2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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READ 099 Reading for College (5 credits)



Prerequisite Placement assessment.

Course Description
Transition to college-level reading through developing a variety of reading skills for academic and career purposes as well as personal enrichment.

Student Outcomes
1. Use context clues and word structures to identify word meanings and develop reading fluency
2. Purposefully use a range of strategies (visualizing, predicting, clarifying, questioning, paraphrasing, connecting, etc.)
3. Use “Think Aloud,” “Talk to the Text,” and other Reading Apprenticeship (RA) routines to strategically solve reading problems
4. Apply RA routines to texts from other courses
5. Identify thesis statements, central points, assertions, and arguments in texts
6. Identify conventions and formatting in order to analyze various texts
7. Draw inferences and conclusions based on textual evidence
8. Summarize central points
9. Set a purpose for reading and adjust strategies accordingly
10. Summarize and critique the content of various texts
11. Adjust reading process by reflecting in writing on his or her own reading strategies
12. Recognize rhetorical situations and evaluate arguments and other forms of persuasion
13. Use metacognitive awareness in order to discuss and monitor thinking and problem-solving processes



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