SEMESTER II

Chapters (Steps) 7 - 10 & Test Prep (FCAT Retake/ACT/SAT/EOC)

Instructional Materials:___ Townsend Press Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills (5/e)
___  Townsend Press Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills (5/e)
___  The Real ACT Prep Guide
___  AOW ;“Articles of the Week”
___  Vocabulary Through Morphemes 

Interventions/Differentiated Instruction:                            

___ In - house Professional Teacher Tutoring (ALL Teachers)

___  Townsend Press (Online)

___  USA Test Prep

___  Other, variable

Chapter 7   Inferences

• Drawing Conclusions from SAT Vocab Videos                                                        
• Reading: Gender Inequality in Health Care and in the Workplace 

          by James M. Henslin                                 

•  Writing Activity  
•  Online Exercises and Mastery Tests  

8   Purpose and Tone

       Reading: The Scholarship Jacket Marta Salinas                                                                   

• SAT Writing Assignment

• Online Exercises and Mastery Tests

 Chapter 9  Argument

•  Supplemental materials: Everything's An Argugment

        Reading: In Praise of the F Word Mary Sherry
        Mastery Tests

10   Critical Reading
        Reading: Gambling—A Dangerous Game Jon Volkmer
        Mastery Tests

PART II:  Ten Reading Selections

1    The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill

2    The Certainty of Fear Audra Kendall

3    Shame Dick Gregory

4    The Bystander Effect Dorothy Barkin

5    “Let’s Roll.” Karen Breslau, Eleanor Clift, and Evan Thomas

6    Coping with Nervousness Rudolph F. Verderber

7    Compliance Techniques: Getting People to Say Yes Shelley E. Taylor, Letitia
      Anne Peplau, and David O. Sears

8    Lizzie Borden James Kirby Martin and others

9    Nonverbal Communication Anthony F. Grasha

10   The Power Within John Langan

PART III
Combined-Skills Tests