RPS Intermediate Reading (January 2020)
RPS Intermediate Reading (January 2020)
Materials/Topics 1. Introduction
2. Thesis Statement
3. Elements of Essay
4. Previewing and Predicting Outcomes
5. Skimming
6. Scanning
7. Inferences
8. Generalization and drawing conclusion
9. Facts and Opinion
10. Author Purposes
11. Descriptive
12. Narrative
13. Exposition
14. Argumentative
References Main:
1. Adam, W. Royce. 1981. Developing Reading Versetality. New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston.
2. Drapper, G,G. 1993. Great American Short Stories. Regents Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs
New Jersey.
3. Drayto, Anne Marie. 1985. In Good Company. Massachusetts: Addison Wesley Publishing
Comp.
4. Troyka, Lynn Quitman and Joseph Wayne Thweatt. 2009. Structured Reading: Seventh
Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education LTB.
5. Seal, Bernard. 2001. Academic Encounters: Reading, Study Skills and Writing. New Aster:
Cambridge University Press.
Supporting:
6. Anderson, Mark. 2003. Text Types in English. Australia: McMillan Education Australia PTY
LTD.
7. Anderson, Neil J. 2003. Active Skills in Reading: Book 3. Singapore: Heinle.
8. Langan, John. 2012. English Skills with Reading. New York: McGraw Hill.
Media Software: Hardware:
- Laptop, LCD, handout
Team Teaching Jufri, Zainuddin Amir, Yuli Tiarina, Dinovia Fannil Kher, Yati Aisya Rani, Cabiriena Solusia, Nora
Fudhla, Lafziatul Hilmi, Rifky Oktoviandry, Ainul Addina
Prerequisite Basic Reading
16 Review
A. Evaluation/Assessment
Students’ grades are based on:
Mid-Test 30%
Final Test 35%
Assignment 25%
Classroom Participation 10%
Range Grade
85-100 A
80-84 A-
75-79 B+
70-74 B
65-69 B-
60-64 C+
55-59 C
50-54 C-
40-49 D
<39 E
B. Scoring Rubric
Trait/target Excellent (80-100) Sufficient (60-79) Insufficient (<59)
Understanding and identify Always able to make a solid Sometimes able to make an Seldom or never able to
thesis statement and elements and defensible judgment in acceptable judgment in identify elements of essay and
of essay identifying elements of essay identifying elements of essay demonstrate a confusion
when asked to judge the
elements
Using useful range of reading Always able to use sometimes able to use Seldom or never able to use
strategies (scanning, appropriate strategies to appropriate strategies to appropriate strategies to
skimming, etc) comprehend text comprehend text comprehend text
Predicting outcome through Always able to predict Sometimes able to predict Seldom or never able to
information from the text outcome through outcome through information predict outcome through
(title, headings, picture and informational features from the text and personal information from the text and
diagram) and personal provided from the text and experience personal experience
experience from their personal
experience
Making inference and drawing Always consistently make valid Sometimes able to make Seldom or never able to make
conclusion from various type inference and conclusion from inference and draw conclusion inference and draw conclusion
of text various type of text from various type of text from various type of text and
when couched or given need others help to
obvious clues understand the them
Generalizing information from Always able to generalize Sometimes able to generalize Seldom or never able to
various type of text information from various type information from various type generalize information from
of text of text various type of text
Analyzing author’s purpose Always able to predict sometimes able to predict Seldom or never able to
author’s idea and paraphrase author’s idea and paraphrase predict author’s idea and
it in their own words with it in their own words in paraphrase it in their own
clear rationale and arguments, general terms words and hardly attempt to
and providing examples clearly state the author’s idea
in simple terms
Text genres Always able to analyze and Sometimes able to analyze Seldom or never able to
identify text genres and their and identify text genres and analyze and identify text
generic structures as well as their generic structures as well genres and their generic
the social functions. as the social functions. structures as well as the social
functions.