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Stating Topic, Main Idea, and Details of Reading (5) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 2 Foundation Lesson--Stated Main Ideas
NROC English Unit 3 Foundation Lesson--Implied Main Ideas
NROC English Unit 1 Foundation Lesson--Topic Sentences
NROC English Unit 2 Foundation Lesson--Supporting Details
NROC English Unit 3 Foundation Lesson--Major and Minor Supporting Details
Character and Setting Analysis (1) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 3 Foundation Lesson--Author's Point of View and Cultural Context
Pre-Reading Steps (7) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 1 Presentation Video--Introduction
NROC English Unit 1 Presentation Video--Pre-Reading
NROC English Unit 7 Presentation Video--Pre-Reading
NROC English Unit 9 Presentation Video--Pre-Reading
NROC English Unit 2 Presentation Video--Post-Reading
NROC English Unit 2 Foundation Lesson--Annotating a Reading
NROC English Unit 1 Foundation Lesson--Fact and Opinion
Generating and Answering Purposed Questions in Reading (9) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 2 Presentation Video--Pre-Reading
NROC English Unit 1 Foundation Lesson--Author, Audience, and Purpose
NROC English Unit 1 Foundation Lesson--Responding to a Reading
NROC English Unit 3 Foundation Lesson--Author's Point of View and Cultural Context
NROC English Unit 6 Foundation Lesson--Understanding Reading and Writing Differences Across Disciplines
NROC English Unit 9 Presentation Video--Introduction
NROC English Unit 5 Worked Example Video--First-, Second-, and Third-Person Pronouns
NROC English Unit 5 Foundation Lesson--First-, Second-, and Third-Person Pronouns
NROC English Unit 5 Presentation Video--Grammar in Context
Word Meaning (11) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 1 Foundation Lesson--Identifying Word Parts
NROC English Unit 1 Foundation Lesson--Using Context Clues
NROC English Unit 5 Foundation Lesson--Identifying Denotation and Connotation
NROC English Unit 5 Worked Example Video--Comma Use in a Series
NROC English Unit 5 Foundation Lesson--Comma Use in a Series
NROC English Unit 5 Foundation Lesson--Identifying Types of Definitions
NROC English Unit 5 Presentation Video--Grammar in Context
NROC English Unit 7 Worked Example Video--Commonly Confused Words
NROC English Unit 7 Foundation Lesson--Commonly Confused Words
NROC English Unit 7 Foundation Lesson--Figurative Language
NROC English Unit 7 Presentation Video--Grammar in Context
Identifying Objective and Subjective Language, Logical Fallacies, and Causal Relationships, and Determining Credibility (4) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 5 Foundation Lesson--Recognizing Objective and Subjective Language
NROC English Unit 8 Foundation Lesson--Logical Fallacies and Causal Relationships
NROC English Unit 9 Foundation Lesson--Evaluating Credible Sources Used within a Reading
NROC English Unit 1 Presentation Video--Post-Reading
Reading Comprehension--SQ3R (1) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 3 Foundation Lesson--Essential College Skills--Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking (2) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 2 Foundation Lesson--Essential College Skills--Critical Thinking
NROC English Unit 9 Presentation Video--Post-Reading
Annotating and Outlining (4) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 2 Foundation Lesson--Annotating a Reading
NROC English Unit 4 Foundation Lesson--Outlining a Reading
NROC English Unit 4 Foundation Lesson--Outlining an Essay
NROC English Unit 4 Foundation Lesson--Essential College Skills--Note Taking
Compare and Contrast (5) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 7 Presentation Video--Pre-Reading
NROC English Unit 7 Foundation Lesson--Identifying a Comparison Made in a Reading
NROC English Unit 7 Foundation Lesson--Developing an Outline for a Compare-and-Contrast Essay
NROC English Unit 7 Foundation Lesson--Figurative Language
NROC English Unit 7 Presentation Video--Introduction
Appropriate Comprehension Strategies (3) Launch Playlist
NROC English Unit 9 Foundation Lesson--Recognizing the Main Idea and Source Bias in a Complex Reading
NROC English Unit 10 Foundation Lesson--Relating Different Viewpoints
NROC English Unit 10 Foundation Lesson--Finding and Evaluating Sources
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NROC English Foundation Lessons

Click on each of the links below to view the lesson.

Unit 1: Introduction to College Reading and Writing


Unit 2: Identifying Main Ideas

Unit 3: Discovering Implied Meaning

Unit 4: Interpreting Bias

Unit 5: Analysis through Definition

Unit 6: Learning Across Discipline

Unit 7: Exploring Comparative Elements

Unit 8: Informed Opinions Through Causal Chains

Unit 9: Applied Critical Analysis

Unit 10: Using Sources in Critical Reading and Writing

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Open Textbook to Accompany NROC Developmental English:
Course Reader for "Crafting an Effective Writer -- Tools of the Trade":
English Grammar Playlist--Capitalization and Punctuation in Titles and Parenthetical Expressions:
English Writing Playlist--Understanding a Writing Assignment--Title, Topic, Author, and Audience:
English Writing Playlist--Identifying Phrases versus Clauses, Sentence Transitions, and Commas:
English Writing Playlist--Using an Active or Passive Voice and Adding Enlivening Writing:
English Writing Playlist--Modifying Writing with Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Figurative Language:
Adult Ed Hippo Playlists (for TABE and GED) developed by the State of Kentucky:

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