3. syllabus, syllabus quiz, novel selection
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Reading 3IECP
Fall 2014Nikki Mattson
Agenda
• Diagnostic Results
• Short novel preferences
• Syllabus
• Syllabus quiz (with prizes!)
Diagnostics
Introduction to Short Novels
• Increase reading rate
• Increase vocabulary
• Increase cultural knowledge
• Increase general comprehension skills
Oliver Twist
London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread.
But Oliver Twist finds some friends - Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of 'games' they play . . .
Genre: Classic
Author: Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip.
Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!‘
Genre: Classic
Author: Charles Dickens
A Tangled Web
Dan Combes is a former MI6 agent living peacefully in France. After being attacked by a former colleague, he realises his relationship with the British Secret Service has not yet finished. He believes the attack is linked to his roles in Berlin and Central America. But that was years ago so why do they want him dead now? Dan returns to England and confronts his difficult past - a web of lies and deceit that he knows must end.
Genre: action/spy novel
Author: Alan Malay
Cry FreedomThey said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised?
This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.
Genre: Non-fiction/freedom/politics
Author: John Briley
Syllabus
Syllabus Quiz
Syllabus Quiz• 1. When are Nikki Mattson’s office hours (times she reserves to meet with students)?• 2. When is it okay to buy “used” textbooks?• 3. How many absences are permitted for full-time students before they are removed
from the IECP program?• 4. If class starts at 9:00 and you arrive at 9:30, are you late or absent?• 5. If class starts at 9:00, and you arrive at 10:00, are you late or absent?• 6. Will you receive an absence if you are absent because of illness, religious
observance, or test taking?• 7. What will happen if you are placed on the academic success plan for the same
reason two semesters in a row?• 8. When will homework in Reading 3 be collected? What will happen if you do not
hand in your HW until the break?• 9. What should you do if you are absent from Reading 3?• 10. What should you do if you miss a test in Reading 3?• 11. When is it okay to use your cell phone in class?
HWHW
• Complete Vocabulary Power pgs. 2-9 before class on Tuesday.