RDNG0930 — Excellent Reading
RDNG 0930 - Excellent Reading RDNG 0930 - Excellent Reading Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This course focuses on fluency as a tool for strengthening reading comprehension. It addresses critical reading and thinking skills necessary for the processing of college-level reading materials using an innovative approach to reading instruction. All students registered for RDNG 0930 also register for RDNG 0940 , and STSC 1021 . MnTC Goals None Major Content 1. Independent, sustained reading Connect readings to personal experience and prior knowledge 2. Reading strategies Read increasingly complex texts Paraphrase passages from a variety of texts, both verbally and in writing Repeated cycling and metacognitive approach/ excellent reading 3. Close reading Read for understanding yourself and others Understand author’s intent Identify the main idea Identify supporting details 4. Critical reading, writing, and thinking Introduction to the basic concepts of critical reading Distinguish fact from opinion Identify connotative language Increase ability to verbally express evidenced-based thinking in diverse groups Increase ability to think strategically about a text Increase ability to listen deeply Discern between faulty and correct inferences 5. Building of background knowledge Reflect on reading topics and connect the themes to meaningful context in society Scaffold learning through pre-reading activities Learning