Reading Meets Success: 19 minutes (Pines Center) - Fall 2011-1

For this Learning Community, you will co-register for the following courses:

1. ENC 0021 (College Prep Writing Skills 2) #392953 Mon/Wed 9:30 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Murray
2. REA 0006C (College Prep Reading 2) #391701 Mon/Wed 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
   Professor Mankowski
3. SLS 1501 (College Success Skills) #392532 Wed 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
   Professor Fusta
   
   

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Learning Outcomes

In this Learning Community, students will:

• Gain understanding of the college resources, services and process
• Identify and use their learning style to become successful students in college
• Explore their professional and career interests and objectives.
• Think critically and learn strategies to face and resolve specific educational, personal, and social challenges
• Learn to become more effective critics of their educational performance
• Recognize other students’ cultural backgrounds and learn how to share knowledge and experiences for success
• Discuss ways of preventing bullying and school violence.
• Read a variety of topics related to their professional and personal life
• Learn to identify main ideas, topic sentences, purpose and patterns of organization in order to create a clear organized academic paragraph.
• Differentiate between fact and opinion.

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Brother to Brother - Fall 2011-1

For this Learning Community, you will co-register for the following courses:

1. SLS 1001 (Strategies for Success) #391862 Tues/Thurs 8:00 am - 9:15 am
   Professor Scott
2. REA 0006C (College Prep Reading 2) #391665 Tues/Thurs 9:30 - 10:45 am
   Professor Dunn

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English and Psychology - Fall 2011-1

For this Learning Community, you will co-register for the following courses:

1. PSY 2012 (General Psychology) #390631 Mon/Wed 8:00 am - 9:15 am
   Professor Norda Hernandez
2. ENC 1101 (English Composition 1) #393862 Mon/Wed 9:30 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Nandan Choksi

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Writing and the Philosophy of Harry Potter - Fall 2011-1

For this Learning Community, you will co-register for the following courses:

1. PHI 2010 (Intro to Philosophy) #390769 Tues/Thurs 9:30 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Matthew Mayberry
2. ENC 1101 (English Composition 1) #393050 Mon/Wed 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
   Professor Alexandra Alessandri

Instructor Bios

Professor Mayberry:

Professor Alessandri: See the About Me section of this blog.

Theme/Description of Learning Community

Writing and the Philosophy of Harry Potter is a Learning Community that will engage students in thinking critically when writing about Harry Potter.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn to apply their reading and writing skills to content area textbooks and popular culture, specifically the Harry Potter book(s) and movies.
• Students will learn and be able to apply philosophical and rhetorical terminology to academic and non-academic content.
• Students will be able to improve their ability to respond creatively to real-world problems.
• Students will be able to discover the connection between literature, philosophy, and their everyday lives.

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For ENC 1101, students can see the course preview/requirements at http://aalessan.blogspot.com.

Sound Hearts, Minds, and Bodies - Fall 2011-1

For this Learning Community, you will co-register for the following courses:

1. SLS 1001 (Strategies for Success) #391859 Mon/Wed 9:30 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Roselee Helfand
2. REA 0006C (College Prep Reading 2) #391646 Mon/Wed 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
   Professor Gary Kay
3. HLP 1081* (Total Wellness) #392188 Tues/Thurs 8:00 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Lisa Bernstein
4. ENC 0010 (College Prep Writing Skills 1) #393051 Tues/Thurs 11:00 am -12:15 pm
   Professor Alexandra Alessandri

*NOTE: HLP 1081 is an 8-week course that begins on Aug. 23, 2010.

Instructor Bios

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Theme/Description of Learning Community

Sound Hearts, Minds, and Bodies is a Learning Community in which students will discover that in order to achieve sound hearts, minds, and bodies, they need the skills covered in these four courses. Students will learn concepts of achieving healthy bodies, and in doing so, will also learn how to achieve healthy hearts and minds.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn to apply their reading and writing skills to content area textbooks.
• Students will learn terminology from content area textbooks
• Through reading and writing assignments, and an oral report, students will discover the connection between reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking.
• Students will demonstrate their ability to work in a diverse group and apply their findings in both oral and written format.
• Students will be able to directly apply skills learned in SLS to other content areas.

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Music Tells a Story - Fall 2011-1

For this Learning Community, you will co-register for the following courses:

1. MUL 2010 (Music Appreciation) #391771 Mon/Wed 9:30 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Lisa Gelfand
2. ENC 0021 (College Prep Writing Skills 2) #390757 Mon/Wed 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
   Professor Jaime Flores
3. SLS 1001 (Strategies for Success) # 391864 Tues/Thurs 9:30 am - 10:45 am
   Professor Judith Slapak
4. REA 0006C (College Prep Reading 2) #391670 Tues/Thurs 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
   Professor Ray Dunn
   
   

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Theme/Description of Learning Community

Music Tells a Story: Enhancing student success through music, reading and writing.

Learning Outcomes

Students will have the opportunity to participate in four integrated assignments that will help to strengthen their:

• understanding of what they read about music, musical instruments, composers and historic musical periods (REA0006C)
• ability to write about musical styles, and express what they hear in written format (ENC0021)
• time management skills when scheduling for concert attendances, developing critical, creative, and practical thinking, conduct research and produce short essays about music, and develop presentations about music, instruments and composers (SLS1001)
• recognition of musical style, instruments, and appreciation of music (MUL2010)

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