READING 095 – FALL 2008 CLASS SCHEDULE
Mrs. Wishart, Adjunct Instructor
[email protected]
Instructor Websites - BCC Website: http://staff.bcc.edu/cwishart Personal Website: http://www.easyliteracy.com
Date
Thurs.,
Aug. 28
Tues.,
Sept. 2
Thurs.,
Sept. 4
Ten Steps to Advanced Reading
and Lecture
 Review Syllabus
 Review Class Schedule
 Class Expectations
 Proper Paper Heading
 Ice Breaker
 “How to Become a Better
Reader and Thinker” (3)
 Read Aloud
 Exit Exercise
 “Some Quick Study Tips”
(10)
 “Vocabulary in Context” (12)
 Read Aloud with Class
Discussion
 Exit Exercise
Advanced
Vocabulary Skills
 “Introduction”
(1)
 “Apartment
Problems” (8)
 Words in Context
 Matching
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Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
“Main Ideas” (23)
Practice 1 (26)
Practice 2 (31), para. 1, 2
The First Key to
Comprehension:
Visualization
 Read Aloud Class Discussion
Computer/Group Work
Homework
 Read Aloud discussion
 Journal #1: Who is your most gregarious
friend or relative? Who is your most shy?
Contrast these two people be describing the
different ways they react to at least one common
circumstance, such as being at parties or
choosing jobs.
 Vocabulary “Apartment Problems” Sentence
Check 1, Sentence Check 2 (10)
 The Way People
Learn – Short
Spurts
 “Hardly a Loser”
(12)
 Words in Context
 Matching
 “Apartment Problems”
Final Check
 Sentence Check 1 (14)
 Townsend Press Site:
Vocabulary Chapter 1
Mastery Test
 Exercises – Vocabulary in
Context and Word
Definitions
 Townsend Press Site:
Advanced Reading
Vocabulary in Context
Exercises 1, 2
 Journal #2: Throughout the ages, zealots have
instigated both good and bad events. What
public person or personal acquaintance do you
consider a zealot? What do you think makes the
person a zealot?
 Vocabulary “Hardly a Loser” Sentence Check 2
(14)
 Additional Reading Assignment: Choose a
Story at www.easyliteracy.com
 Townsend Press Site: Advanced Reading
Vocabulary in Context Mastery Tests 1, 2
 Townsend Press Site: Advancing Vocabulary
Chapter 2 Mastery Test
 “Grandfather at
the Art Museum”
(16)
 Words in Context
 Matching
 Sentence Check 1
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 Journal #3: Tell about an historical, political,
or religious dissident you admire. What did that
person oppose? What did he or she achieve?
 Story Questions for Additional Reading – Due
Thursday, September 18
 Major Reading Project – Choose book/story at
www.easyliteracy.com.
 Vocabulary “Grandfather at the Art Museum”
Sentence Check 2 (18)
Practice 2 (32) paragraph 3
Practice 2 (32) paragraph 4
Sentence Check 1 (18)
“Concentration” game
 Exit Exercise
Tues.,
Sept. 9
Thurs.,
Sept. 11
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Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
“Main Ideas” (34)
Locations of the Main Idea
Practice 3, #1, 2, 3
Chapter Review
Read Aloud with Class
Discussion
 Exit Exercise
 “My Brother’s
Mental Illness”
(20)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
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 “A Get-Rich
Quick Scam”
(24)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
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Tues.
Sept. 16
Thurs.,
Sept. 18
Tues.,
Sept. 23
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Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
“Supporting Details” (63)
Practice 1
Practice 2
The 2nd Key to
Comprehension: Background
Knowledge
Read Aloud with Class
Discussion
Exit Exercise
Homework Review
“Supporting Details” (74)
Practice 3
Chapter Review
Main Ideas Test
Journal Entry Check
Exit Exercise
 Entrance Exercise
 Read Aloud with Class
Discussion
 Exit Exercise
 Entrance Exercise
 Vocabulary Test: Unit 1
 “Holiday Blues”
(28)
 Word Parts in
Context
 Matching Word
Parts
 Sentence Check 1
 Jeopardy!
 “A Phony
Friend” (42)
 Final Check (19)
 Sentence Check 1, 2 (22)
 Main Ideas Mastery Test 1,
2
 Townsend Press Site:
Vocabulary Chapter 3 –
Vocabulary in Context and
Word Definitions
 Townsend Press Site:
Advancing Reading Main
Ideas Exercises 1, 2
 Sentence Check 1, 2 (26)
 “Personal Conflict Styles”
(393) – Questions 1 – 9
 Advanced Reading Mastery
Test 4 (57)
 Extra Credit: Group
completion of Crossword
Puzzle (32) (5 points added
to Vocabulary Test)
 Townsend Press Site:
Advanced Reading
Supporting Details Ex. 1, 2
and Mastery Test 1
 Vocabulary Unit One: Test
1 (33)
 Skills Bank Assignment
 “Cardiovascular Disease
 Townsend Press Site: Advanced Reading
Vocabulary in Context Mastery Tests 3, 4
 Advanced Reading paragraph 3, page. 33.
 Journal #4: Young people may feel infallible
and behave in impetuous and sometimes
dangerous ways. What are some examples of
such behavior?
 Townsend Press Site: Advanced Reading Main
Ideas Mastery Tests 1, 2, 3
 Advanced Reading paragraph 4, page 41;
Review Tests 1
 Vocabulary Final Check (23).
 Journal #5: Gossips often disseminate a story
without bothering to corroborate it with solid
evidence. Has such a rumor ever been spread
about you or someone you know or have heard
of?
 Advanced Reading Main Ideas Mastery Tests 5,
6, Supporting Details Review Tests 1 (page 79)
 Vocabulary Final Check (27).
 Vocabulary “Holiday Blues” Sentence Check 2
(30)
 Vocabulary Final Check (31)
 Townsend Press Site: Advanced Reading
Supporting Details Mastery Test 2, 3, 4
 Advanced Reading Supporting Details Review
Tests 1, 2 (79)
 Vocabulary Unit One: Test 2 (35)
 Advanced Reading Supporting Details Review
Test 1, 2 (79 - 83) (make sure to complete
questions after story)
 Journal #6: Some guests on television real-life
talk shows become very emotional, even
 Townsend Site Check
 Exit Exercise
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
Risk Factors” (405) –
Questions 1 – 9
 Active Reading and Study
of a Textbook Selection
(415)
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Thurs.,
Sept. 25
Tues.,
Sept. 30
 Entrance Exercise
 Supporting Details Test
 The 3rd Key to
Comprehension: Ask
Questions
 “Implied Main Ideas” (97)
 Practice 1, paragraphs 1, 2, 3
 Putting Implied Main Ideas
Into Your Own Words
 Practice 3
 Exit Exercise
 “Coco the
Gorilla” (46)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
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 “Our Annual
Garage Sale”
(50)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 Sentence Check 1
 “A Debate on
School
Uniforms” (54)
 Words in Context
Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
Implied Main Ideas (107)
Practice 4, passages 1, 2, 3
Chapter Review
Read aloud with class
discussion
 Check-up on Progress: Major
Reading Project
 Exit Exercise
 Sentence Check 1, 2 (48)
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 Townsend Press Site:
Advanced Reading Implied
Main Ideas Ex. 1, 2,
Mastery Test 1
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (52)
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violent. Do you find such reprehensible – or
acceptable? In your opinion, are these
demonstrations genuine, or are they mostly a
sham and thus not to be taken seriously?
Additional Reading Assignment: Choose a
Story from www.easyliteracy.com.
Advanced Reading Supporting Details Mastery
Tests 1, 2, 3 (85)
Journal #7: When parents, divorce, the results
can be grievous for their children. Some parents
explain to their children why they’ve divorced,
while others are reticent to do so, feeling they
are protecting their children. Which method do
you believe to be more detrimental to children
of divorce and explain why you feel this way.
Vocabulary Final Check (45)
Advanced Reading Practice 2, paragraphs 1, 2, 3
Homework Assignment for Additional Reading
Assignment – If questions are not provided for
the story you chose, answer these questions:
o What is the main idea or message of
the story?
o What part of the story can you
visualize?
o What do you remember from your
own life or something you read
before that relates to this story?
o What questions came to mind as
you read the story – list at least 5
questions. Due Oct. 14th.
Journal #8: Television news is replete with
images of violence and disaster. If you were in
charge of news programming, would you
balance negative news with reports meant to
bolster viewers’ spirits? If so, explain your
reasoning and how might you achieve the
balance. If not, explain why.
Townsend Press Site: Advancied Reading
Implied Main Ideas Mastery Tests 2, 3
Advanced Reading Implied Main Ideas Review
 Matching Words
Thurs.,
Oct. 2
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Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
Relationships I (133)
Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
Read aloud with class
discussion
 Exit Exercise
 “My Large
Family” (58)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 Advanced Reading Implied
Main Ideas Mastery Tests
4, 5 (125)
 Vocabulary Word Search
Tues.,
Oct. 7
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 “Alex’s Search”
(62)
 Word Parts in
Context
 Matching Word
Parts
 Skills Bank Assignment
 Vocabulary Crossword (66)
 Townsend Press Site:
Improving Reading Main
Ideas Mastery Test 1, 2, 3;
Supporting Ideas Mastery
Test 1, 2, 3; Implied Main
Idea Mastery Test 1, 2, 3
Thurs.,
Oct. 9
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Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
Vocabulary Test: Unit 2
Review for mid-term
Read aloud with class
discussion
 Exit Exercise
 Who Wants to Be
a Millionaire?
 “Ann’s Love of
Animals” (76)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 “Collective Behavior”
(418) Questions 1 – 14
 Active Reading and Study
of a Textbook Selection
(426)
 Advanced Reading Mastery
Test 4 (165)
Tues.,
Oct. 14
 Entrance Exercise
 Relationships Review
Mastery Test 6 (169)
 Journal Check
 Townsend Site Check
 “A Costume
Party” (80)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 Townsend Press Site:
Improving Reading
Relationships I, Mastery
Test 3, 4
Entrance Exercise
Homework Review
Implied Main Ideas Test
Relationships I (143)
Practice 4
Practice 5
Practice 6
Chapter Review
Exit Exercise
Test 1 (113)
 Vocabulary Final Check (53), Sentence Check
1, 2, Final Check (56)
 Journal #9: When a defendant in a criminal
trial has been exonerated of all charges, he or
she is set free. What difficulties do you think
this person might face in attempting to be
reinstated into normal life?
 Advanced Reading Implied Main Ideas Mastery
Test 6 (129)
 Vocabulary Sentence Check 1, 2 (60)
 Townsend Press Site: Building Reading
Vocabulary In Context Exercise 1, 2
 Townsend Press Site: Building Reading Main
Ideas Exercise 1, 2
 Journal #10: Has anyone ever scoffed at a goal
or plan of yours? Write an entry explaining your
goal or plan, the other person’s comments, and
how you reacted. Did you become despondent
and not follow through? Or were you resilient
and able to move forward with your idea despite
the disapproval of the other person?
 Vocabulary Sentence Check 1, 2, Final Check
(64), Test 1, 2, 4 (67)
 Townsend Press Site: Improving Reading
Supporting Details Mastery Tests 1, 2
 Advanced Reading Mastery Tests 1, 2, 3
 Vocabulary Sentence Check 1, 2 (78)
 Townsend Press Site: Improving Reading
Implied Ideas Mastery Test 1, 2
 Townsend Press Site: Improving Reading
Relationships I Mastery Test 1, 2, 3 (159)
 Advanced Reading “Personal Conflict Styles”
(393) Questions 10, 11
 Advanced Reading Mastery Test 3, 4 (163)
 Advanced Reading “Cardiovascular Disease”
(405) Questions 8, 9
 Advanced Reading “Collective Behavior” (418)
Questions 1 -9
Thurs.,
Oct. 16
Tues.,
Oct. 21
 Review for mid-term
 The 4th Key to
Comprehension: Making
Inferences
 Exit Exercise
 Entrance Exercise
 Relationships I Test
 Relationships II (171)
 Practice 1
 Practice 2
 Practice 3
 Practice 4
 Combined Skills Test 1, 2
(508)
 Exit Exercise
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Thurs.,
Oct. 23
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Homework Review
Relationships II (180)
Practice 5
Practice 6
Practice 7
Practice 8
Chapter Review
Combined Skills Test 3, 4
(512)
Read Aloud with Class
Discussion
Exit Exercise
Entrance Exercise
The 5th Key to
Comprehension: Determine
the Most Important Ideas
Relationships II Test
Clue
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“The Missing
Painting” (84)
Words in Context
Matching Words
“An Ohio Girl in
NY” (88)
Words in Context
Matching Words
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (86)
 Mastery Tests 1, 2 (159)
“How Neat is
Neat Enough?”
(92)
Words in Context
Matching Words
“A Cult
Community” (96)
Word Parts in
Context
Matching
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (90)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (94)
 Extra Credit: Vocabulary
Crossword Puzzle Review
(100)
 Vocabulary Unit 3 Test 1
(101)
 Review Test 2 (192),
Mastery Test 1, 2 (199)
 “Halloween
Troubles” (110)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 “Thomas Dooley
(114)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (98)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (112)
 Journal #11: Do you study best in a quiet,
austere environment or a noisy, cluttered
space – or something in between? Write a
paragraph on the study setting you prefer.
Describe the setting in detail, and tell why
you feel it suits you.
 Additional Reading Assignment: Choose a
Story from www.easyliteracy.com. The story
must have questions posted for it.
 Vocabulary Sentence Final Check (83)
 Vocabulary Sentence Final Check (87)
 Townsend Press Site: Advancing Reading
Supporting Details Mastery Test 1, Main Idea
Mastery Test 1, Implied Main Idea Mastery
Test 1, Relationships I Mastery Test 1
 Homework Assignment for Additional Reading
Assignment: Due Nov. 18
 Vocabulary Final Check (91)
 Vocabulary Final Check (95)
 Vocabulary Unit 3 Test 2(103)
 Advanced Reading Review Test 1 (191),
Mastery Test 3, 4 (203)
 Advanced Reading “Types of Nonverbal
Symbols” (429) Questions 1 - 14
 Journal #12: When you were a child, did your
parents exhort you to eat foods you found
repugnant? What were these foods, and what
did you do, if anything, to avoid eating them?
How do you feel about these foods today?
 Vocabulary Final Check (99), Unit 3 Test 4
Tues.,
Oct. 28
Thurs.,
Oct. 30
Tues.,
Nov. 4
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Inferences (217)
Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
Practice 4
Entrance Exercise
Midterm Exam
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
(107)
 Advanced Reading “Sports: Illustrating the
Three Perspectives” (441) Questions 1 - 11
 Take Home Test: Vocabulary Test Unit 3
 Jeopardy!
 Vocabulary Final Check (113)
 Vocabulary Sentence Check 1, 2 (116)
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 “Twelve Grown
Men in a Bug”
(118)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 “Adjusting to a
Group Home”
(122)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 Inferences Mastery Test 1,
2 (243)
 Townsend Press Site:
Advancing Reading
“Inferences” Exercise 1, 2
 Townsend Press Site:
Advancing Reading
“Inferences Mastery Test 1,
2
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (120)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (124)
 “White Collar Crime (271)
 Journal #13: What abilities or traits do you
think are integral to success in any field? Name
these qualities and tell why you think they are
so important.
 Advanced Reading “The Ugly Truth About
Beauty” (237)
 Advanced Reading Inferences Mastery Test 3, 4,
5 (247)
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Entrance Exercise
Inferences (232)
Practice 5
Review Test 1
The 5th Key to
Comprehension: Determine
Most Important Information
Purpose and Tone (255)
Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
Practice 4
Chapter Review
Exit Exercise
Entrance Exercise
Inferences Chapter Test
Journal Check
Purpose and Tone Mastery
Test 1, 2
Argument (289)
Practice 1
Practice 2
Read aloud with class
discussion
Exit Exercise
 “A Different
Kind of Doctor”
(126)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 “Grandpa and
Music”
 Word Parts in
Context
 Matching Word
Parts
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (120)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check (124)
 “Concentration!”
 Townsend Press Site:
Advanced Reading Chapter
9: Purpose and Tone
Exercise 1, 2
 Advanced Reading Review
Test 1, 2 (269)
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Entrance Exercise
Purpose and Tone Test
Townsend Website Check
Argument (300)
Practice 3
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 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (128)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (132)
 “A Vote Against Legalizing
 Journal #14: When stressful situations leave
you exhausted, do you wish you could get away
for awhile? If you could take an all-expense
paid vacation, where would you go and what
would you do to rejuvenate yourself?
 Vocabulary Final Check (121)
 Vocabulary Final Check (125)
 Advanced Reading Mastery Tests 3, 4 (281)
 Advanced Reading Mastery Tests 5, 6 (285)
 Townsend Press Site: Building Reading
Relationships II Exercises 1, 2, Mastery Tests 1,
2
 Vocabulary Final Check (129)
 Vocabulary Final Check (133)
 Vocabulary Unit 4 Test 1, 2 (135)
 Townsend Press Site: Building Reading
Relationships I & II, Mastery Tests 1, 2
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Thurs.,
Nov. 6
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Tues.,
Nov. 11
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Chapter Review
Critical Reading (323)
Practice 1
Practice 2
Read aloud with class
discussion
Exit Exercise
Entrance Exercise Argument
Mastery Tests 1, 2
The 7th Key to
Comprehension: Fix Up
Strategies
Critical Reading (333)
Practice 3
Chapter Review
Review for Final Relationships
 “My Devilish
Older Sister”
(144)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
Thurs.,
Nov. 13
 Entrance Exercise: Critical
Reading Mastery Test 4, 5
(353)
 Vocabulary Test: Unit 4
 Active Reading and Study
(359)
 Practice 1
 Practice 2
 Chapter Review
 Review for Final
 Review for Accuplacer
 Jeopardy!
 “Harriet
Tubman” (148)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
 “Tony’s
Rehabilitation”
(152)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
Tues,
Nov. 18
 Entrance Exercise: Active
Reading Mastery Test 3, 4
 Critical Reading and Active
Reading Combined Test
 “Rumors” (156)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
Drugs” (305)
 Check on Major Reading
Project Progress
 Review Test 1, 2 (304)
 Townsend Press Site: Building Reading
Combined Skills Exercises 1, 2
 Extra Credit: Vocabulary
Crossword Puzzle (134)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (146)
 Townsend Press Site:
Advancing Reading Chapter
10: Argument Exercises 1,
2
 Argument Mastery Tests 3,
4
 Advanced Reading “A
Scary Time to Raise a
Daughter” (341)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (150)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (152)
 “Impression Management”
(373)
 Advanced Reading Critical
Reading Mastery Test 6
(357)
 Review for Accuplacer
 Journal #15: Are you good friends with
someone despite disparities in your opinions,
ages, and/or backgrounds? Write about your
relationship, explaining the differences between
you and how you both handle them so that your
friendship is maintained.
 Vocabulary Unit 4 Test 4 (141)
 Vocabulary Final Check (147)
 Advanced Reading Review Test 1(340)
 Advanced Reading Critical Reading Mastery
Test 1, 2, 3
 Townsend Press Site: Advancing Reading
Chapter 10: Argument Mastery Tests 5, 6
 Journal #16: Have you ever wished to be
omnipotent? Write an entry describing what you
would do and why if you were all-powerful for
a day. Include any retributions you would like
to give out.
 Vocabulary Final Check (151), Final Check
(155)
 Additional Reading Assignment: Choose a
Story.
 Homework Assignment for Additional Reading
Assignment: Due Dec. 4.
 Advanced Reading Chapter 10 Mastery Tests 1,
2
 Advanced Reading “A Civil War Soldier’s
Letter to His Wife” (453) Questions 1 – 20,
Summarizing
 Vocabulary Take-Home Test: Units 1-4
 Journal #17: Judges sometimes require people
who have transgressed but are not violent to
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (158)
 Townsend Press Site:
Advancing Reading Chapter
 “Single Sex Schools” (461)
 Review for Final
 Students may turn in rough
draft of Major Reading
Project. Instructor will return
rough draft with suggestions
at Nov. 25 class. This is an
option for help, not a
requirement.
 “The End of a
Political Career”
(160)
 Words in Context
 Matching Words
Thurs.,
Nov. 20
 “The Spider and the Wasp”
(493)
 Review for Final
 Read aloud with class
discussion
 Check on Progress: Major
Reading Project
 Exit Exercise
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Tues.,
Nov. 25
 Time reserved for BCC
departmental test
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Thurs.,
Nov. 27
Tues.,
Dec. 2
 Thanksgiving
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 Entrance Exercise –
Combined Skills Test 11, 12
(528)
 Vocabulary Test:
Cumulative
 Review for Final
 “In My Day” (482)
 Read aloud with class
 Advanced Reading “The
Spider and the Wasp” (493)
 Advanced Reading
Combined Skills Test 13,
14 (532)
“Firing Our
Boss” (164)
 Word Parts in
Context
 Matching Words
11: Combined Skills
 Advanced Reading “A
King’s Folly (471).
Questions 1 20,
Summarizing
 Combined Skills Test 5, 6
(516)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (162)
 Vocabulary Sentence
Check 1, 2 (166)
 Advanced Reading “A
Civil War Soldier’s Letter
to His Wife” (453)
 Assistance with Major
Reading Project
redeem themselves doing by doing
community work. Do you think community
work is a fair punishment? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of such a
penalty?
 Vocabulary Final Check (159), Final Check
(163)
 Advanced Reading “In My Day” (482)
Questions 1 – 20, Summarizing
 Journal #18: Is there someone you would like
to emulate? The person might be someone you
know, a famous individual, or a character in a
novel or film. Tell how you would like to be
similar to that person and why.
 Vocabulary Final Check (167)
 Advanced Reading Combined Skills Test 7, 8
(520)
 Journal #19: People with low self-esteem may
repeatedly make the contention that they cannot
do anything right. What might an adroit
counselor or friend say or do to help such
people become more positive about their
abilities?
 Advancing Reading “A King’s Folly” (471)
 Townsend Press Site Improving Reading
Chapter 11 Exercise 1, 2
 Advanced Reading Combined Skills Test 9, 10
(524)
 Thanksgiving Break from Homework
 Journal #20: Imagine that you are asked right
now to give an impromptu speech defending this
point: Sports help society. Give one example,
fact, or personal experience you could use to
support this point.
 Townsend Press Site: Advanced Reading
 Advanced Reading Combined Skills Test 15, 16
(536)
Thurs.,
Dec. 4
Tues.,
Dec. 9
Thurs.,
Dec. 11
discussion
 Exit Exercise
 Combined Skills Tests 17, 18
(540)
 FINAL EXAM
 Final Journal Check
 Final Townsend Press Site
Check
 Conferences
 Conferences
All Writing Assignments, Including the Major
Writing Project, Must be Turned in Prior to
Taking the Final Exam.