (MR pgs. 176-193) (Answer Literature Response Guide Questions)
Monday
2/18/08
Washington’s Holiday
See above
Wednesday
2/20/08
Extra Credit #1 Due
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
Collect homework
Test #1: Introduction and Chpts. 1-2 (OPEN BOOK AND OPEN NOTE)
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 2—Chpt. 3: “Four Methods of Paragraph Development” (DCRS pgs. 96-106, 109)
Complete Practice Exercise #1 (DCRS pgs. 106-109) and “Conclusion” (DCRS pgs. 111)
Read, complete work for “Predictable Crises of Adulthood ” by Gail Sheehy (MR pgs. 66-73) (Reading Response Questions)
Monday
2/25/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze denotation and connotation
2. Identify figurative language
Go over Test, recollect
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 3 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 96-106, 109)
Review/Discuss Atwood story and Sheehy selection
Group work: Write brief paragraphs (min. 3-4 sentences each) of your own using the following topics for each of the Chpt. 3 Methods of Paragraph Development
Facts/Statistics (Where/When you were born, siblings, schools, etc.)
Examples/Illustration (Describe your semester so far and give examples of why it is going well/not going well)
Process (Directive—steps for performing a basic task or making a recipe) ?
Comparison/Contrast (High school and college teachers)
Read, complete work for “In Bed” by Joan Didion (MR pgs. 32-35) (Reading Response Questions)
Read, complete work for “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” by Alice Walker (MR pgs. 37-44) (Reading Response Questions)
Wednesday
2/27/08
Review/Discuss Didion and Walker selections
Analyzing Methods of Paragraph Development: “Beauty and the Beef” Group work
Read and complete Q-Notes for the entire informational section of Part 2—Chpt. 4: “Four More Methods of Paragraph Development” (DCRS pgs. 124-136)
Complete Practice Exercise #1 (DCRS pgs. 136-139) and “Conclusion” (DCRS pgs. 141-142)
Chpt. 3—Four Methods of Paragraph Development: Facts and Statistics, Examples/ Illustrations, Process Analysis, and Comparison/Contrast and Chpt. 4---Four More Methods of Paragraph Development: Cause and Effect, Classification and Analysis, Definition, and Analogy
Monday
3/3/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 4 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 124-136)
Analyzing Methods of Paragraph Development: “The Cat Years” Group work: Chpt. 4 Methods of Paragraph Development
Cause/Effect (Potential effects to community of continued growth, particularly now as UC Merced continues being built and more students attend)
Classification /Analysis (Classify college students according to various categories of your own)?
Definition (Give your personal definition of success)
Analogy (Free Choice—see info. on pg. 134 for help)
Read and annotate Modesto Bee article: “Communities Remain Immersed in Heritage” by Adam Ashton and Merced Sun-Star article: “Valley Feels Like Home for Sikhs” by Scott Jason (Handout)
Be sure to answer questions at end of each article
EXTRA CREDIT OPTION #2 (15 pts.) DUE
3/10/08
INTERNET TASK
Go to text website at:
www.mhhe.com/spears
OR input title and author of textbook into “Google” or other search
engine. Make sure you go to work for 7th edition.
Click on “Student Edition”, then “Contents”, and then
print out
each of the following pages: Verbal Analogies Introduction and
Exercise 1
Complete Exercise electronically and “Submit for Grading” on
website—print your results
Wednesday
3/5/08
Review/Discuss Modesto Bee and Merced Sun-Star articles
Group work: Predicting Methods of Paragraph Development (Preview portion of midterm)
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 2—Chpt. 5: “Patterns of Paragraph Organization” (DCRS pgs. 156-168)
Monday
3/10/08
Extra Credit #2 Due
ESOs Covered on Midterm Exam:
A. Reading Comprehension
1-8
B.
Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5
C.
Vocabulary development
1
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 5 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 156-168)
Group work: Practice Midterm
Review Introduction and Chpts. 1-5 in preparation for test next class (You may also want to go to text website and take the Practice Test for Chpts. 1-5)
Complete Chpts. 1-5 Review/Take-Home Portion of Midterm—“Tortillas” by Jose Antonio Burciaga follow directions carefully
Intro. Survey Midterm Follow-up (Handout)
Wednesday
3/12/08
Collect Take-Home Portion of Midterm and Survey
Test #2: In-Class Portion of Midterm (OPEN BOOK AND OPEN NOTE)
Read “Some Devil’s Definitions” by Ambrose Bierce (MR pgs. 160-163) and write out at least 3 of your own definitions (DO NOT FIND OTHER ONES FROM BIERCE OR ANSWER THE REGULAR READING RESPONSE QUESTIONS)¨
Read, complete work for “Today’s Kids Are, Like Killing the English Language. Yeah Right” by Kirk Johnson (MR pgs. 165-168) (Reading Response Questions)
INTERNET TASK http://www.dt.org/html/Doublespeak.html
Using
“Google” or other search engine, locate this article by typing in the
search below: “Life Under the Chief Doublespeak Officer” by William
Lutz.
Print, read, and highlight or circle all examples of doublespeak. Bring
to next class.
Monday
3/17/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
6. Analyze the extended meaning through word
choice
7. Infer tone
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze denotation and connotation
2. Identify
figurative language
3. Determine
tone and bias
Go over Test, recollect
Review/Discuss Bierce and Johnson selections
Preview Chpt. 6 Concepts: Complete Connotation Activities Practice Exercises 1 and 2 (DCRS pg. 187)
Group work: Internet Task: Doublespeak Matching
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 3—Chpt. 6: “Language and Its Effects on the Reader” (DCRS pgs. 184-210)
Complete Practice Exercise 3: #1-20 ODDS or EVENS (DCRS pgs. 196-200) and Practice Exercise 4 (DCRS pgs. 210-212)
EXTRA CREDIT OPTION #3 You may do one, two, or all three of these (10 pts. each or 30 pts. total) DUE 3/31/08
Read, complete work for “Memory: Tips You’ll Never Forget” by Phyllis Schneider (MR 47-50) On pg. 51, answer “Questions on Meaning” #1, “Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and Style” #3, and write one well-developed paragraph response to “Writing Assignments” #1¨
Read, complete work for “The Case Against College” by Caroline Bird (MR
pgs.75-78) On pg. 79, answer “Questions on
Meaning” #1, “Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and Style” #1, and write
one well-developed paragraph response to “Writing Assignments” #1
Read, complete work for “School vs. Education” by Russell Baker (MR
pgs. 81-83) On pg. 84,
answer “Questions on Meaning” #2, Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and
Style” #2, and write one well-developed paragraph response to “Writing
Assignments” #2
Wednesday
3/19/08
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 6 Key Concepts and homework (DCRS pgs. 184-210)
Figurative Language Activity
Read, complete work for “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut (MR pgs.255-261) (Answer Literature Response Guide Questions)
INTERNET TASK: Using “Google” or other search engine, locate this article by typing in the search below: “Textbook Changes Draw Charges of Political Correctness” by Anita Vogel FOX News 5/1/03 www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85594,00.html
Print, read, and annotate. Bring to next class.
Monday
3/31/08
Extra Credit #3 Due
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
6. Analyze the extended meaning through word choice
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
6. Apply critical reading skills to reading on the World Wide Web
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze denotation and connotation
2. Identify figurative language
3. Determine tone and bias
Review/Discuss Vonnegut story
Political Correctness Activity
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 3--Chpt. 7: “Tone, Point of View, and Allusions” (DCRS pgs. 225-253)
Read, complete work for “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (MR pgs.195-198) (Answer Literature Response Guide Questions) Look closely at irony in this story and complete your portion (A-Z) of the Guided Reading Review in preparation for tomorrow
EXTRA CREDIT OPTION #4
(15 pts.) DUE 4/7/08
INTERNET TASK
Go to text website at:
www.mhhe.com/spears
OR input title and author of textbook into “Google” or other search
engine. Make sure you go to work for 7th edition.
Click on “Student Edition”, then “Contents”, and then complete Chapter
6, Exercise 4 “Analyzing and Interpreting Figurative Language”
electronically and “Submit for Grading” on website—print your
results
Wednesday
4/2/08
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 7 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 225-253)
Group work: Review/Discuss Chopin story
Complete Practice Exercise 1 (DCRS pgs. 237-241) and Practice Exercise 2 (DCRS pgs. 246-248)
Read, complete work for “Food News Can Get You Dizzy, So Know What to Swallow” by Linda Kulman (MR pgs. 147-152) (Reading Response Questions)
Monday
4/7/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
7. Infer tone
8. Analyze point of view
C. Vocabulary development
3. Determine tone and bias
Go over Chpt. 7 homework
Review/Discuss Kulman selection
Group work
Read, complete work for “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” (MR pgs. 89-91) and “That Lean and Hungry Look” (MR pgs. 93-96) by Suzanne Britt Jordan (Reading Response Questions for EACH)
Look closely at language use and tone in these readings
Wednesday
4/9/08
Review/Discuss Jordan selections
Group work: Tone Notes and Special Effects-- Practice Exercise 3 (253-256)
Read, complete work for “What I’ve Learned from Men” by Barbara Ehrenreich (MR 52-56) (Reading Response Questions)
Read, complete work for “Why I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady (MR pgs. 117-119) (Reading Response Questions)
EXTRA CREDIT OPTION #5 (15 pts.) DUE 4/16/08
INTERNET TASK
Go to text website at:
www.mhhe.com/spears
OR input title and author of textbook into “Google” or other search
engine. Make sure you go to work for 7th edition.
Click on “Student Edition”, then “Contents”, and then complete
Chapter 7, Exercise 1 “Paragraphs for Analysis”
and Exercise 2 “Exercise in Identifying Tone” electronically and
“Submit for Grading” on website—print your
results
Monday
4/14/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
7. Infer tone
8. Analyze point of view
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
1. Recognize argument structures
2. Evaluate authority and claims in arguments
3. Recognize deductive and inductive reasoning
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
C. Vocabulary development
3. Determine tone and bias
Review/Discuss Ehrenreich selection
Review/Discuss Brady selection
Group work
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 4--Chpt. 8: “Elements of Critical Reading”(DCRS pgs. 270-306)
Wednesday
4/16/08
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 8 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 270-306)
Group work: Complete Practice Exercise 4 (DCRS pgs. 283-286) and Practice Exercise #5 (DCRS pgs. 288-290)
Complete Chpt. 8 Practice Exercise #2 (DCRS pgs. 280-281), Practice Exercise #3 (DCRS pg. 282), Practice Exercise #6 (DCRS pgs. 293-295), Practice Exercise #7 (DCRS pgs. 295-297), and Practice Exercise #9 (DCRS pgs. 301-304)
Monday
4/21/08
ESO Focus This Week:
B. Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
1. Recognize argument structures
2. Evaluate authority and claims in arguments
3. Recognize deductive and inductive reasoning
C. Vocabulary development
3. Determine tone and bias
Review Chpt. 8 homework
They Say/I Say:
Concession and Refutation
Group work: Practice Test #3
Review Chpts. 6-8 in preparation for test next class (You may also want to go to text website and take the Practice Test for Chpts. 6-7)
Chapter Exercises: Evaluating Editorials--Using the 8 questions from pg. 306, read and evaluate Selections 3 and 4 (DCRS pgs. 309-312) (be sure to write out complete sentence answers to the questions)
Wednesday
4/23/08
Collect homework
Test #3: Chpts. 6-8 (OPEN BOOK AND OPEN NOTE)
Read, complete work for “Anatomy of a Hangover” by Donald G. Ross (MR pgs. 98-103) (Reading Response Questions)
Read, complete work for “Should Drugs be Legalized” by William Bennett (MR pgs.105-110) (Reading Response Questions)
EXTRA CREDIT OPTION #6 (15 pts.) DUE 4/30/08
INTERNET TASK OR TV TASK
Go to the
website
www.theonion.com
(Fake Newspaper/Journal) and print out one or more pages from
this irreverent humor site. Annotate your printout by commenting on
concepts you see at work here such as tone, argument, etc.
OR
watch one (1/2 hour) episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
OR The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)(Fake News Show)—take notes
as you watch and comment on concepts you see at work here such as tone,
argument, etc. Also, indicate the date of the episode (some are reruns),
the date you watched, and the guest. Enjoy!
Monday
4/28/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
6. Analyze the extended meaning of texts through word choice
B. College-level Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
1. Recognize argument structures
2. Evaluate authority and claims in arguments
3. Recognize deductive and inductive reasoning
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze denotation and connotation
3. Determine tone and bias
Review/Discuss Ross and Bennett selections
Group work
Read, complete work for “Lullaby” by Leslie Marmon Silko (MR pgs. 244-252) (Answer Literature Response Guide Questions)
Read, complete work for “An Ethnic Trump” by Gish Jen (DCRS pgs. 399-400) and answer all questions Parts A-E using correct format (see syllabus)
Wednesday
4/30/08
Extra Credit #6 Due
Review/Discuss Kingston and Jen selections
Group work
Worldview and Ethnocentrism
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 4—Chpt. 9: “Evaluating Arguments: Problems in Critical Reading” (DCRS pgs. 315-361)
Complete Practice Exercise #2 #1-10 ONLY—explain your answers (DCRS pgs. 326-327)
Monday
5/5/08
ESO Focus This Week:
A. Reading Comprehension appropriate to college-level texts
7. Infer tone
8. Analyze point of view
B. College-level Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
1. Recognize argument structures
2. Evaluate authority and claims in arguments
3. Recognize deductive and inductive reasoning
4. Recognize and evaluate fallacies
5. Examine language elements to decipher author’s meaning
6. Apply critical reading skills to reading on the World Wide Web
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 9 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 315-361) and homework
Group work: Complete Practice Exercise 3 (DCRS pgs. 332-334) and Practice Exercise 4 (DCRS pgs. 337-339) ODDS or EVENS—explain your answers
Complete Practice Exercises #5 and # 6 (DCRS pgs. 343-348)
INTERNET TASK
You may also use “hard copy” ads and cartoons from
magazines or newspapers.
Using Google (images) or other search engine, locate and
print out an advertisement that includes art/photos/graphics as well as
text AND a political cartoon (any subject—current is best).
Use the 12 questions on DCRS pg. 340 to evaluate the ad you
chose.
Then use the questions from Practice Exercise #6, to evaluate the
political cartoon you chose (subject, thesis/argument, point of view,
and emotion) (be sure to write out complete sentence answers to the
questions
Wednesday
5/7/08
Review homework and analyzing and evaluating visual images—advertisements and political cartoons
Group work
Read and complete “Q-Notes” for the entire informational section of Part 4—Chpt. 10 “Evaluating Web Sites” (DCRS pgs. 366-378)
INTERNET TASK Print the homepages for two favorite websites which represent your interests/hobbies/etc. Explain on printout.
Then evaluate your two websites above using this evaluation website: www.alexa.com
Print out results.
Monday
5/12/08
ESO Focus This Week:
B. College-level Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
6. Apply critical reading skills to reading on the World Wide Web
ESOs Covered on Take-Home Final Exam:
A. Reading Comprehension appropriate to college-level texts
A. Reading Comprehension
1. Identify and paraphrase main ideas and supporting details within selections
3. Determine the author’s purpose and audience
4. Analyze rhetorical forms for development
6. Analyze the extended meaning of texts through word choice
B. College-level Critical Thinking and Reading Skills
1. Recognize argument structures
2. Evaluate authority and claims in arguments
4. Recognize and evaluate fallacies
C. Vocabulary development
1. Analyze
denotation and connotation
3. Determine tone and bias
PowerPoint Review for Chpt. 10 Key Concepts (DCRS pgs. 366-378) and homework
Group work—Evaluating Web Sites: The Anatomy of a Web Site (DCRS pgs. 373-375)
Test #4: Final Exam Take-Home Portion
Due at beginning of next class -- Read the following Mercury Reader selections and complete the work
Part 1: (10 Questions x 3 pts. each = 30 pts.)
“Why We Don’t Need Animal Experimentation” by Peggy Carlson (pgs. 113-114)Answer “Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and Style” #2,3 pg. 115
“Why Doctors Must Not Kill” by Leon R. Kass (pgs. 121-130) Answer “Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and Style” #1, 3 pg. 131
“A Case of Assisted Suicide” by Jack Kevorkian (pgs. 133-139) Answer “Questions on Meaning” #1, 3 pg. 140
?“Abortion if Too Complex to Feel All One Way About” by Anna Quindlen (pgs. 141-144) Answer “Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and Style” #1,2 pg. 145
“It’s a Girl” by Kathleen Fackelmann (pgs. 154-158) Answer “Questions on Meaning” #1 and “Questions on Rhetorical Strategy and Style” #2 pg. 159
Part 2: (8 Questions x 1 pts. each = 8 pts. + Summary = 12 pts.)
Choose ONE of these opinion selections above and answer
in complete sentences the 8 questions for “Evaluating Editorials” on
DCRS pgs. 306-307
for this selection
Then write a summary of the selection using the guidelines on DCRS
pgs. 397-398.
Wednesday
5/14/08
End of Semester Personal Reflection and Evaluation Handout
Collect Take-Home Portion of Final Exam
Review for Test #4: Final Exam
Group work: Practice Test #4
Study for finals
NOTE: You may make prior arrangements with me to take your final exam at another time.
Wednesday
5/21/08
FINAL EXAM TIME 10:00-11:50
