Developmental Reading

Developmental Reading prepares students to read at a college level. These resources are designed to help you promote college readiness and discover new ways of teaching reading strategies.

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Hitting a Homerun: How to Scaffold Writing Assignments
Heather Hollandsworth, Radford University | March 31, 2016
It’s a different ballgame, and several college-level instructors don’t know how to play. The way students are accustomed to...
Higher Education
Outlining and Crafting Effective Thesis and Topic Sentences Activity
Aimee Ford, Estrella Mountain Community College | March 17, 2016
The following activity is designed for building a five-paragraph essay (introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion), which can be...
Higher Education
Changing Charts—A Reading/Writing/Discussion Activity
Victoria Barras Tulacro, Associate Professor of English, Chaffey College | March 10, 2016
Discussing readings can sometimes feel boring to students. A class discussion can easily become a conversation between the instructor...
Higher Education
Literature Is Life—Making the Connection for Students
Latonia Valincia Moss, Baltimore City Community College | March 10, 2016
No matter where I have taught, Literature courses have been the coveted class to teach for an English professor. ...
Higher Education
Reflections on Remediation in College and the Purpose of Education in a Democracy
Pearson Admin | September 15, 2013
In 1995, after spending four years visiting public schools throughout the United States, Mike Rose published the award-winning Possible...
Higher Education
Integrating Reading and Writing for College Success: 10 Maxims for Developmental Students
Pearson Admin | September 10, 2013
Kim Flachmann states that often, the way developmental students learn is not just based on their preferred learning styles,...
Higher Education
Looking to the Past to Help Better (Re)Design the Future of MWL in an English Department
Pearson Admin | August 26, 2013
This session will be a “mistakes made, lessons learned” style of presentation as the presenter will share experiences about...
Higher Education

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