1. The importance of good reading skills
2. Reading & academic success
3. Reading & professional success
4. Reading & personal success
5. Reading & better thinking
6. How to improve reading skills
7. Reading strategy: active reading
8. Using the dictionary
   

1. General & specific
2. Determining the topic
3. Determining the main idea
4. The topic sentence
5. Locations of the topic sentence
   

1. Major & minor details
2. Transitions
3. Mapping & outlining
4. Vocabulary: context & meaning
5. Reading visuals: organization charts
   

1. Understanding implied main ideas
2. Determing implied main ideas
3. The definition/restatement context clue
4. Reading strategy: SQ3R
   

1. Characteristics of transitions
2. Transition words that indicate a series
3. Transition words that indicate time order
4. Transition words that indicate cause/effect
5. Transition words that indicate comparison/contrast
6. Transition words that indicate definition
7. Transitions in combinations of patterns
8. The explanation of context clue
9. Reading strategy: Summarizing
   

1. Topic sentences
2. Series
3. Time order
4. Cause/Effect
5. Comparison/contrast
6. Definition
7. Combination of patterns
8. The example context clue
9. Reading strategy: taking notes
   

1. Topic sentences
2. Series
3. Time order
4. Cause/Effect
5. Comparison/contrast
6. Definition
7. Combination of patterns
8. The example context clue
9. Reading strategy: taking notes
   

1. Inferences
2. Guidelines for making accurate inferences
3. Making inferences in literature
4. The contrast contest clue
5. Reading Strategy: keeping a reading journal
   

1. Purpose
2. Bias & tone
3. The contrast context clue
4. Reading Strategy: REAP
   

1. The two components of argument: Point & support
2. Matching the point with relevant support
3. Distinguishing fact from opinion
4. Informed vs. uninformed opinion
5. Logical fallacies
6. Fallacies realted to a lack of sound evidence
7. Fallacies that involve faulty relationships
8. Fallacies that take the form of personal attacks
9. Deciding for yourself
10. Figures of speech
11. Reading strategy: skimming
    

1. Topic, main idea, & thesis
2. Supporting details
3. Implied main ideas
4. Paterns of organization
5. Transitions
6. Review
7. Reading Strategy: scanning
   

Required Materials:
Houghton Miffin College Reading Series 2, Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 2006.
Flemming, Laraine.  Words Count.  Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2005.
DACC Student Success Binder

Attendance is an important factor in successful completion of this course.
Fall and Spring Semesters: For classes meeting two (2) days per week, no more than four (4) absences will be allowed.  For classes meeting four (4) days per week, no more than 8 absences will be allowed.
Summer Semester and Late Start Classes: for classes meeting three (3) or less days per week, only three (3) absences will be allowed.  Instructors reserve the right to drop students who are absent more than this amount.

Expectation of Student’s Performance

1. Complete all test and assignments with a total average of 80%
2. Complete the Reading Skills section of the ASSET test with a minimum score of 36.
3. S..........80% or above
   U..........79% or below



Conduct Code/Academic Integrity Policy

As members of an academic community, the students, staff, and faculty of Danville Area Community College have both rights and responsibilities which derive from appropriate standards of conduct and ethical integrity.  The college should provide a safe environment where respect for the individual is practiced and learning is the fundamental goal of all activity.  Students are expected to do course work honestly in accord with the stated requirements of each class.  All individuals should be treated fairly in an atmosphere free from discrimination and hostility.  Activities which disrupt the learning process for other students and which interfere with faculty in the performance of their duties will be disciplined according to guidelines established by the college.  Violations of standards of conduct as detailed by, but not limited to, this Code will be dealt with fairly in a manner appropriate to the offense and according to sanctions guidelines.

Fall 2010

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