The primary objective of this course is to prepare the college student for RSS 100 through the introduction to reading comprehension and vocabulary development strategies that will serve as the foundation of successful college reading in the future. At the conclusion of the course the student must demonstrate competence at a "c" level or higher in the following:

Course Objective	Program Objective and/or Collegewide Student Competency
1. Utilize prereading strategies for determining the overall purpose, general structure and main ideas of a reading passage.
2. Demonstrate through written tests and assignments as well as in-class activities and discussions the comprehension and clear expression of main ideas in individual paragraphs and in multi-paragraph reading passages.
3. Demonstrate through index card assignment and periodic tests the receptive and expressive acquisition of no fewer than 300 new words.
4. Demonstrate the consistently successful use of context clues in determining word meanings.
5. Apply inferential reasoning to understand implied meaning.
6. Draw conclusions beyond those directly stated by the author.
7. Detect dominant thought patterns in single paragraphs and multi-paragraphed passages.
8. Detect emotional tone at introductory level.
9. Make and support judgments about a text.
10. Apply SQ3R and PRESP to introductory college texts.
11. Demonstrate comprehension of simple metaphoric expressions in a variety of reading materials, such as relatively easy short stories and poetry.
12. Respond on a personal level to the content of reading.
13. Demonstrate competence in word part analysis.
14. Develop metacognitive awareness of the reading process.
15. Develop appreciation of reading as a function of active imagination.
16. Successfully complete 28 journal entries, two book critiques and 300 vocabulary cards.

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