3. syllabus, syllabus quiz, novel selection

Reading 3IECP

Fall 2014Nikki Mattson

Agenda

• Diagnostic Results

• Short novel preferences

• Syllabus

• Syllabus quiz (with prizes!)

Diagnostics

Introduction to Short Novels

• Increase reading rate

• Increase vocabulary

• Increase cultural knowledge

• Increase general comprehension skills

Oliver Twist

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread.

But Oliver Twist finds some friends - Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of 'games' they play . . .

Genre: Classic

Author: Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip.

Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!‘

Genre: Classic

Author: Charles Dickens

A Tangled Web

Dan Combes is a former MI6 agent living peacefully in France. After being attacked by a former colleague, he realises his relationship with the British Secret Service has not yet finished. He believes the attack is linked to his roles in Berlin and Central America. But that was years ago so why do they want him dead now? Dan returns to England and confronts his difficult past - a web of lies and deceit that he knows must end.

Genre: action/spy novel

Author: Alan Malay

Cry FreedomThey said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised?

This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.

Genre: Non-fiction/freedom/politics

Author: John Briley

Syllabus

Syllabus Quiz

Syllabus Quiz• 1. When are Nikki Mattson’s office hours (times she reserves to meet with students)?• 2. When is it okay to buy “used” textbooks?• 3. How many absences are permitted for full-time students before they are removed

from the IECP program?• 4. If class starts at 9:00 and you arrive at 9:30, are you late or absent?• 5. If class starts at 9:00, and you arrive at 10:00, are you late or absent?• 6. Will you receive an absence if you are absent because of illness, religious

observance, or test taking?• 7. What will happen if you are placed on the academic success plan for the same

reason two semesters in a row?• 8. When will homework in Reading 3 be collected? What will happen if you do not

hand in your HW until the break?• 9. What should you do if you are absent from Reading 3?• 10. What should you do if you miss a test in Reading 3?• 11. When is it okay to use your cell phone in class?

HWHW

• Complete Vocabulary Power pgs. 2-9 before class on Tuesday.