REMINDER: You have three late tickets to use. Use them wisely. Once gone, all late homework assignments receive a 50% late penalty. No exceptions.

Specific homework schedules will be handed out in class and uploaded to this web site page every two to three weeks.

Located on this Assignments page will be the day by day specific assignments. Use the Announcements page for class-chosen vocabulary words and as well as for changes in the schedule of activities.

Note: Assignments noted in red below reflect changes from the printed assignment sheets you receive in class. See also the Announcements page of this web site.

WEEK 1

T 1/20: Introduction to Reading 836. Group work: getting to know each other and Skyline College.
HW: 1) Purchase books and Supplemental Materials Packet.
2) Complete the “Hi! Help Me Get to Know You” form, Supplements (SUPP), 1 - 2
3) Read pages 15 - 22, SUPP.
4) Bring transparency pens as well as your books, notebooks, and a planner on Thursday.

TH 1/22: SUBMIT “Hi! Help Me Get to Know You” sheets
Success Behavior in Reading 836 and all college courses: group work
Study schedules
Preparing to read your homework selection-preview, background knowledge: KWL+ sheet, SUPP 31
HW: 1) Complete the study schedule.
2) Read pages 1 - 17, BTG (Bridging the Gap). Some of this will review Tuesdays SUPP homework.
3) BTG, pages 23 - 31, “Superman and Me”. Start by doing the Skill Development work on page 23 - 24. Record your starting time before you start reading the selection-page 24. Read the selection. Calculate your total reading time-page 27. Answer the “Check Your Comprehension” and ”Build Your Vocabulary” questions on pages 28 - 31. Record the time to do the questions in the Skill Development section, page 30.
Extra credit possibility: pps. 48 - 56 “Keeping Kids Off the Juice” -up to 10 points.
Submit responses on paper or tear out/photocopy pages from the text.

WEEK 2
T 1/27: SUBMIT STUDY SCHEDULE
Discuss homework reading selection
Vocabulary development strategies: context clues, word structure, remembering.
HW: 1) Read the instructional material of Chapter 2, BTG, Vocabulary, pages 55 - 64.
2) Do Exercise 2.2, pages 65 - 67 TWICE. The first time, without reading the sentences,
select a, b, c, or d as a response. The second time, read the sentence and choose your
response (it may be different from your first idea).
3) Continue reading in Chapter 2, SKIPPING THE EXERCISES: pages 73 - 75 (Structure of Words), 77 - 78, (Dictionary), 82 - 83 (Glossary), 83 - 84 (Thesaurus), 85 - 86 (Analogies), 88 (Easily Confused Words), 89 (Acronyms) and 90 (Transitional Words).
4) Fill in the Word Parts Grid (a new handout sheet) for pages 92 - 93.
Extra Credit possibility: page 95, Review questions-up to 5 points.

TH1/29: MEET IN COMPUTER CLASSROOM 2117B. BRING myreadinglab.com ACCESS CODE
Internet tools for Reading 836: faculty web pages, student e-mail, My Reading Lab, Newsweek
Introduction to the Newsweek portfolio
Introduction to Chapter 3, BTG, Strategic Reading
HW: 1) Newsweek as assigned in class (will be put on the website), including “Weird Word” section of portfolio. Use SUPP response sheet 101 - 102. Your Assigned article is "A Fence Can't Stop the Future" from Newsweek.com. Download and print this article.
2) BTG Chapter 3: Preview and then read pages 97 - 103. Do Exercises 3.1 and 3.2.
3) Complete your study schedules with additions and corrections indicated on your returned schedule. If you are behind in this assignment and other homework, get caught up! The late ticket policy goes into effect beginning with next Tuesdays's homework.

WEEK 3

T 2/3: SUBMIT NEWSEEK RESPONSE SHEET
Continue Chapter 3 activities-Stages 2 and 3 of reading
Introduce The Kite Runner (KR). Use KWL+ sheet from SUPP
HW: KR, pages 1 - 47 and Activity #1, SUPP 67 - 68. Do the Reading Guide questions; use the questions to help underline and write margin notes in the text.

TH 2/5 The Kite Runner discussion and/or group work. SUBMIT RESPONSE SHEETS.
HW: 1) “Security Blanket” by Graeme Wood, www.theatlantic.com. This is the online version of The Atlantic Monthly. (The article is also available on pages 24 -
25 in the January/February printed version of the magazine). Use the same response sheet as last week: pages 101 - 102, SUPP and do your two "Weird Words"
2) 5 vocabulary cards with words chosen from KR (will be listed on the Announcements page of the website each week). Use SUPP 123 - 124 for instructions and a model for doing the cards.
3) BTG: review pages 97 - 103, and do Exercises 3.1 to 3.2 if not yet done.
4) BTG, read pages 103 - 109 (SKIP Exercise 3.3)

WEEK 4

T 2/10 SUBMIT ATLANTIC.COM RESPONSE SHEET AND 5 VOCABULARY CARDS
Continue Chapter 3 BTG
HW: 1) The Kite Runner, pages 48 - 80, annotate the text, circle vocab. words
2) Kite Runner Activity Sheet #2, SUPP, pages 69 - 70

TH 2/12 SUBMIT KR ACTIVITY SHEET #2
KR group work, discussion; choose vocabulary words
HW: 1) Vocabulary cards--see the announcements page for the word listing.
2) Magazine article as assigned in class: preview and read the article, annotate the
text of the print-out (underlinings and margin notes), and do the Activity Sheet, SUPP
pp. 101 - 102. Do the two "Weird Words" for the portfolio. See the announcements page.
3) BTG, read pages 111 - mid-113.

WEEK 5

T 2/17 SUBMIT MAGAZINE RESPONSE SHEET AND VOCABULARY CARDS
Continue BTG, Chapter 3
HW: 1) The Kite Runner, pages 80-124, annotate the text, circle vocab. words
2) Kite Runner Activity Sheet #3, SUPP, pages 71

TH 2/19 SUBMIT KR ACTIVITY SHEET #3
KR group work, discussion; choose vocabulary words
HW: 1) Vocabulary cards--listed on the Announcements page.
2) Magazine article as assigned in class: preview and read the article, annotate the
text of the print-out (underlinings and margin notes), and do the Activity Sheet, SUPP
pp. 101 - 102. Do the 2 "Weird Words". See the Announcements page
3) BTG, “Unity in Diversity,” pages 126 - 134. Preview, read, do the questions. After
reading a section of the text, go back to underline key information, add margin notes.
Be sure to do the “Recall Diagram” on page 131.
4) Word Parts Grid for pp. 145 - 147. Exercises can be done for extra credit (5 pts.)

WEEK 6

T 2/24: SUBMIT MAGAZINE RESPONSE SHEET AND VOCABULARY CARDS
Discuss “Unity in Diversity”
Complete Chapter 3
HW: organize materials for Thursday's review: magazine articles, KR character charts for Amir, Baba and Hassan, vocab cards, word parts grid, lecture notes, concept cards for "Unity in Diversity" (see Announcements page for more details).

TH 2/26: Catch-up and review day
BTG Chapters 1 - 3 (including “Superman” and “Unity in Diversity” articles)
Magazine articles we've read and SUPP pages 15 - 24
KR pages 1 - 24 and 3 sets of vocabulary words from KR
Word Parts grid from chapters 2 and 3
See Announcements page for more specific information about what to study and bring for the test on Tuesday.

QUIZ #1 ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD

WEEK 7

T 3/3 QUIZ #1
HW: 1) The Kite Runner, pages 125 - 165. Annotate the text, circle vocab. words.
2) Do Activity #4, The Kite Runner Study Guide, SUPP, pages 73 - 74.

TH 3/5 SUBMIT KITE RUNNER ACTIVITY #4 (after group and class discussion)
Group work on The Kite Runner, choose vocabulary words
HW: 1) Newspaper article from www.sfgate.com (this is the SF Chronicle website):
“Saffron Uproots Poppies on Farms in Afghanistan,” by James Palmer from the 03/01/09 issue of the SF Chronicle. Annotate the text of the article and use the same SUPP response sheet as before, pp. 101 - 102. Switch to the next response sheet, pp. 103 - 104, "Outlining," as several students have used up the other page.
2) 5 vocabulary study cards on class words (will be listed on web site) Words listed on the Announcements page.

WEEK 8

T 3/10 SUBMIT KR VOCABULARY CARDS AND SFGATE.COM ARTICLE AND RESPONSE
Begin Chapter 4, BTG: Main Idea
HW: 1) The Kite Runner, pages 166 - 202, annotate the text, circle vocab. words
2) Kite Runner Activity Sheet #5, SUPP, pages 75 - 76

TH 3/12 SUBMIT KITE RUNNER ACTIVITY SHEET #5
Group work, discussion, vocabulary word choices
HW: 1) 5 vocabulary cards--listed on the Announcements page of the website
2) Magazine article as assigned in class (check the website). Use SUPP response sheet with outline, pages 103 - 104. (Examples will be handed out in class) Choose your own article. Work toward a choice that will support the categories in your portfolio. Don't forget to do the "Weird Words" section.
3) BTG: review pages149 - 168. DO Exercise 4.5, pages 164 - 168.

WEEK 9

T 3/17 SUBMIT MAGAZINE ARTICLE AND RESPONSE AND KR VOCABULARY CARDS
Continue Chapter 4, BTG: major and minor details, unstated MI
HW: 1) Read, annotate, circle vocabulary words: Kite Runner, pages 203 - 242
2) Kite Runner Activity Sheet #6, SUPP, pages 77 - 78

TH 3/19 SUBMIT KITE RUNNER ACTIVITY SHEET #6
Group work, discussion, vocabulary word choices
HW: 1) 5 vocabulary cards--listed on the Announcements page of this website
2) Magazine article-annotate the article and use SUPP Outlines response, pp 103 - 4--choose your own article. Don't forget to do the two "Weird Words" for the portfolio.
3) BTG: review pages 169 - 185, DO Exercise 4.9, pages182 - 185.CHANGE AS FOLLOWS:
BTG: Read pages 169 - 182. DO Passages A, B, and C of Ex. 4.7 (pages 175 +) and Ex, 4.8 (pages 178 +)

WEEK 10

T 3/24 SUBMIT MAGAZINE RESPONSE SHEET AND KR VOCABULARY CARDS AND KR ACTIVITY #6
Continue Chapter 4, BTG: MI in longer selections, writing summaries
HW: 1) Read, annotate, circle vocabulary words: Kite Runner, pages 243 - 292
2) Kite Runner Activity Sheet #7, SUPP, pages 79 - 80. See the Announcements page for another example of how to do these questions. In groups on Thursday, we will also determine the topic, major details, and a main idea sentence for each of the page sets. There is an example on the Announcements page.

TH 3/26 SUBMIT KITE RUNNER ACTIVITY SHEET #7
Group work, discussion, vocabulary word choices
HW: 1) 5 vocabulary cards-words listed on the Annoucements page
2) Magazine article-annotate the article and use SUPP Outlines response, pp 103 - 4--see Announcements page
3) BTG: Do pages 185 - 195. DO preparation for, reading, and follow-up exercises for “Monkey Love,” pages 196 - 205. We have not finished the group presentations for KR, so will have to do those next Tuesday before we get to the BTG work. Do as many of these BTG pages as you are able, and we'll try to catch up in class and over spring break.

WEEK 11
T 3/31 SUBMIT VOCABULARY CARDS AND NEWSPAPER RESPONSES
Complete last Thursdays KR group presentations
Continue Unstated MI, BTG pages 178 - 185, begin “Monkey Love”
Summarizing----BTG page 190+
HW: KR pages 292 - 333 with Activity Sheet 8. As last week, write three questions for each page set: text question, world question, and personal question. Be prepared in group work to determine the topic, key details, and MI of your assigned page set.

TH 4/2 SUBMIT KR ACTIVITY SHEET
KR group work and presentations, choose vocabulary words
HW: 1) Complete reading, and follow-up exercises for “Monkey Love,” pp. 196 - 205.
2) Write a one-paragraph summary of “Monkey Love”-about 3/4 of a page--see Announcements page for resources on writing summaries
3) Vocabulary cards--listed on Announcements page
4) No magazine assignment, but begin work on organizing your portfolio, including catching up on the “Weird Words' section if you haven't been doing that regularly.

Week of April 6th - April 10th: Spring Recess

WEEK 12

T 4/14 SUBMIT VOCABULARY CARDS AND “MONKEY LOVE” SUMMARY
Peer review of summaries, complete “Monkey Love”
Vocabulary Booster for Chapter 4: pages 230 - 232 (activity = extra credit) See Announcements page for two additions to the grid.
Introduction to Chapter 5, BTG, Patterns of Organization, including mapping
HW: 1) Finish The Kite Runner ! See the Announcements page for more specific information.
2) Prepare your assigned question from Activity 9 to read and present to the class.
3) Revise "Moneky Love" summaries if needed.

TH 4/16 SUBMIT TOPIC/KEY DETAILS/MI WORSHEET FOR ACTIVITY 9 PAGE SETS
SUBMIT "MONKEY LOVE" SUMMARIES IF NOT TURNED IN ON TUESDAY
Discussion questions, The Kite Runner, choose vocabulary words. Begin KR review.
HW: 1) 5 vocabulary cards--words listed on the Announcements page.
2) Magazine project as assigned in class. Use SUPP, pages 107A & B-Mapping. See the Announcements page.
3) Read instructional material BTG, 234 - 247. Do Activities 5.1 and 5.2

WEEK 13

T 4/21 SUBMIT VOCABUALRY CARDS AND MAGAZINE RESPONSE SHEET
Begin BTG Chapter 5: Organizational Patterns
HW: 1) BTG 250 - 256, Activity 5.4 and Activity 5.5
2) Review Kite Runner Activity 9 questions in preparation for theme discussion

TH 4/23 Review BTG activities 5.4 and 5.5
Themes in The Kite Runner--group work and presentations
HW: 1) Magazine project as assigned in class--use SUPP 107A & B-Mapping--your choice of articles
2) BTG pages 278 - 286: Do the preparation work, read, and do follow-up work for “Why is
Papa John's Rolling in Dough?”POSTPONE
REVISED BTG HW: Pages 247 - 256--do all the exerciese: 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 (You may already have don some of these exercises as previous homework. We are behind in BTG).
3) Review notes on themes of KR

WEEK 14
T 4/28 SUBMIT MAGAZINE RESPONSE SHEET
The Kite Runner-work on themes
Review BTG Chapter 5 exercises.
HW: 1) BTG pages 278 - 286: Do the preparation work, read, and do follow-up work for “Why is Papa John's Rolling in Dough?"
2) Word parts grid (back of gold sheet) for pages 289 - 291. The exercises on pages 290 -292 can be done for extra credit if you wish.
3) Preview BTG Chapter 6, pages 294 - 312.

TH 4/30 More work on KR themes
Discuss/correct "Why Is Papa John's Rolling in Dough?"
Word part grid for chapter 6: pages 348 - 350. (Exercises can be done for extra credit).
Begin Chapter 6: annotation, outlining, mapping, Cornell notetaking.
HW: 1) Magazine/newspaper annotated article and response sheet. Use the “mapping” response, SUPP, pages 107A & B.
2) Prepare your portfolio for intial feedback. Include the grading grid on the back of the yellow portfolio assignment sheet. Reminder: this is for feedback only, not a recorded grade.
3) Study for in-class vocabulary, word parts, and paragraph reading section of Test #2
**vocabulary (card sets 5 - 9),
** word parts from the whole semester (2 gold-sheet grids),
** paragraph analysis (topic, MI, patterns of organization)

WEEK 15

T May 5 SUBMIT PORTFOLIO FOR FIRST REVIEW
Complete Chapter 6, BTG
Review for take-home section of Test #2
**Kite Runner;
**literary terminology (plot, protagonist, etc.);
**BTG chapters 4, 5, 6--instructional material (check the chapter summaries);
**two magazine selections (“Red Meat,” “Saffron Uproots Poppies”);
**two BTG selections (“Monkey Love,” “Papa Johnos Rolling in Dough”);
**application of skills to a longer selection
IN-CLASS SECTION OF TEST #2--30 MINUTES
HW: Take-home section of Test #2--due on Thursday-5-point penalty if late.

TH May 7 SUBMIT TAKE-HOME SECTION OF TEST #2
Begin BTG-- Fact, Opinion, Inference (Ch. 8 pp. 429 - 434 & Ch.7)
HW: 1) BTG 369 - 378. Do the exercises!
2) Magazine/newspaper article as assigned in class. (See Announcements page) Use SUPP response labeled “Connotation/Denotation/Figurative Language,” pages 111 - 112. Change Response sheet to pages 109 - 110, "Fact, Opinion, Inference".

WEEK 16

T May 12: SUBMIT MAGAZINE ANNOTATED ARTICLE AND RESPONSE SHEET
Continue inferences, BTG: Denotation, Connotation, Euphemisms, Figurative Language
HW: 1) BTG 369 - 384, DO all of the exercises!
2) Chapter 7 word parts grid (pages 416 - 418, exercises can be done for extra
credit)

TH May 14: Complete inferences, review literary terminology with Ex. 7.19
Introduce Chapter 8: point of view, fact/opinion (review), purpose, tone
HW: 1) Read pages 420 - 429. Do Ex. 8.2, page 424 and Passage A, “Columbus,” page 426
2) A magazine/newspaper article of your choice. Use SUPP response labeled
“Connotation/Denotation/Figurative Language,” pages 111 - 112

WEEK 17

T MAY 19: SUBMIT MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ANNOTATED ARTICLE AND RESPONSE SHEET
Continue Chapter 8, BTG
HW: 1) 449 - 456, preview, read, annotate, and do the exercises for “What Is the Quarterlife Crisis?”
2) Word grid for Chapter 8 (pages 474 - 477 exercises may be done for extra
credit)

TH May 21: Complete Chapter 8
Get Final Exam Reading selections and instructions
HW: 1) Complete extra credit work for submission
2) Complete your portfolio, with its evaluation sheet
3) Prepare for the final exam

Reading 836 TTH class Final Exam: Thursday, May 28th, 11:10 - 1:40

The final exam will consist of two parts:

1) The test on BTG, Chapter 7 and 8-ONE PAGE OF NOTES, ONE SIDE, ALLOWED:
-----Terminology and application of skills-inference, connotation, denotation, various types of figurative language, fact/opinion, point of view, purpose, tone
-----Word parts from all of the grids (NOTES NOT ALLOWED ON THIS--DO THE MEMORY WORK)
-----Thomas Friedman's "Swimming Without a Suit" opinion piece from the New York Times and “What is the Quarterlife Crises? in BTG page 449 - 456

2) Two reading selections that you have not seen before, one fiction and one non-fiction. You will be expected to prepare the selections ahead of time--dictionary work, annotations, coming to an understanding of these selections. On the day of the test, you may use your prepared selections and additional prepared notes and submit them with the test. They count for 5% of the grade.

SUBMIT PORTFOLIOS AND REMAINING EXTRA CREDIT WORK.