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High School Intensive Reading: Fields of Reading

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Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

Ready to sharpen your reading and writing skills? In this course, you will refine your skills with reading and writing so you are able to read and write grade-level texts independently. You will focus on 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. You will encounter a wide range of topics, and engage in interactive text-based discussions, question generation, and research opportunities.

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 Nonfiction

-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