XHSC 0910K Reading the Novel

Credits: .5

Engages students in the reading process by providing opportunities to build upon existing skills. Students will explore novels, note taking methods, and study techniques.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Apply reading strategies to novels.
Use critical reading skills to make inferences.
Summarize key elements of plot development in novels.
Analyze elements of fiction and explain how elements develop in a novel.
Explain analysis with supporting details from the text.

Content Outline

Basic Comprehension Skills
- Topic
- Stated and unstated main ideas
- Major/minor details
Reading Strategies
- Previewing techniques
- Questioning strategies
- Inferences
Analyzing Elements of Fiction
- Plot elements
- Cause and effect
- Tone
- Character
- Theme
- Style
- Figurative devices
Written Analysis
- Cornell notes
- Dialectical journals
- Short essays