ENG 005 Reading Improvement II
Northern Virginia Community College

Assignments Schedule

                                                                                                             

Week

Name of Page

Task #

Done
1 Welcome to ENG 005! Read *
Course Overview Read *
Class Policies Read *
Getting Started! Tasks #1 - 5 *
To Succeed Task #6 *

 

Complete these assignments before class

on Jan. 26th!

Make sure you

  • bring your study schedule to class;

  • have posted your homepage;

  • have sent me your e-mail address and have found a study partner or two; and

  • have read and prepared for the test on "Gumption."

 

 

2 - 3

Unit 1:   Literature

Task #7 __

Taking Notes on Literature

Task #8

Analyzing Literature - 1

Task #9 __

Analyzing Literature - 2

Tasks #10 - 11

Understanding Themes

Task #12 __

Comparing Stories

Task #13 __

Complete these assignments by February 15th!

 

 

4-5

Unit 2:  History

Read

__

Previewing

Task #14

__

Reading a Textbook

Read

__

Reading for Understanding

Task #15

__

Task #16

__
6-7

Reading to Master the Details

Read __

Mindmapping

Task #17 __
Task #18 __

Outlining

Task #19 __
Task #20 __

Review Planning

Task #21 __

Answering Essays

Task #22 __
Task #23 __

Review Questions

Task #24 __

Practice Test

Task #25 __


You should be ready now!  Go to the Testing Center at the Woodbridge campus.  Bring a picture I.D. with you and ask for the ENG 005-03w History Test.   Make sure you have plenty of time.  Good luck!

Deadline for taking test:  March 29th!

 

9 - 10

Unit 3:  Research

Read

Evaluating Your Sources

Task #26

Considering the Context

Task #27

Corroborating the Facts

Task #28


You  have now completed the work on the New Deal.  Using all you have learned, complete the following assignment.  When you e-mail me your essay, I'll send you the final part of this activity.

11 - 14

FDR's Contributions

Task #29
Unit 4:   Research Project Task #30
Task #31
Task #32
Task #33

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Last Revised:  02/16/00
Contact:  Nancy McTaggart, Northern Virginia Community College