RGTR 0198: Regents' Reading Skills
Spring 2006 Schedule
Assignments are DUE by 4 p.m. Thursday each week.

Assignments in 10 Steps include completing AND scoring ALL PRACTICE exercises and completing ALL REVIEW exercises (1-4). MASTERY TESTS earn you extra credit—3 points for each test grade of 100%, 2 points for 80-99%, and 1 point for 60-79%. You may put these Mastery Tests from the book in my mailbox or bring them to class.

Week	DUE by 4 p.m. THURSDAY
Week 1 ending 1/12	Orientation to Vista, Syllabus Quiz, Short Practice Reading Quiz at http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrtp/pracread.htm and Email to Instructor
Week 2 ending 1/19	PowerPoint Show: “Vocabulary in Context” and Email to Instructor Ch. 1: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “The Quiet Hour” (31), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “The Professor is a Dropout” (423). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 1 (in-class)
Week 3 ending 2/26	PowerPoint Show: “Main Ideas” and Email to Instructor Ch. 2: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “How Dual-Earner Couples Cope” (76), (into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “Taming the Anger Monster” (437). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 2 (in-class)
Week 4 ending 2/2	PowerPoint Show: “Supporting Details” and Email to Instructor Ch. 3: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “Baby Love” (113), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “He Was First” (447). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 3 (in-class)
Week 5 ending 2/9	PowerPoint Show: “Implied Main Ideas and the Central Point” and Email to Instructor Ch. 4: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “Personal Relationships in the Not-So-Good Days” (154), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “Keys to College Success” (458). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 4 (in-class)
Week 6 ending 2/16	PowerPoint Show: “Relationships I” and Email to Instructor Ch. 5: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “Julia Burney: The Power of a Woman’s Dream” (191), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “Motivation and Needs” (471). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 5 (in-class)
Week 7 ending 3/23	PowerPoint Show: “Relationships II” and Email to Instructor Ch. 6: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “The Influence of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” (240), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “The Effects of the Automobile” (482). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 6 (in-class)
Week 8 ending 3/2	PowerPoint Show: “Fact and Opinion” and Email to Instructor Ch. 7: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “Managing Conflicts in Relationships” (282), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “Rabies” (491). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 7 (in-class)
Week 9 ending 3/9	PowerPoint Show: “Inferences” and Email to Instructor Ch. 8: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “A Legendary Moment” (327), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “Bad Managers” (499). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 8 (in-class)
Week 10 ending 3/16	PowerPoint Show: “Purpose and Tone” and Email to Instructor Ch. 9: All Practice and Review Exercises completed; Enter answers for Review 4, “How to Become a Better Listener” (364), into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Selection: “Busy as a Bee? Then Who’s Doing the Work?” (510). Enter answers into quiz in Vista and then score and read feedback. Reading Test No. 9 (in-class)
March 18, 20, 21	REGENTS’ TEST--sign up for the date you want.