Welcome to your 1102 English course!

The objective of this course is for you to develop or improve your reading comprehension skills.

If you have any questions concerning the course, feel free to contact me:

profesoraarroyo@yahoo.com

To begin, make sure you read the class syllabus carefully. Here you will know how you will be evaluated:


Dangers of not knowing how to read:

Important Links

                                                                

Important Links:

1) Dictionary from English to Spanish: 

www.wordreference.com

           2) Dictionary from English to English:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reliable

3) Pronunciation of words:

www.howjsay.com

4) Short Stories and Readings:

http://teenink.com/

 5) Short Stories (Intermediate Level) with audio:

http://www.rong-chang.com/eslread/

6) Ebooks (Short Stories written by the professor)

https://www.facebook.com/arroyoebooks

7) Edgar Allen Poe Stories:

http://tinyurl.com/EdgarAllenPoeStories



8) Reading Strategies (Power Point)

http://tinyurl.com/ReadingStrategies1102



  9) How to read  critically:

http://tinyurl.com/lc288tw

            10) How to write a summary:

http://tinyurl.com/Summary1102

              11) Benefits of Reading:

     http://tinyurl.com/BenefitsOfReading1102

Class Work

        

Class Work:

1) Answer the following multiple intelligence survey, in order to know your learning style:

http://tinyurl.com/MultipleIntelligence1102

2) You know you're Puerto Rican if...

    http://tinyurl.com/PuertoRicanCustoms

Video= You know you're Puerto Rican if...

3) Novel- "Dreams of a Boricua" 

                  By:Inés M. Arroyo

Part I- "Dreams of a Boricua in New York"

http://tinyurl.com/DreamsOfABoricuaInNewYork1

   4) Short Story- Where is my dead brother?

http://tinyurl.com/WhereIsMyDeadBrother1102

  

Assignments:

#1-  Book Talker (25 pts)-July 11

Instructions:

http://tinyurl.com/BookTalker1102

#2- Letter to a character (25 pts)-July 18

Instructions:

http://tinyurl.com/LetterToACharacter1102

Short Story: (Dear Dad)

http://tinyurl.com/DearDad1102

Short Story with audio:

http://www.knowmia.com/watch/lesson/12465

#3- Responding to a movie- (Courageous)

(25 pts)- July 24

 Instructions:

http://tinyurl.com/Movie1102

#4- Article related to your concentration 

(25 pts)- July 29

Instructions:

http://tinyurl.com/Article1102

Quizzes: (Print and Hand-In your results before July 30)

http://tinyurl.com/Quizzes1102

Project # 1- July 12

"Dreams of a Boricua in Puerto Rico"

Story:

http://tinyurl.com/DreamsOfABoricuaInPuertoRico

Project:

http://tinyurl.com/ProjectBoricua1

Project #2- July 19

"Dreams Of A Boricua In Love"

Short Story:

http://tinyurl.com/DreamsOfABoricuaInLovee

Project # 2:

http://tinyurl.com/ProjectBoricua2