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           GMU ELI

High Advanced Reading


SPRING 2011

| Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Week Four | Week Five | Week Six | Week Seven | Week Eight |
| Week Nine | Week Ten | Week Eleven | Week Twelve | Week Thriteen | Week Fourteen | Week Fifteen |
Monday
Wednesday
Week One - Class Intro


1/24

ELI Registration
-- No class
 1/26

First class meeting

Syllabus


Homework: 
1) Buy To Kill a Mockingbird (TKM) & bring to class on Mon (read first 7 paragraphs -- handout from class)
Week Two -


1/31

Reading Pre-Test 

TKM Reading Basics -
Who?
What?
Where?

First TKM Question Set

Homework: 
1) Complete TKM Q Set 1 for 2/7

 2/2 Class Meets in the LDC (West L200)
TKM Dictionary Project


 

Homework: 
1) TKM Chapters for week 3

Week Three -

 

 2/7 Class Meets in the LDC (West L200)

Class Blackboard Part 1 & 2 Journals Explained & Posted

TKM Review



 		2/9  
TKM Review


Homework: 
1) TKM Chapters for week 4
2) Complete TKM Q Set 2 for 2/16
3) Post your three vocab terms by Friday 9/17 9PM

Week Four -- 

 

 2/14hearts

30 minute non-fiction reading #1

TKM Background Projects Assigned

TKM Background Example


 2/16

Readers's Journal Posts Check
By this week, 2 Part 1 & 2 Part 2entries

Bring College Reading 4 to class
College Reading 4

Homework: 
1) TKM Chapters for week 5
2) Complete TKM Q Set 3 for 2/23
2) Post your three vocab terms by Friday 9PM
Week Five --

 

 2/21
College Reading 4
improving reading rate

2/23

College Reading 4
inferences & idioms

Homework: 
1) TKM Chapters for week 6
2) Complete TKM Q Set 4 for 3/2
2) Post your three vocab terms by Friday 9PM
Week Six -

 

 2/28

Class Meets in the LDC (West L200)

TKM Background Work Day




3/2

TKM Background Presentations Posted BEFORE Class begins

College Reading 4
 theme, academic vocabulary, tone

Homework: 
1) TKM Chapters for week 7
2) Complete TKM Q Set 5 for 10/13
2) Post your three vocab terms by Friday 9PM
Week Seven -   3/7  

TKM Background Q & A Day

3/9

TKM Background Quiz

Homework:
1) TKM Chapters for week 8
2) Complete TKM Q Set 6 for 3/21
3) Post your three vocab terms by Friday 9PM
Week Eight

3/14  

MASON'S SPRING BREAK

No classes

 3/16

MASON'S SPRING BREAK

No classes

Week Nine --
3/21 

Literary Terms - prep for summary review assignment

TKM Summary Review Assigned

3/23

College Reading 4

Second Book & Review Assigned

Homework: 
1) Read/do pgs 55-65 in College Reading before class on 3/28
2) Title of 2nd book due 3/28 (in class)

Week Ten - 
3/28

College Reading 4

18 AWL Words

Homework: 
1) Work on TKM summary review
2) Review 18 AWL words 		3/30
No Class - All ELI Field trip to Baltimore
Week Eleven --


4/4

Homework: 
1) Post Part 1 Journal for wk 11 by 4/6
2) Post Part 2 Journal for wk 11 by 4/6
3) Review 18 AWL words from Chap 2

4/6 


College Reading 4

Applyling Muscle Reading
-preview, outline, question

Practice 18 AWL words
Week Twelve -


4/11
First AWL List Quiz

College Reading 4

Reading Rate Check

Applying Muscle Reading

Homework: 
1) Post Part 1 Journal for wk 12 by 4/13
2) Post Part 2 Journal for wk 12 by 11/17
3) Read pgs 100-110 in CR4 - use Muscle Reading strategies

4/13

College Reading 4
Intergreting Graphs
New AWL words to review (pg. 118)

Bring three differently colored highlighters to class

highlighter pens
Week Thirteen --
 4/18
Review Highlighting

4/20


 
Week Fourteen --
4/25

Reading & Interpreting Graphics

 

 

 

 

Homework: 
1) Post Part 1 Journal for wk 14 by 12/1
2) Post Part 2 Journal for wk 14 by 12/1

4/27

Summary Writing Based on Notes/Highlighting and/or graphics

Final Exam Review

Homework: 
1) Post Final Part 1 Journal (describe your current reading skills in English; explain why they have changed -- or not) by 12/8
 2) Post Final Part 2 Journal (write a 1 or 2 paragraph summary of your book that you will be sharing on the last day of class )by 12/8

Week Fifteen

5/2

Final Exam

5/3


Laurie Miller
Email:llmiller@gmu.edu
Last Update: April 4, 2011