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Recreational Reading — READ 049
Recreational Reading
READ 049
$ 136.00
Instructor(s): Mark Baker MEd
Credits: 0.50
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.
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