Colket Fellow in Reading & Rhetoric - Colorado College

What We Do

In an effort to help students tackle complex, long, or large amounts of reading material, the Colket Fellow provides tutoring, workshops, and adjunct courses in strategies and skills for successful college reading. Students can get help with Reading Across the Disciplines, Efficiency, Comprehension, Speed Reading, Reading for Tests and Exams, Reading in a Second Language, and Purpose Driven Reading. The Reading Fellow offers group and one on one reading assistance.

TUTORING

Free individual sessions devoted to individual needs ranging from active reading and comprehension strategies to critical reading and analysis.

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WORKSHOPS

Fall 2010 Workshops!   

Monday           September 6    1:45 – 2:45      Focused Reading for College!
Tuesday           October 5        1:45 – 2:45       Focused Reading for College!
Tuesday           November 2     1:45 – 2:45       Taking Exams:  Strategies!
Monday           November 29   1:45 – 2:45       Reading for the Senior Thesis!
                                                                                    All Meet in TLC 2!

Fall 2010 Adjuncts!

Blocks I & II                Reading for Speed and Efficiency!         (GS 205)
                                                September        8, 15, and 21    1:45 – 2:45
                                                October           6, 13, and 19    1:45 – 2:45

Blocks IIIand IV          Reading for Speed and Efficiency!         (GS 205)
                                                November        3, 10, 17, 1      1:45 – 2:45
                                                December        1, 3                  1:45 – 2:45
                                                                                    All Meet in TLC 2!

Register with the Colket Fellow or Patti Spoelman .

Coming in the Winter and Spring!  

                  
Winter Block Course January 2011: Extreme Reading:  The Experience of Belief and Doubt in Literature (GS 255: January 10 – 20)

Block V & VI:  Reading Adjunct:  Reading for Speed and Efficiency!    (GS 205)
Block VII and VIII Reading Adjunct: Reading the Movies! (Reading Diverse States of Being.  Films for fall:  Jacob’s Ladder, The Truman Show, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Wizard of Oz, and Inception)                                    (GS 205)

Note:  You must register for Adjuncts and the Winter half-block course.  Adjuncts are worth .25 credit and the half-block .5 credit.  “Reading for Speed and Efficiency” adjuncts include work with a computer speed reading program; “Focused Reading” introduces basic skills for reading more effectively.  Contact kyle.torke@coloradocollege.edu with questions or to sign up for a course or workshop!

The Colket Fellow works in collaboration with other resources at the Learning Commons including the Writing Center, the Center for Quantitative Reasoning, Disability Services, the ESL Specialist and the Crown Faculty Center.

Tutoring Hours:

Afternoons and by appointment!
Appointments are recommended. If you would like to schedule an appointment, email the Colket Fellow or Patti Spoelman to arrange a meeting during regular office hours.

Location: The Learning Commons in Tutt Library (room 158)
Phone: (719) 227-8291
Fax: (719) 389-6180