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Course Description:
This three (3) hour per week course designed and help students in intensive reading
intervention program that helps educators confront the problem of adolescent illiteracy and special
needs reading on multiple fronts, using technology, print and professional development. It is proven to
meet the needs of struggling readers whose reading achievement is below proficient level. The
Program directly addresses individual needs through differentiated instruction, adaptive and
instructional software, high interest literature, and direct instruction in reading, writing and vocabulary
skills.
Course Objectives:
Generally, at the end of the semester,
Recognize literacy as an integrated process that result in comprehension/communication as a
product, engage students in activities that promote instinct motivation to read and write for
pleasure and information.
Identify components of a comprehensive literacy program in the primary grades.
Gain understanding of how the primary grade child develops reading and writing skills in a
supportive print-rich environment.
Demonstrate an understanding of the theory of language acquisition and teaching,
reading/language arts to the culturally diverse and English learners (EL).
Demonstrate an understanding of the Common Core State Standard for English Language Art.
Explore various authentic and formalized assessment tools as a variable form of evaluation.
Gain understanding of the structure and function of early intervention models that are being
used to support struggling readers in the early primary grades.
Course Contents:
Intended Learning Outcomes Content Suggested Teaching Suggested
(ILOs) Learning Activity/s Assessment Tool/s
PRELIM
Differentiate and W1: Academic reading: Lecture and Oral reading
practice skimming, skimming, Scanning, Browsing Discussion Presentation
scanning, browsing, Brainstorming Quizzes
note taking, W2: Note Taking, organizing, Individual Home Work
organizing and and outlining. Exercise Group/Team
outlining. Quizzes Activity
Discussion of the W3: Aid to comprehension: Web Search
Basic steps in Graphic organizers, direct Sentence drill
Graphic organizing. reading, and SQ3R.
Direct reading and
SQ3R W4: Use of Reference
Apply research skills materials
using various
reference: W5: Narrative structure: its
encyclopaedia, Elements and Story Grammar
dictionary, atlas, and
thesaurus
Analyse the narrative
structure of text.
MIDTERM
The importance of W6: Different reading and Lecture and Oral reading
Reading types of information materials Discussion Presentation
The types of and their resources. Brainstorming Quizzes
informational Individual Home Work
materials and their W7: Aesthetic reading, Exercise Group/Team
resources. Reading traditional tales and Quizzes Activity
Appreciate reading knowing their patterns and Web Search
materials visually. variants. Role Playing
Analyse text that
creates vivid images. W8: Reading Modern Short
Appreciate reading Story and its Elements
traditional tales.
Elements of Short W9: Poetry as Shape, imagery,
story. voice and experience
Discuss the themes,
subplots and W10: Reading a Play,
characters of the Persuasive materials, and
story read. reading to write.
Elements of Poetry
SEMI-FINAL
Explain the Neuro- W11:Reading as a Neuro- Lecture and Oral reading
physiological physiological process Discussion Presentation
process of reading. Brainstorming Quizzes
Describe the context W12: Reading as a Language Individual Home Work
of Fries on reading Process Exercise Group/Team
as a language Quizzes Activity
process. W13: Reading as a Cognitive Web Search
Process
FINAL
Illustrate the W15: (Piaget) as skill/ skills Lecture and Oral reading
cogitative process of (Gray/Gates) Discussion Presentation
reading as skill/skills. Brainstorming Quizzes
Discuss reading as W16: Reading as a Psycho- Individual Home Work
Psycho-Social social process Exercise Group/Team
process. Quizzes Activity
Explain why reading W17: Reading as a
Web Search
is a Developmental Developmental Process
process.
Discuss the W18: Extrinsic factors for
Pygmalion effect reading achievement.
Online:
http://www.grammarnet/english/repacts/ra1998/ra_6657_1998.html
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Course Requirements:
Reflection paper
Research paper
Role Playing
Written exercises
Reaction paper
Approved By:
DAYALYN P. ACOON-TINGARAAN
School President