6210C122 - ELIUP053 Reading III

Reading 3 

Winter Quarter 2023 (ELIUP053A Item 6210)

Class Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-1:20 

Instructor: Cynthia Weintraub

Cynthia’s Phone: 425-564-2125 to leave a message.

Cynthia’s Office Hours: By appointment (on Zoom) or in person in my Office R130O

Email: cynthia.weintraub@bellevuecollege.edu

 

Monday-Friday: Class meets on DAILY in person.

Winter Quarter is January 3rd- March 24th 2023.

 

Here is our Zoom meeting invite and password IF we NEED TO MOVE TO ONLINE CLASS.

https://bellevuecollege.zoom.us/j/9425076825 (Links to an external site.)

Meeting Password 373287

 

You will find our Reading 3 Course Syllabus page below.

 

Class Calendar (often updated):

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

We will be using a variety of tools for class content, participation, group work, and study. Reading classes prepare you for the kind of reading that you will have in academic classes at an American college or university. We will be building reading skills to help you understand, analyze, and discuss a variety of readings in English. Group work and discussion is also very important. We will study with both a textbook and a novel.

 

TEXTS:

THE eTEXT of Reading Explorer 2 (3rd Edition)

MacIntyre and Bohlke. National Geographic/Cengage Learning.

Student Book with Online Workbook: ISBN-13: 978-0-357-12470-3

 

Below is the link to purchase our eTextbook for immediate access.

To purchase directly from the publisher for a discount follow these steps:

 

Buy Direct from National Geographic Learning

To save 25% enter promotional code ELTNGL25 at checkout in the COUPON CODE box. Our publisher store helps your students save money and get the right learning materials for class. 

 

https://www.cengage.com/coursepages/Academic

 

How to Buy Books or Access Codes Online Video

https://info.cengage.com/howtobuy

 

Our novel:

The Cinderella Man (Pearson English Reader)

I have provided our novel in full as a pdf copy on our Pages site.

If you would like to purchase a paperback copy, you may find one on www.amazon.com

 

WE WILL ALSO HAVE EXTRA SUPPORT FROM ONLINE RESOURCES WITH OUR TEXTBOOK.

 Other Materials:

Microsoft Word or another compatible format for submissions.

Our Class Calendar will be given in the first week of class and is updated regularly.

 

Reading Level 3 (ELIUP053)

LEARNING OUTCOMES: (Skills you will gain during the course)

• Scan and skim to locate information in a text
• Read and understand paragraphs and short passages
• Outline and summarize a paragraph and short selection
• Express an opinion about a passage
• Use knowledge of word parts and context clues to guess meanings of new words
• Use a dictionary to find correct definitions, parts of speech, usage, syllables, and stress
• Locate level-appropriate reading materials in a library or on-line
• Read and understand graphs, tables, and charts

GRADED WORK AND FINAL GRADES:

• You will have reading quizzes and tests.
• You will have reading for pleasure/novel Literary Circle activities and discussion.
• You will receive grades both at mid-term and at the end of the quarter. Your grade will

depend on the quality of your work and your effort.

• Your grade will be based on scores on quizzes and tests, your written work and homework assignments, and on your activity and participation in class:

Class Grades are based on:

Reading Unit Tests 30%

Homework Assignments 40%

Novel Work 20%

Final Exam 10%

 

(This Level 3 Final Exam must be passed in order to move on to RR4.)

 

Your final letter grade will come from this scale:

 

            93 – 100%       =          A          (excellent)

            90 – 92%         =          A-

            87 – 89%         =          B+

            83 – 86%         =          B          (good)

            80 – 82%         =          B-

            77 – 79%         =          C+

            73 – 76%         =          C          (satisfactory)

            70 – 72%         =          C-

            63 – 66%         =          D          (repeat class, good effort)

           60-  62% =        D-

           0 – 59%        =    F          (repeat class, unsatisfactory effort)

 

All assignments given must be submitted by 7am on the day of the DUE DATE.

Please come to class on time, ready to work hard and have fun for a successful Winter Quarter!