High School Intensive Reading: A Universe of Reading
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Number of Credits
1.0
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Estimated Completion Time
32-36 weeks
Suggested Prerequisites
N/ADescription
The purpose of this course is to provide instruction that enables students to accelerate the development of reading and writing skills, and to strengthen those skills so they are able to successfully read and write grade-level text independently. Instruction emphasizes reading comprehension, writing fluency, and vocabulary study through the use of a variety of literary and informational texts that encompass a broad range of text structures, genres, and levels of complexity. Texts used for instruction focus on a wide range of topics, including content-area information, in order to support students in meeting the knowledge demands of increasingly complex text. Students enrolled in the course will engage in interactive text-based discussions, question generation, and research opportunities. They will write in response to reading, and cite evidence when answering text dependent questions orally and in writing. The course provides extensive opportunities for students to collaborate with their peers. Scaffolding is provided as necessary as students engage in reading and writing increasingly complex text, and is removed as the reading and writing abilities of students improve over time.Module One: Informational Text
-Theme
-Central idea
-Domain-specific language
-Precise language
-Author’s purpose
-Tone and diction
-Analyzing informational texts
-Finding details
-Compare/contrasting
-Using context clues
-Summarizing
-Applying text features to aid comprehension
Module Two: Writing Skills
-Writing process
-Research
-Collecting research
-Evaluating reliable sources
-Creating an outline
-Writing a research paper
Module Three: Narratives
-Fiction
-Short story
-Genre
-Plot structure
-Theme
-Characterization
-Comprehension
-Note-taking
-Text-marking
-Answering text dependent questions
Module Four: Reading Informational Non-Fiction
-Central idea
-Domain-specific language
-Text structure
-Tone
-Mood
-Diction
-Connotation and denotation
-Reading and analyzing informational text
-Summarizing
-Using context clues
-Answering text dependent questions
Module Five: Drama and Poetry
-Drama
-Poetry
-Figurative language
-Sarcasm
-Compare/contrast
-Analyzing characters
-Analyzing language
-Comparing interpretations of source material
-Writing an adaptation of source material
Module Six: Arguments
-Compare and contrast
-Argument analysis
-Characteristics of an effective claim
-Appeals to logic, emotion, and ethics
-Domain-specific language
-Precise language
-Analyzing arguments
-Stating a claim
-Analyzing rhetorical devices
-Answering text dependent questions on argument
-Understanding parts of an argument