CONTACT
INFORMATION Questions? Please E-MAIL: lewin@sbcc.edu or PHONE: 965-0581, ext. 2343
SANTA
BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
DSPS 77: WRITING and READING STRATEGIES
SYLLABUS
- FALL 2003
GERRY LEWIN, INSTRUCTOR
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Questions? Please E-MAIL: lewin@sbcc.edu or PHONE: 965-0581, ext. 2343
OFFICE
HRS.: Mondays, 9:30 – 11:30 am, Tuesdays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm,
and Thursdays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm
To make an appointment, call 965-0581, ext. 2364, or speak with staff
in SS 160, the downstairs DSPS Office.
'"We are our language," it is often said; but our real language, our real identity, lies in inner speech, in that ceaseless stream and generation of meaning that constitutes the individual mind.' 'One does not think, at the deepest level, in music or equations, nor, perhaps even for verbal artists, in language either. Schopenhauer and Vygotsky are both great verbal artists, whose thought, it might seem, is inseparable from their words; but both insist it is beyond words: "Thoughts die," Schopenhauer writes, "the moment they are embodied by words." "Words die," Vygotsky writes, "as they bring forth thought." But if thought transcends language, and all representational forms, nonetheless it creates these, and needs these, for its advancement. It did so in human history, and does so in each of us. Thought is not language, or symbolism, or imagery, or music, but without these it may die . . . ".' Oliver Sacks, Neurologist and Author (from Seeing Voices)
COURSE PURPOSE
This course is designed for students with disabilities whose educational limitations
affect acquisition, processing and expression of language. It does not take
the place of an English class but provides strategies by which students may
optimize their performance in college classes requiring reading and writing.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To learn and apply reading and writing strategies to your credit class assignments
so you do your best in college and in your future career.
2. To improve your skills in dealing with the written language.
CLASS STRUCTURE
and EXPECTATIONS
Requirements:
1. Syllabi: Bring in copies of your syllabi from SBCC courses requiring
reading and writing by Thursday, Sept. 11. The syllabi help you stay organized
so you get the most out of class time and improve grades. You will explain assignments
to tutors who can act as “coaches”.
2. Bring in assignments: Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 16, begin bringing your reading and writing assignments from SBCC courses into our class each day, and complete them using the appropriate strategy. Students choose the best strategy to use from the DSPS 77 packet's "Table of Contents", and are expected to practice as many strategies as possible by the semester's end.
3. Assistive Technology Assignment: Due Sept. 30.
4. Appointment: Each student meet individually with Ms. Lewin to discuss learning profile and accommodations before Thursday, Oct. 2. Make an appt. in SS 160 by writing in the Appointment Notebook.
5. Learning Profile Page: Fill out the Learning Profile form based upon your conversation with Ms. Lewin by Thursday, Oct. 16.
6. Evaluations: Two evaluations are due throughout the semester. Choose two, each one from a different area: Reading, Writing, Conceptual Thinking, Time Tools, Study Skills. The first one is due Thursday, Oct. 23, and the second one is due Thursday, Dec. 4
7. Concept Diagram or Thesis Worksheet: Fill out the Concept Diagram or Thesis Worksheet for an essay you are developing and turn it in by Thursday, Dec. 2.
8. Essay Checklist: or Vocabulary Sheet: Turn in a copy of the essay chosen for the Essay Checklist assignment along with the complete Essay Checkist. Option 2 is to complete an Eye for Essential Vocabulary Sheet. File in your group's notebook before or on Thursday, Dec. 4.
9. Progress Checklist: Consult your Progress Checklist (p. 127) for a list of all assignments. Check off and write the date in when you complete assignments. Stay up on your progress in this class, as well as in all of your classes.
10. Read in Ms. Lewin's library on learning and learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.
Announcements
DSPS 77 Attendance
and Tardies
Although Dali's surrealistic clock definitely has its appeal, the class observes
"real time" in the conventional sense. This means that the amount
of time anyone is late to class is subtracted from the total attendance. More
than four absences will result in a no credit grade. Refer to the handout on
“Class Rules” to check how to make up absences. Please be polite to
others by arriving on time to class as you would to a job. Students have noticed
that patterns started in school transfer to jobs, where tardiness results in
time spent in the unemployment benefits line.
New DSPS Strategies
Tutorial Lab Hours
Monday – Friday, 10:30 – 4:30 pm in the Assistive Technology Center,
SS 160
Visions
is our Student Publication. If you'd like to contribute writing from a class
on campus, your personal writing or poetry, or black and white art, please give
to Ms. Lewin by November 6, 2003.
DSPS
77: Writing & Reading Strategies
SYLLABUS Fall 2003
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Thomas Edison
Date: Tu., 9/02
Topic: Introductory Survey; Course Overview
Date: Th., 9/04
Topic: Paraphrasing for Reading Comprehension
Date: Tu., 9/09
Topic: T = THINK
Date: Th., 9/11
Topic: O = ORGANIZE
Due: Syllabi: Bring in copies of syllabi (course outlines with assignment due
dates) from your SBCC courses requiring writing by Thursday, Sept. 11.
Date: Tu., 9/16
Topic: W = WRITE; Thesis Worksheet
Action: Bring in assignments: Begin bringing your reading and writing assignments
from SBCC courses into our
class, and complete them using the appropriate strategy. Choose the best strategy
to use from the DSPS 77 packet's "Table of Contents”. Practice as
many strategies as possible by the semester's end. Get to know a minimum of
four strategies each semester. Returning students should practice the more advanced
strategies.
Date: Th., 9/18
Topic: E = EDIT – One assignment for this class is to complete an Essay
Checklist while editing one of your essays. Start using it as soon as possible
while revising your papers so the one you turn in shows the progress you've
made.
Date: Tu., 9/23; Topic: R = REPRINT
Date: Th., 9/25;
Topic: Metacognitive Reading Strategies
Action: Decide on your reading goals
Date:
Tu., 9/30
Topic: SQ5R = Reading/Study Strategy
Due: Assistive Technology Assignment
Date: Th., 10/02
Topic: Students report in groups how they have used a strategy to complete their
coursework, and share any challenges that may have experienced. Discuss with
groups possible solutions.
Due: Make an appointment by today. Each student will meet individually with
Ms. Lewin to discuss learning profile and accommodations before 10/15. (Draft
of Learning Profile is due 10/16.)
Date: Tu., 10/07
Topic: REAP = Analytical Reading Strategy
Date: Th., 10/09
Topic: Organization and monitoring day.
Date: Tu., 10/14
Topic: Cornell Notetaking Method
Date:
Th., 10/16
Topic: How to Read a Book (4 Levels)
Due: Draft of your learning profile is due.
Date: Tu., 10/21
Topic: Elements of Reasoning for Critical Thinking
Date: Th., 10/23
Topic: Collaborative Problem Solving on Student Scenarios
Due: First Strategy Evaluation is due.
Date: Tu., 10/28
Topic: Visualizing and Verbalizing
Date: Th., 10/30
Topic: How to Present the Learning Profile Summary
Date: Tu., 11/04
Topic: Research Methods
Date: Th., 11/06
Topic: How To Evaluate a Strategy
Due: Your contribution to Visions is due today (optional assignment).
Date: Tu., 11/11
Topic: Reflective Reading and Writing Summaries
Date: Th., 11/13
Topic: Reading Comprehension Tips and Good Practices
Date: Tu, 11/18
Topic: Self-Advocacy
Date: Th., 11/20
Topic: Eye for Essentials Vocabulary Sheet
Date: Tu., 11/25
Topic: Vocabulary Development with Word Roots
Date: Th., 11/27
Thanksgiving Holiday
Date: Tu., 12/02
Topic: Concept Diagram
Due: Concept Diagram or Thesis Worksheet is due.
Date: Th., 12/04
Topic: EVOKER: What to look for in literature.
Due: Essay Checklist with copy of essay or Vocabulary Sheet
Date: Tu., 12/09
Topic: Transitional Words
Due: Second Strategy Evaluation is due.
Date: Th., 12/11
Last Day of Instruction
Topic: Test Preparation and Test Taking, Memory
Due: Progress Checklist is due, along with all the assignments from your section
of the notebook.