Faculty

INRW-0340 Integrated Reading and Writing Strategies

Jennifer Zuba

Credit Fall 2025

Section(s)

INRW-0340-042 (32994)
LEC TuTh 6:00pm - 7:20pm CYP CYP1 1107

Course Requirements

Reading Level: A ninth-grade reading level is required to take this course.
Course Format: INRW 0340 can be a one-hour (INRW 0120) or two-hour (INRW 0220) modified format course.
Concurrent Enrollment: Students are concurrently enrolled in INRW 0340 and an entry-level college course, such as English 1301 or Speech 1311.

Readings

This course is OER and all texts will be provided.

Course Subjects

● 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.

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

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.