Projects & Research Skills
PROJECT ONE: Extensive Reading | Summary & Response
@ A1a Reader Response #1 Due 1/25
@ A1b Reader Response #2 Due 2/1
@ A1c Reader Response #3 Due 2/8
@ A1d Reader Response #4 Due 2/15
PROJECT TWO: Library Research & Documentation
@ A2a SCC Library PILOT
@ A2b What is Research?
@ A2c Developing a Good Research Question
@ A2d Developing a Good Research Question VIDEO
Library Research Tools
@ A3a PLAGIARISM TUTORIAL
@ A3b The SCC Library
@ A3c Choosing A Good Search Tool
@ A3d Using a Library To Search
@ A3e Glossary of Research Vocabulary
@ A3f Google's Scholar Search
Evaluating Internet Information & Sources
@ A4a Evaluating Sources
@ A4b Evaluating Web Sources
@ A4c Library Research Practice
@ A4d Internet Detective: Tutorial
MLA & APA Citations / Works Cited
@ A5a The MLA Format (very comprehensive)
@ A5b The APA Format (very comprehensive)
@ A5c MLA Format & Examples
@ A5d APA Format & Examples
@ A5e NoodleBibExpress: Online Citations
PROJECT THREE: Media Bias & Critical Reading
@ A6a VIDEO: Advertising & Persuasion
@ A6b VIDEO: Can you believe your eyes?
@ A6c Bias Testing News Websites
Fact vs. Opinion
@ A7a Fact vs. Opinion
@ A7b Fact vs Opinion Quiz 1
@ A7c Fact vs. Opinion Quiz 2
@ A7d Fact vs. Opinion Quiz 3
@ A7e Advanced Fact/Opinion & Bias Practice
Connotations of Words
@ A8a Connotations
@ A8b Connotation & Denotation
@ A8c Strong Language
@ A8d Which Word is Better?
@ A8e Denotation/Connotation Study Guide
@ A8f Practice with Connotation (3)
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Advanced Reading Skills
Complete the pretest and all 5 Quick Reviews
@ 8-Question Pretest
REVIEWS:
-1- -2- -3- -4- -5-
Reading Skills Practice
@ B1a TP Reading Skills Level 1
*start at this level and then go higher if it is too easy
@ B1b TP Reading Skills Practice
@ B1c Speed Reader - Test & improve yourself!
Textbook Skills / Marking and Annotating
@ B2a Being an active reader - download the docs and read
@ B2b How to read a textbook well
@ B2c Textbook Exercises (do all)
@ B2d How to Mark a Textbook
@ B2e Example of a Marked Page
Inferences, Conclusions & Logic
@ B3a Making Inferences/Drawing Conclusions
@ B3b Understanding Faulty Logic
@ B3c What's Really in the Box?
@ B3d Learn The Facts about DHMO
@ B5e Psychic Power Test
Vocabulary Development
@ B4a TP Vocabulary Skills Level 1
*start at this level and then go higher if it is too easy
@ B4b Advanced Vocabulary Practice
@ B4c Borrowed Words in English
@ B4d Heteronyms (same spelling, different sound & meaning)
@ B4e Build up your idioms and slang!
@ B4f Which adjective comes first?
@ B4g Commonly Confused Words
@ B4h How Synonyms help you read the news!
Roots & Stems, Prefixes, Suffixes
@ B5a Roots and Prefixes Workshop
@ B5b Vocabulary Roots (Stems)
@ B5c Greek Roots A-L
@ B5d Greek Roots M-Z
@ B5e Latin Roots A-L
@ B5f Latin Roots M-Z
@ B5g Suffixes & Part of Speech (WF)
Free Time Reading
@ B6a Detecting Email Spoofing
@ B6b Winter Olympic Sports - With animation
@ B6c Financial Resiliency Quiz
@ B6d Stress Coping Style Quiz
@ B6e Who Controls Teens' Minds? (video)
@ B6f How does the US compare?
@ B6g Weekly interactive news from the New York Times
@ B6h Living American - guide to life in the US
@ B6i & @ B6j Quotations about Books & Reading
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Topics From our Textbook
@ 5th Edition Practice Activities
UNIT 1 Topics
@ C1a Panera Menu Nutrition Calculator
@ C1b Unit 1: Vocabulary
@ C1c Unit 1: Stems and Affixes
UNIT 2 Topics
@ C2a "The Globalization of Tourism"
@ C2b "The Politics of Travel" (UNESCO) 4.4MB PDF
@ C2c Learning Adventures
@ C2d Educational Travel for Women
@ C2e 'Learning Holidays' by G. Marchant, UNESCO
UNIT 3 Topics
@ C3a SanDiego.org Visitor's Page
@ C3b Expedia.com Main Page
@ C3c BalboaPark.org Page
@ C3d Unit 3: Vocabulary
@ C3e Unit 3: Stems and Affixes
@ C3f Unit 3: Sentence Study
UNIT 4 Topics
@ C4a The Art of Creativity (full article)
@ C4b US Education System (Powerpoint)
@ C4c "Girl Wins Appeal to Wear Muslim Dress"
@ C4d-1 Americans are...
@ C4d-2 Explanation of "Americans are..."
@ C4e Thirteen Cultural Beliefs
@ C4f How the García Girls Lost Their Accents WIKI
@ C4g Same as "The Stereotype of Stereotypes"
UNIT 5 Topics
@ C5a Unit 5: Vocabulary
@ C5b Unit 5: Stems and Affixes
@ C5c Unit 5: Sentence Study
UNIT 6 Topics
@ C6a The Wealth of Nations
@ C6b The Product Space Website
@ C6c Amy Tan's Web Page
@ C6d Mother Tongue Full Text Download
UNIT 7 Topics
@ C7a Unit 7: Vocabulary
@ C7b Unit 7: Stems and Affixes
@ C7c Unit 7: Sentence Study
UNIT 8 Topics
@ C8a "New Life for Old Clothes"
@ C8b "The World Turns Gray"
@ C8c UN Report on Ageing Population
@ C8c-1 Ageing Data from the UN
@ C8c-2 Ageing Worldwide - Charts and Graphs PDF
@ C8d "America's New Merchants of Death" (Original Article) NOT IN 5th EDITION
The Lottery
@ C8e "The Lottery" full text
@ C8f "The Lottery" audio recording read by actress Maureen Stapleton
@ C8g "The Lottery" audio recording + 10-minute discussion about the story
@ C8h "The Lottery" audio recording dramatized by actors
@ C8i First half of "The Lottery" (1969 movie)
@ C8j Second half of "The Lottery" (1969 movie)
@ C8k Shirley Jackson Talks + More
@ C8l Article about Shirley Jackson
@ C8m Article about "The Lottery"
UNIT 9 Topics
@ C9b Unit 9: Vocabulary
@ C9c Unit 9: Stems and Affixes
@ C9b Unit 9: Sentence Study
UNIT 10 Topics
@ C10a "Grains of Hope"
@ C10b Map of the World Food System
@ C10c The McDonald's Bag-a-McMeal page
@ C10d Obesity Linkages Map (confusing - look closely)
@ C10e Patton Oswalt reads "The Chaser" by John Collier NOT IN 5th EDITION
UNIT 11 Topics
@ C11a Unit 11: Vocabulary
@ C11b Unit 11: Stems and Affixes
UNIT 12 Topics
@ C12a "The Sacred Rac"
@ C12b "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema"
@ C12c "Generations at Work" (Google Books)
@ C12d "The Circuit" - with exercises
UNIT 13 Topics
@ C13a The Milgram Experiment
@ C13b The Stanford Prison Experiment
@ C13c The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal
@ C13d Stanford Prison Experiment
@ C13e Asch's Conformity Experiment
@ C13f Re-creating the Milgram Experiment
@ C13g Abu Ghraib article
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ESLR 320 Assignments and Handouts *downloadable*
NEW FOR Spring 2012
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HANDOUTS
Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes - Unit 1
Vocabulary Study Guide - Unit 2
COMING SOON
¤ Class Schedule Weeks 5-8
¤ Class Schedule Weeks 9-12
¤ Class Schedule Weeks 13-16
¤ TEST ONE STUDY GUIDE
¤ TEST ONE SAMPLE TEST (2006)
¤ Project Two: Research Project Instructions
¤ Project Two: Library PILOT Program Info
¤ Project Three: Media Bias Project Instructions
COLLEGE EXCELLENCE: SCC Resources to Help You in 4 Key Areas
NOTE TAKING - TAKING TESTS
CRITICAL THINKING -
READING
Online Reading is Always Here!
Online Dictionaries
@ D1a Online Dictionary
@ D1b Etymology Online Search
@ D1c Longman English Dictionary Online
Nonfiction
@ D2a Words Have No Borders: Student Voices on Immigration, Language and Culture PDF
News
@ D3a Current CNN News Stories w/ exercises
@ D3b Online Literacy News w/exercises
@ D3c Newspapers Around the World
@ D3d California Newspapers
@ D3e Where do you get YOUR news?
Fiction
@ D4a A Huge Collection of Online Books & Nonfiction too!
Quizzes: Tough Issues
You Decide: Find your opinions
Compare opinions on issues
Games
A Vocabulary Game
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