Welcome to the Santa Monica College Reading Lab
We are located in Room 312 of Drescher Hall.
If your
instructor has required you to log on to
eCompanion to
complete your Reading Lab assignments,
click here now
or go to
http://www.smc.edu/eCompanion.
Next, enter your Student ID
and Password and click "Go to Class". Note that the password is your six-digit
date of birth. To access your course, simply click on the course name.
Mondays
:
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 2:05 p.m. to
5:30 p.m.
Fridays: 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Students enrolled in English 80, 83, 84R, 23, and 48 are required to come to or to access the Reading Lab via the Internet in order to complete course assignments. Available in the lab are comprehension, reasoning, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and grammar programs.
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To practice comprehension and reasoning skills, click below: Reading for Understanding*by Thelma Gwinn Thurstone
Reading for Understanding (RFU) PretestsDo you need a form on which to write your answers? Use this chart to to choose your starting RFU number.
*with permission from The McGraw-Hill Co., Inc. |
Ultimate Speed ReaderUltimate Speed Reader is available on the computers in the Reading Lab, the SMC Library and the Cayton Center. When working on this program, write down on a sheet of paper the answers to the multiple choice questions, your WPM, your comprehension score and a brief summary in paragraph form. Your summary should capture the main ideas of the reading and can be three or four sentences. Before you begin working on the stories, spend at least five minutes working on the Warm-Up Exercises. Check your instructor's assignment guide for more specific directions.
The goal of each
Ultimate Speed Reader activity Table of Contents of Ultimate Speed Reader
Do
you want to keep a record of your scores?
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Words Commonly Confusedby V. Bell, J. Cheney, P. King and M. P. Moore
Words Commonly Confused Pretest
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How to make vocabulary cards for your reading class.
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Prof. Todd's Vocabulary
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Books
on a 2-hour reserve in the SMC Library: Critical Reading Series: Deceptions Critical Reading Series: Disasters Critical Reading Series: Phenomena Everyday Heroes Selections from the Black: Books 1, 2, 3 and 4 Taking Charge of My Life Topics for the Restless: Books 1, 2, 3 and 4 The Wild Side: Extreme Sports The Wild Side: In the Line of Duty The Wild Side: Total Panic Goodman Readers: Travels More Travels Adventures More Adventures Chills More Chills Surprises More Surprises Shocks After Shocks Sudden Twists More Twists Encounters More Encounters Conflicts More Conflicts
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Software programs available in the Reading Lab
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Types of Fallacies:Learn to detect faulty reasoning.
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On-line Vocabulary and Reading Resources: Click on the title.
| SMC English Department | SMC Reading Courses | |
| Assistance is offered at no charge to SMC students. | Drescher Hall Room 313. |
Get a password to use an SMC computer.
Where are the computer labs on campus and what are their schedules of operation?
Reading Instructors:
| Stacey Beauregard | Paul Roberts | Elisha Shapiro |
| Gilda Feldman | Penny Roberts | Gary Smith |
| Sandra Powazek | Sharon Steeber | |
| Martha Hartman | Maria Ramirez | Gary Todd |
| Matthew Hotsinpiller | Natalie Ricard | Julie Uslan |
| Kimberly James | Padma Sahgal | Saundra Woodruff |
| Ed Markarian | Judith Sandstrom | Nadine Wright |
| Barbara Schelbert |
English 81 and 84W instructors
| L. Campbell | M. Matthews | E. Shapiro |
| G. Davison | K. May | H. Sims |
| G. Heller | M. Ramirez | K. Weatherford |
| E. Hioureas | G. Rubio | J. Yudell |
| C Kagaya | J. Santilena | |
| E. Markarian | A. Schnitzler |
Contact
us.
Reading
Lab Coordinator: Joyce
Cheney
