Freshman Reading
Prerequisite: None. Open
only to freshmen. This is a Level II course. This course is for freshmen who
want to improve their overall reading comprehension, vocabulary and study
skills. Students refine their language skills in an integrated way. The course
emphasizes reading for main ideas and inferences. Throughout the year, students
read diverse selections, thus expanding the range of subjects read and their
reading fluency.
At times, students
review reading assignments from other subject areas within the freshman
curriculum in order to facilitate their understanding of these disciplines.
Summarizing, independent reading, listening and presentation skills, cooperative
groups, computer applications, textbook and narrative comprehension strategies,
vocabulary activities and broadening the type and enjoyment of many kinds of
books are all components of this class.
Teachers: