Heritage Guide

Goals and Objectives

READING

Overall Goal:

You will develop a critical approach to reading. This means that you will be asked to question texts, read carefully and thoughtfully, mark key passages, note images, and react to ideas that resonate with you. Careful, thoughtful reading leads to better written and oral communication. Though reading is generally an individual effort, you will engage in communal reading of the texts in the form of group discussions.

Heritage I

Heritage II

1) You will be able to use pre-reading strategies for becoming an active reader:

• Recognize the structure and

context of a text (historical

and literary)

• Set the purpose for reading a text

1) You will continue to use pre-reading strategies for becoming an active reader.

Review:

• Recognize the structure and context of a text (historical, literary, social, and political settings)

• Set the purpose for reading a text

2) You will be able to apply strategies to transform and process key textual ideas into your own words.

  • Annotating
  • Questioning
  • Note taking
  • Outlining
  • Summarizing
2) You will continue to apply strategies to transform and process key textual ideas into your own words.

Review:

  • Annotating
  • Questioning
  • Note taking
  • Outlining
  • Summarizing
3) You will be able to identify areas in which you have expanded and challenged your knowledge/experience as a result of reading a text. 3) You will be able to identify areas in which you have expanded and challenged your knowledge/experience through encounters with political and

social thinkers.

4) You will be able to identify similarities and differences between historical, social, and intellectual writings.
5) You will be able to explain and support your interpretation of a text.

WRITING

Overall Goal:

You will use a process approach to writing. This means that you will be writing often, about topics of interest to you. You will be selecting the best ideas, phrases, and images from your various compositions and making a draft. Then, you will write one or more "re-visions" of your original piece. By re-writing-"re-righting"-you will learn about your own strengths and weaknesses as a writer. This knowledge will enable you to continue doing what you are doing well, and learn what you can work on to improve your writing. You will discover and practicedifferent methods of gathering, using, and assembling information. Process writing requires time and effort.

Heritage I

Heritage II

1) You will be able to write numerous short, personal pieces to facilitate learning and discussion. In your writing you will sharpen your use of details and examples. 1) You will be able to find research material using a wide range of library resources, including academic electronic databases, the Internet, and specialized journals
2) You will be able to distinguish between personal and analytical writing. You will learn to incorporate vivid details and examples into your analytical writing. 2) You will be able to evaluate the strength of these sources, identify the arguments each is making, and summarize your findings in an annotated bibliography.
3) You will be able to write analytical essays that support a point about one or more of the texts you have read. You will concentrate on crafting a strong thesis and sharp main points to support your thesis. You will be able to organize your main points logically and to compare and contrast ideas when asked to do so. 3) You will be able to integrate your library research into your writing assignments, as well as into your research paper. In your research paper you will include the views of contrary arguments and address them effectively.
4) You will be able to recognize when you do not have enough information to support a position 4) You will be able to use formal language conventions in all of your writing (grammar, syntax, punctuation, and capitalization).
5) You will be able to use appropriate information tools, print and electronic. 5) You will refine your proofreading and editing techniques.
6) You will be able to recognize appropriate information sources for a given assignment.
7) You will be able to use formal language conventions in all of your writing (grammar, syntax, punctuation, and capitalization).
8) You will learn the fundamentals of editing, e.g., re-vision and proofreading.

CULTURAL LITERACY

Overall Goal:

You will use a critical approach to understanding cultures, and learn why understanding culture is important.

Heritage I

Heritage II

1) You will be able to describe characteristics of a given community. 1) You will be able to identify the

patterns of assumptions, ideas, values, and practices of Asian or Latin American cultures.

2) You will be able to explain the role culture plays in constructing a given community, considering time and location. 2) You will be able to explain the role culture plays in constructing

Asian or Latin American cultures, considering history, language, philosophy, and geography.

3) You will be able to apply theories of community to both the novels and the real world. 3) You will recognize the assumptions on which Western and Asian or Latin American communities are based, as well as the differences within Asian or Latin American cultures themselves.
4) You will be able to recognize diversity, conflict, and prejudice, as well as interdependence and respect for difference. 4) You will recognize the interdependence of countries and cultures and formulate ways to cultivate cross-cultural communication and collaboration.


ORAL COMMUNICATION

Overall Goal:

You will learn how to present an effective oral presentation.

Heritage I

Heritage II

1) You will read the primary texts aloud, demonstrating your understanding of oral interpretation. 1) Review: You will be able to clearly express and defend positions while participating in discussions.
2) You will be able to clearly express and defend positions while participating in discussions. 2) You will be able to make a clear and persuasive oral argument using the conventions of an organized oral presentation
3). You will learn and apply the fundamentals of delivering a formal oral presentation, e.g., gestures, eye contact, voice (tone, volume and enunciation), and timing.
4) You will be able to use formal language conventions in all of your oral presentations (grammar, syntax, punctuation, and voice)
5) You will be able to integrate your academic research into your researched oral presentation.
6) You will learn to incorporate appropriate visual techniques in a formal oral presentation. Video, pictures, PowerPoint, and overheads all are examples of visual techniques.
7) Your instructor may also cover appropriate use of media resources such as presentation software programs, video, and sound recordings.