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Reading Development 1 (7705) | |||
| Grade Range: | |
| 9–12 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| One semester; may be repeated for credit | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| Elective | |
| Course Description: | |
| This course provides evaluation and intervention for students experiencing difficulty with the reading process. Students learn compensatory strategies and participate in remedial instruction in the areas of phonics, sight word acquisition, and reading comprehension. They read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it, as well as cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. They determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas, and analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Students interpret the use of words and phrases, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. They analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. They delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Finally, they analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 7705: 1000 - Self-Contained Class 7706: 1000 - Self-Contained Class 7707: 1000 - Self-Contained Class | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| English for the World of Work, 2003. | |