Recreational Reading

Description:

This course is all about giving students the tools to become better readers and more appreciative of good books; this will help them understand the joy that comes from recreational reading. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Tis the good reader that makes the good book. " Students will learn reading strategies that will not only help them become better readers, but will also help students enjoy reading even more.

Course Content:

1. Setting and Leads: Entering the Story's World
2. Characterization and Point of View: Who are you and Why are you in my Story?
3. Conflict: What's the Problem Here?
4. Comprehension: Wait! What Do I Do If I Don't Get it?
5. Plot: What makes a Story Exciting?
6. Inferences: Gathering Clues from a Story
7. Theme: The Big Picture

Online Courses:

Course materials are accessed online and all assignments must be submitted online. Optional course readings may be available but do not include the self-check assignments or graded assignments.

Notes:

Students are required to read six novels for this course. These novels should add up to a combined minimum of 1,500 pages of text.