College Readiness & Reading Comprehension

Chapters 1 & 3

What Does it Mean?II. ReadingA. Locate explicit textual

information, drawcomplex inferences, and analyze andevaluate the information within and

acrosstexts of varying lengths.1. Use effective reading strategies to

determine awritten work’s purpose and intended

audience.2. Use text features and graphics to form

anoverview of informational texts and todetermine where to locate information.3. Identify explicit and implicit textual

informationincluding main ideas and author’s

purpose.

4. Draw and support complex inferences from text

to summarize, draw conclusions, and distinguish

facts from simple assertions and opinions.5. Analyze the presentation of information

andthe strength and quality of evidence used

byof the presentation and the credibility of

anargument.6. Analyze imagery in literary texts.language to inform and shape the

perceptionsof readers.8. Compare and analyze how generic

features areused across texts.

(Paredes)

Study Skills

A (Approach, Aspire, Arrange) S (Select/Survey/Study!) P (Put Aside/Piece Together) I (Inspect/Investigate/Inquire) R (Reconsider/Reflect/Relay) E (Evaluate/Examine/Explore)

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Test Study Skills

Blackboard› Study Skill Inventory

Time Management

Syllabi Calendar Weekly To-Do Lists Project Logistics

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

SQ2RW

Survey› Introduction› Conclusion› Headings› Subheadings› Graphic/Illustrations› End-of-chapter Questions› Bold, Italicized, Underlined Words or

Phrases

SQ2RW cont…

Question› Who?› What?› When?› Where?› Why?› How?

Turn each heading and subheadings into a question!

SQ2RW cont…

Read› Look for the answers to all questions!

Review› Answer all end-of-chapter questions

Write› Take notes during class

KWL

K

Know

W

Want to Know

L

Learned

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Flashcards

A› Question, Term, or Phrase

B› Answer or Definition

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Memory Builders & Mnemonics

Graphic organizers Build on prior knowledge Practice make perfect Mnemonic devices

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Target

Sleep 8 Hours

Exercise

Eat Right

Build on

a goal

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Venn Diagram

New Braunfels

High School

Austin High

School

H.M. King High

School

Girls Same Major

Same Class

TAMUK

Show how

things are alike

and different

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Radial Diagram

University College

READ

MATHWRIT Shows the components of a whole

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Organizational Chart

Dean of UC

Reading Coordinator Instructors

Writing Coordinator Instructors

Math Coordinator InstructorsImportance

within levels

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Cycle

Survey

Question

ReadReview

Write

Show process

from beginning

to end

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Pyramid

Dean

Coordinator

Instructor

Student

Rela

tionsh

ip

as

they

pert

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to

import

ance

(Jimenez, and Moreno 1-7, 17-20)

Bibliography

Jimenez, Linda, and Hilda Moreno. The Only Book You Will Actually Read in College. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2010. 1-7, 17-20. Print.

Paredes, Raymund A. "Texas College Readiness Standards." Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. THECB, 2011. Web. 24 Jan 2011. <http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=EADF962E-0E3E-DA80-BAAD2496062F3CD8>.