Reading for College Success
Overview
Fee Details
Overview
In this course, You will “coach” your “team” of thinking skills to meet academic challenges. Through reading, writing, and math activities, you will develop critical thinking skills and test-taking strategies.
Major Concepts:
- Discerning the Main Idea
- Identifying Clues Within Texts
- Effective Summarization
- Note Taking Applications
- Choosing Your Note Taking Style
- Free Choice Reading
- Web 2.0 Skills
- Recognizing Organizational Patterns
- Decoding Signal Words
- Understanding Cause and Effect
- Compare and Contrast
- Styles of Analysis
- Implications of Tone
- Recognizing Bias and Opinion
- Persuasive Language Tools
- Making an Inference
- Predictions, Questioning and Context
- Connotations and Allusions
- Hidden Hints in Writing
- Preparing for the CPT
- College Entrance Tests
Fee Details
S.No. | Program Name | Fee Component | Amount (USD) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Regular | Course Fee | $ 225 | To be paid by the student at the time of Enrollment. |
Grade Level
Grade 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration
Semester
Requirements
Students will need to obtain free choice reading material for each module in this course. The student may select any item of interest including, but not limited to, the following:
- Novels
- Periodicals
- Online Publications
- Poetry
- Short Stories
Prerequisites
None