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Course Number:

1008350

 

Course Path: Section:

Grades PreK to 12 Education Courses » Grade Group: Grades 9 to 12 and Adult

Education Courses » Subject: Language Arts » SubSubject: English

 

Course Title:

Reading for College Success

 

Course Section:

Grades PreK to 12 Education Courses

 

Abbreviated Title:

READ COLL. SUCCESS

 

Number of Credits:

0.5

 

Course Length:

Semester

 

Course Type:

Elective

 

Course Status:

Approval Pending

 

Class Size:

No

 

  

Course Description:

This course is targeted for grade 12 students whose test scores on the Postsecondary

Educational Readiness Test are below the established cut scores, indicating that they are not "college-

ready" in reading. This course incorporates reading and analysis of informational selections to develop

critical reading skills necessary for success in college courses. This course prepares students for

successful completion of Florida college English language arts courses requiring extensive grade-level

reading. The benchmarks reflect the Florida College Competencies necessary for entry-level college

courses and are also related to the College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards, the exit

stadards of Florida’s K

-12 Common Core standards.

 

General Notes:

The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

demonstrating successful reading of argument, including recognizing bias and supporting details;

demonstrating successful reading of fact and opinion, including recognizing inferences and main ideas;

demonstrating knowledge of a variety of organizational patterns and their relationships in the

comprehension of text, including recognizing purpose and tone of informational reading; and

demonstrating successful understanding of vocabulary in context.

 

Reading Informational Text

Benchmark Notes

: These reading informational text benchmarks offer a focus for instruction each year

and help ensure that students gain adequate exposure to a range of texts and tasks. Rigor is also infused

through the requirement that students read increasingly complex texts through the grades. Students

advag through the grades are epeed to t ea sueedig grade spefi ks,

retain or further develop skills and understandings mastered in preceding grades, and work steadily

toward meeting the more general expectations described by the CCR anchor standards.

 

LACC.1112.RI.1 Key Ideas and Details

LACC.1112.RI1.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the

course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis;

provide an objective summary of the text.

LACC.1112.RI.1.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific

individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.

LACC.1112.RI.2 Craft and Structure

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LACC.1112.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including

figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of

a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).

LACC.1112.RI.2.5 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her

exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

LACC.4.RI.2.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect,

problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

LACC.1112.RI.2.6

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particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or

beauty of the text.

LACC.1112.RI.3 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

LACC.1112.RI.3.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media

or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a

problem.

LACC.1112.RI.3.8 Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of

constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and

dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g.,

The Federalist

,

presidential addresses).

LACC.612.R.3.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity

of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

LACC.1112.RI.3.9 Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S.

documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the

Prealetohestitutioheofhtsil’sdauguralddress)forheir

themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.

LACC.1112.RI.4 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

LACC.1112.RI.4.10 By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11

–

CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the

end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11

–

CCR text

complexity band independently and proficiently.

  

Writing

Benchmark Notes:

 

Each year in their writing, students should demonstrate increasing sophistication in

all aspects of language use, from vocabulary and syntax to the development and organization of ideas,

and they should address increasingly demanding content and sources. Students advancing through the

grades are epe to eet eah sueedig r’s grade

-specific writing benchmarks and retain or

further develop skills and understandings mastered in preceding grades.

 

 

LACC.1112.W.3 Research to Build and Present Knowledge

LACC.1112.W.3.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question

(including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when

appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject

under investigation.

LACC.1112.W.3.9 Draw evidence form literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and

research.

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Language

Benchmark Notes:

The following language benchmarks offer a focus for instruction each year to help

ensure that students gain adequate mastery of a range of language skills and applications. Students

advag through the grades are epeed to t ea sueedig

grade-specific benchmarks

and retain or further develop skills and understandings mastered in preceding grades.

  

LACC.1112.L.2 Knowledge of Language

LACC.1112.L.2.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different

contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or

listening.

LACC.1112.L.2.3a Vary syntax for effect, consulting references (e.g.

Tufte’s

Artful Sentences

) for

guidance as needed; apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading.

LACC.1112.L.3 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

LACC.1112.L.3.4a Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph

rtextord’s

position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

LACC.1112.L.3.4b Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings

or parts of speech (e.g., conceive, conception, conceivable).

LACC.1112.L.3.4c Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries,

thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its

precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.

LACC.1112.L.3.4d Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning

of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).

LACC.1112.L.3.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in

word meanings.

LACC.1112.L.3.5a Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role

in the text.

LACC.1112.L.3.5b Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

LACC.1112.L.3.6 Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases,

sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level;

demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase

important to comprehension or expression.