RDNG 0951 - Bridge to Composition I - Reading Focused

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Course Description: This course is designed to help students succeed in ENGL 1020 Composition I. It includes a strong emphasis on reading efficiency, fluency, and strategies. Course topics and activities focus on developing strategies for effective academic reading, developing academic vocabulary, practicing writing as a process, thinking critically about language in context, and generating clear and coherent writing. All students registered for RDNG 0951 must be concurrently enrolled in a paired section of ENGL 1020 so they can also complete Composition I in the same semester. ENGL 1020 is equivalent to ENGL 1021 , Composition I. All students registered for RDNG 0951 must also have completed or be registered for STSC 1021 .
MnTC Goals
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Prerequisite(s): A placement into RDNG 0951 with the equivalent of a student Lexile level of 950 or above.
Corequisite(s): ENGL 1020
Recommendation: STSC 1021

Major Content

Reading strategies
1. Sustained reading of increasingly complex texts
2. Reading comprehension strategies
3. Identifying main idea and details
4. Annotating, summarizing, paraphrasing and note-taking academic texts
5. Vocabulary building strategies
Rhetorical principles
1. Norms and practices common to academic discourse
2. Examples of different rhetorical strategies
Writing process(es)
1. Brainstorming and narrowing topics
2. Multiple approaches to writing processes
3. Elaborate on ideas
4. Revising and editing strategies
5. Strategies to address writing challenges, including campus resources which may include peer tutors, Writing, Reading, and language support centers, library, and Student Support Services.
Thesis-driven essay support
1. Controlling and supporting ideas
2. Strategies to strengthen arguments
3. Models and/or examples
4. Documentation support
Conventions of academic discourse
1. Analyzing instructions, assignments, and feedback
2. Avoiding plagiarism
  1. Cultural implications
  2. AI

Learning Outcomes

read increasing complex texts, including college-level texts fluently and effectively to identify abstract ideas.
evaluate and select reading strategies dependent upon the purpose for reading and the nature of the reading material.
apply multiple strategies to explore writing as a process in support of developing ENGL1020 essays.

write clear, correct, effective, and varied sentences in support of developing ENGL 1020 essays.
apply rhetorical principles in support of developing ENGL 1020 essays.

generate search terms in support of conducting research for ENGL 1020 essays.

use campus resources in support of developing ENGL 1020 essays and for Excellent Reading practice, which may include peer tutors, Writing, Reading, and language support centers, library, and Student Support Services.

use critical reading strategies for comprehension and expansion of college-level vocabulary in support of developing ENGL 1020 essays.

employ organizational strategies in support of developing ENGL 1020 essays.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies n/a
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
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Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
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