RDG 010 - Reading I

1. Reading Skills
   1. Understand the reading process
   2. Improve reading
   3. Predict as they read
   4. Monitor their comprehension
   5. Adjust their reading rate
   6. Develop a college level vocabulary
   7. Use context clues
   8. Use word-structure clues
   9. Use a dictionary pronunciation key
   10. Understand denotations and connotations of words
   11. Understand figurative language

2. Read and study college textbooks effectively
   1. Follow the three-step process for reading and studying college textbooks effectively
      1. Step 1: Prepare to read
      2. Step2:  Ask and answer questions to enhance reading
      3. Step 3: Review by rehearsing the answers to questions
   2. Follow directions in textbooks and on tests      
3. Select and organize textbook information
   1. Study better rather than harder
   2. Follow three keys to studying college textbooks
      1. Key 1: Selectivity
      2. Key 2: Organization
      3. Key 3: Rehearsal
   3. Use textbook features
      1. Prefaces,
      2. Tables of Contents,
      3. Part Openings,
      4. Chapter Outlines,
      5. Chapter Objectives and Introductions,
      6. Boxes,
      7. Tables,
      8. Graphic Aids,
      9. Vocabulary Aids,
      10. Study Questions and Activities,
      11. Chapter Summaries,
      12. Glossaries and Appendixes,
      13. Bibliographies,
      14. Suggested Readings and Webliographies,
      15. Indexes,
   4. Additional Features and Supplements.
      1. Mark textbooks: underline, highlight, and annotate
      2. Take notes from textbooks: outline, map and summarize        
      3. Follow guidelines for interpreting graphic material
         1. Bar Graphs            
         2. Flowcharts
         3. Line Graphs           
         4. Tables
         5. Pie Charts

2. Outcomes:

•       Implement effective study and time management skills and interactive strategies to aid them in their college courses
•     Improve reading comprehension of college textbooks and related practical reading examples

•     Implement effective use of highlighting in college textbooks
•     Annotate college textbook materials
•     Paraphrase to improve note taking from both textbooks and lectures
•     Develop outlines to organize textbook and lecture materials
•     Summarize textbook sections and chapters, improving comprehension of such materials
•     Create conceptual maps to improve comprehension of textbook and lecture content
•     Develop effective review materials for college exams, including, but not limited to, note cards, outlines, and paraphrased notes

Reading Skills

          The student will:

• Understand the reading process
• Improve reading
  • Predict as they read
  • Monitor their comprehension
  • Adjust their reading rate
• Develop a college level vocabulary
  • Use context clues
  • Use word-structure clues
  • Use a dictionary pronunciation key
  • Understand denotations and connotations of words
  • Understand figurative language

Read and study college textbooks effectively

          The student will:

• Follow the three-step process for reading and studying college textbooks effectively

                     Step 1: Prepare to read

                     Step2:  Ask and answer questions to enhance reading

                     Step 3: Review by rehearsing the answers to questions

• Follow directions in textbooks and on tests

Select and organize textbook information

          The student will:

• Study better rather than harder
• Follow three keys to studying college textbooks

                     Key 1: Selectivity

                     Key 2: Organization

                     Key 3: Rehearsal

• Use textbook features

Prefaces, Tables of Contents, Part Openings, Chapter Outlines, Chapter Objectives and Introductions, Boxes, Tables, Graphic Aids, Vocabulary Aids, Study Questions and Activities, Chapter Summaries, Glossaries and Appendixes, Bibliographies, Suggested Readings and Webliographies, Indexes, Additional Features and Supplements.

• Mark textbooks: underline, highlight, and annotate
• Take notes from textbooks: outline, map and summarize   
• Follow guidelines for interpreting graphic material

                               Bar Graphs             Flowcharts

                               Line Graphs            Tables

                               Pie Charts