Faculty Syllabus
INRW-0340 Integrated Reading and Writing Strategies
Kate Dean
Credit Spring 2026
Section(s)
INRW-0340-020 (17316)
LEC TuTh 1:30pm - 2:50pm RRC RRC1 1208.00
INRW-0340-041 (31794)
LEC MW 4:00pm - 5:20pm EGN EGN1 1306
Course Requirements
Course Description and Instructional Methodology: INRW 0340
Emphasis on increased proficiency of comprehension skills, vocabulary development, and rate of reading. Ninth grade reading level required. INRW 0340 repeatable up to six credit hours. A modified course is offered in a one hour (0120) and two hour (0220) format. This course is not for college-level credit
Course Rationale
Integrated Reading and Writing Strategies is designed to prepare students to deal successfully with college-level reading. Students who scored below the cut-off on the reading assessment must enroll and participate in a developmental reading course until they satisfy the TSI requirement. Students who do not comply with the TSI requirements may have a hold put on their transcripts and be required to see a counselor to register for classes.
Homework/Low Stakes Assignments-25% of Course Grade
Attendance/Participation-5% of Course Grade
Major Assignments-Each is 10% of Course Grade
- Narrative Essay
- Five Paragraph Essay with Thesis Statement
- Summary/Paraphrase
- Textbook Assignment
- Grammar/Sentence Variety
- Literature Assignment
- Portfolio/Final Essay
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES AND STUDENT LEARNING
OUTCOMES FOR INRW 0340
Integrated Reading and Writing Objectives
Student will:
● Locate the main ideas and supporting details in written text including the student's own work.
● Through inferencing, and deductive/inductive reasoning:
o Build vocabulary and determine the meanings of words and phrases,
o Analyze the relationship among ideas in written material to draw conclusions, and
o Use these critical thinking skills to evaluate written materials.
● Identify and define a writer’s audience, purpose, point of view, tone, and intended meaning.
● Annotating college-level texts and textbooks through the use of note-taking strategies and summarization. ● Apply study skills to written assignments.
● Demonstrate cohesive sentence structure void of fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
● Explore the validity of sources needed for documentation.
Integrated Reading and Writing Student Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students will:
● Analyze the impact of reading and writing independently and using critical thinking, problem-solving approaches in college-level materials to learn, study, and communicate with diverse opinions and values in a free society to support life-long learning.
● Select and monitor the effectiveness of reading strategies, including vocabulary building techniques, appropriate to purpose and text.
● Select and monitor the effectiveness of writing strategies including a recursive vs. linear writing process, editing skills, transitions, thesis development, and paragraph development/ cohesion.
● Select and demonstrate various study skills and methods to meet the reading and writing demands of college courses. ● Demonstrate ability to use reading and writing skills to participate in academic debate on issues of importance to the society and the world at large.
● Write a well-organized, cohesive essay including a developed introduction paragraph, multiple body paragraphs beginning with topic sentences and support, and a conclusion.
● Demonstrate academic ability to respond to types of assessments including graded assignments, compiling a portfolio, composing a short answer response for an in-class assessment, crafting a book review, analyzing primary and secondary sources, test preparation, and formal exams.
Discipline Specific Outcomes:
After completing this course, students will:
● Demonstrate ability to read a variety of texts from essays, articles, academic research papers, and college textbook chapters. o Perform a close reading of texts for annotative and interpretive purposes
▪ Use inferencing skills to bring tacit ideas into explicit knowledge or ideas about textual meanings. ▪ Close readings and annotations may include: major topics, important main ideas, supporting details that support the topic of the essay, strong lines and weak lines, and vocabulary building.
● Compose a variety of texts that exhibit characteristics of various writing patterns and purposes
o expressive, compare contrast, persuasive, argumentative, referential, literary, narration, evaluation, etc. ● Demonstrate the writing process as a tool to improve as a writer.
● Reflect on self-performance through writing.
● Condense results of annotation to a summary.
● Compose a well-organized essay including the following:
o Introduction (hook, lead-in/ background information, thesis)
o Body Paragraphs (topic sentence, support sentences, concluding sentence)
o Conclusion (summary, call to action, lasting impression, tie up loose ends, etc.)
● Apply study skills to simulate exams and assignments in introductory college courses to prepare for future course success: o Recognize appropriate study skills based on task objective(s).
o Identify the basic steps of the study skills needed for the task objective(s).
o Demonstrate time management for the study based skills prior to the task’s due date.
o Demonstrate decision-making ability under similar pressure to the experience during the task objective(s). o Create moments of collaborative learning with classmates as a platform for a student-led opportunity.
Office Hours
T Th 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Round Rock Campus 1204.06
NOTE In person office hours are located at RRC 1204.06 on TTH from 9:30am-11:00am and 5:10pm-5:40pm. Virtual office hours are MW from 2:00pm-3:00pm. I can also meet online other times with an appointment. Please reach out if you need help.Published: 01/19/2026 20:16:52