COLLEGE ENGLISH FUNDAMENTALS II
Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us
inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us. R. Debury
Course Description: Provides integrated reading and writing instruction for students who require intermediate preparation to succeed in college-level English courses. Students are placed in this course based on placement test score. Upon successful completion and faculty recommendation, students will move into Preparing for College Level III (if they require additional preparation) or into college- level English (if they require no additional preparation). Credit is not applicable toward graduation. 4 hours
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
Elder and Cortina – OPENING DOORS -7TH edition. McGraw- Hill
Nist – ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS: SHORT VERSION.4th edition. West Berlin: Townsend, 2010
McGraw Hill – CONNECT READING
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Access to a computer
College level dictionary
Notebooks
3 x 5 index cards
Thumb Drive
Vocabulary Index Cards-
When you complete a chapter from ADVANCING VOCABULARY, Create 10 Word/
Index cards. One one side, write the word and on the other side, write the
Definition from “Matching Words…”. For the unit test, if you have 50 index cards completed for the unit, you will get 5 extra points for the test and you may use 5
of the cards on the test.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the use of pre-reading, reading, and post-reading skills with college-level texts
2. Pre-write, draft, revise, edit and proofread college-level texts
3. Expand vocabulary by using various methods
4. Demonstrate comprehension by identifying rhetorical strategies and applying them to college-level texts
5. Analyze college- level texts for stated or implied main idea and major and minor supporting details
6. Demonstrate critical thinking skills when reading and writing college-level texts
7. Write well-developed ,...