Freshman English Reading

BEN10802

103b (Spring 2015) Schedule and Homework

Wk Tue Reading to do BEFORE class Reading Skills and due dates
1 2/24 Introductions  
2 3/3 Article 1: The Test Reading Skills: Efficient Reading
3 3/10 AW 8: Ethnic and Racial Diversity
Curious Incident
to ch. 67 (p 44)
Presentation 1
Paper 1 due: Your Book
4 3/17

Article 2: Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgement
Curious Incident to ch. 149 (p 113)
Presentations 2 (p 45-77) & 3 (p 78-113)

Efficient Reading practice
5 3/24 AW 9: Education in the United States
Reading Skills: Analytical Reading
Reading Journal due (first time)
6 3/31 Article 3: Lamb to the Slaughter
Curious Incident to ch. 199 (p 202)
Presentations 4 (p 114-157) & 5 (p 158-202)
Analytical Reading continued
Tell me what book your group plans to start reading after the midterm.
7 4/7 Holiday  
8 4/14 Curious Incident to the end (p 268)
Presentation 6
Curious Incident 140-190
9 4/21  Midterm (Midterm Review)  
10 4/28 Article 4: Senior Payroll Reading Skills: Critical Reading
TAYB 1: Planning
11 5/5 AW 10: How Americans Spend their Leisure Time TAYB 2: Characters and Setting
12 5/12 Article 5: Sleeping and Dreaming Reading skills: Fact & Opinion
Reading Journal due (second time)
TAYB 3: Conflict(s)
13 5/19 Read-a-round TAYB 4: topics, themes, issues
14 5/26 AW 11: The American Family  
Reading skills: Bias
Paper 2 due: Reading advice
TAYB 5: Critical Reading
15 6/2 Article 6: Milgrim's Experiment TAYB 6: Prepare for Presentation
16 6/9 Review and prepare for book presenations  
17 6/16 Book Presentations 1-6 Reading journal due (last time)
18 6/23   Final Exam (Final Review)  

 


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