BASIC READING AND WRITING B

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Basic Reading/Writing provides fundamental skill development in all areas of language arts. It includes reading comprehension and vocabulary development as well as drill and practice opportunities in writing, organizing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking.

1. WRITING
1. Writing process
2. Essay development
1. Content/organization
2. Style
3. Mechanics
4. Sentence structure
3. Business writing
1. Letters
2. Memos
3. Applications
   
   
2. READING/LITERATURE
1. Diagnosis of reading levels
2. Reading strategies
1. Prior knowledge (Connect what you are reading to what you already know)
2. Visualize (Draw mental image of what you are reading)
3. Predict (Try to figure out what will happen next)
4. Question (Ask yourself, "What do I need to know more about?")
3. Reading comprehension
1. Explicit main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect
2. Implicit main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect
3. Generalization and drawing conclusions
4. Predictions, comparisons, hypothesis
4. Reading in the content area
1. Science
2. Social studies
3. Math
5. Literary selections to reflect different genres
6. Literary terms
   
   
3. USAGE/GRAMMAR
1. Subject-verb agreement
2. Capitalization
3. Punctuation
4. Usage rules
   
   
4. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
1. Context clues
2. Content area vocabulary
   
   
5. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
1. Media center skills
2. Writing lab experience
3. Essay questions
4. Test-taking strategies
   
   
6. SPEAKING/LISTENING
1. Use of oral language for a variety of purposes
2. Personal and creative expression
3. Describing experiences
4. Relating and obtaining information
5. Class discussions
6. Interview techniques
7. Listening for main idea, details, sequences, cause and effect
8. Individual and/or group presentations

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