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Central
Course Syllabus
Engl 0347 Grammar & Composition for Foreign Speakers II
CRN: 55163– Fall 2011-Second Start
Instructor
contact
information
Karen Amoani e-mail: karen.amoani@hccs.edu
office phone: 713-718-6678
Office
Location
and Hours
FAC 310
Please feel free to contact me concerning any problems that you are experiencing in this
course. You do not need to wait until you have received a poor grade before asking for my
assistance. Your performance in my class is very important to me. I am available to hear
your concerns and just to discuss course topics. Feel free to come by my office anytime
during these hours.
Central Campus – Room: FAC 307| Time: 12:30-3:10 pm.| M/W
Course
Location/Ti
mes
Course
Semester
Credit
Hours
(SCH)
(lecture,
lab) If
applicable
Credit Hours
3.00
Lecture Hours
3.00
Laboratory Hours 1.00
Total
Course
Contact
Hours
64
Course
Length
12 weeks
Type of
Instruction
Lecture
2
Course
Description
:
An advanced course in English grammar and composition designed to help the foreign
student who already has some elementary skills in English grammar and composition. This
course is a continuation of ENGL 0346, and focuses more on advanced grammar and essay
writing.
PREREQUISITE(S):
Course
Prerequisite
(s)
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Academic
Discipline/C
TE Program
Learning
Outcomes
A satisfactory score on CELSA or
completion of ENGL 0346 with a "C" or better grade.
1. 1. serves international students on a visa after fulfilling IEP requirements 2. serves
permanent U.S. residents, undocumented residents, and citizens 3. places students with the
HCCS language assessment test, CELSA 4. offers 16-week (Fall and Spring) and 10-week
(Summer) semesters 5. prepares students for academic course work and other college
classes 6. allows students to take certain other college classes with AESL courses 7. has a
part-time schedule , 4 or 5 hours per course each week 8. gives students non-transferable
college credits 9. prepares students for ENGL 1301, state-mandated THEA writing, and
workplace writing 10. registers students with CELSA placement test scores at all HCCS
campuses
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Course
Student
Learning
Outcomes
(SLO): 1 to
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Learning objectives
Students will:
1. Apply the principles of writing as a process.
2. Adopt the essay structure.
3. Differentiate among rhetorical styles.
Demonstrate knowledge of advanced grammar usage and structure in sentences
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
1. Apply pre-writing strategies such as brainstorming, concept maps, and outlining
to create and organize ideas
2. Develop revision and editing skills
3. Write multiple drafts
4. Design the essay format: margins, indentation, spacing
5. Produce an introduction with a clear thesis statement, clear and limited topic
sentences, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion
6. Compose an in-class narrative or process essay
7. Compose an in-class comparison/contrast essay
8. Compose an in-class cause/effect essay
9. Compose an in class argument essay
10. Compose an in-class final exam essay
11. Identify and model the use of present, past, and future
tenses
12. Identify and model the use of prepositions including verbpreposition combinations
13. Identify and model the use of comparatives and superlatives
14. Identify and model the use of coordinators, subordinators,
logical connectors, correlatives
15. Identify and model the use of adjective clauses
16. Identify and model the use of adverb clauses
17. Identify and model the correction of sentence structure: runon, fragment, and comma splice errors
18. Identify and model the correct use of agreement such as parallel
structure, subject-verb, and pronoun-antecedent
Course Calendar:
The instructor reserves the right to supplement this syllabus later in the semester
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with additional guidelines, rules of conduct, etc. and to revise due dates to meet the
needs of the class.
Important Dates:
Sept. 24
Classes begin; drop/add/swap fee may apply ($15.00)
Sept. 27
Last day to drop/add/swap
Oct. 4
Official Day of Record
Nov. 11
Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals (by 4:30)
Nov. 24-27
Thanksgiving Holiday-NO CLASSES
Dec. 11
Instruction Ends
Dec. 12-18
Final Exams
Dec. 23
Grades available
(Revised Copy 2011)
Email karen.amoani@yahoo.com
Course Calendar for ENGL 0347- Fall 2011 - 12 week session
WEEK
Reading
Week
1
Unit One
Week
2
Unit Two
Unit Two
Week
3
Writing
Grammar
Intro to the AESL program and 0347
course; Diagnostic assessment
HW: Read pp. 2-7
Journal #1: p. 8, #4
Paragraph Structure, pp. 14-24
Sentence Structure – Coordinating
Conjunction
Review Writing Process
Summary writing
Journal #2, p. 25, #3
HW: Read pp. 37-39, Answer
Comprehension Check, p. 39
Begin Unit 2: (Narration),
Discussion pp. 40-43; Writing
sentences with subordinating
conjunctions, pp. 43-50
Journal #3, p. 50 #2
Writing Essays-Narrative, pp. 51-58
Continue Narrative, pp. 59-62; write C1D1
Journal #4, p. 61, #2
Grammar Diagnostic
Destinations Destinations
Unit Two
Write C1D1- Narrative
Destinations 2 : Gramm
(D2)
Perfect & Perfect
Continuous
(D2) pp. 51-64
Perfect & Perfect
Continuous
(D2) pp. 65-76
Past Perfect
(D2) pp. 77-90
Exercise practice –
Englishpage.com/gram
5
Unit Three
Write C1D2 Narrative
Grammar Quiz#1- Perfect/Perfect
Continuous
Week
4
Unit Five
Unit Six
Week
5
Unit Six
Begin Comparison and Contrast
Writing sentences with connectors of
contrast, pp. 182-189
HW: Read pp. 175-177, Do comp. check,
pp. 177-179
Journal #10, p. 182, #3 Due
Discuss, pp. 180-182 ***********
Writing Essays of Comparison/Contrast,
pp. 191-200
Continue comparison/contrast essay, pp.
201-209
Write C2D1 Comparison/Contrast
Noun Clauses
(teacher supplements)
Write C2D2- Comparison/Contrast
Comparatives
/Superlatives Equatives
pp. 233-238
Grammar Quiz #2-
Week 6
Unit
Three
Unit Four
Continue
week 6
Week 7
Unit Four
Gerunds infinitives (D2
pp. 239-265
Exercise practice –
Englishpage.com/gram
Begin Cause and Effect
Writing sentences with transitions, pp. 78Passive D2
pp.153- 171
HW: Read pp. 105-108, Do comp. check, p. 108-109
Journal #5, p.111, #3
Conditional
pp. 182-194
Discuss, pp. 109-111 *********
Writing sentences with connectors showing reasons, results, or
conditions, pp. 111-120
Cause or Effect Essay, pp. 120-127
Journal #6, p. 120, #1
Cause or Effect, pp. 127-134
Past /Passiv
Modals
D2
pp.172-181
Grammar Quiz #3Write C3D1- Cause and Effect
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Journal #7, p. 126, #2
Week 8
Unit Four
Unit Five
Week 9
Unit Five
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
C3D2-Cause and Effect
HW: Read pp. 136-139, Do comp. check, p.139-141
Journal #8, p. 143, #2
Begin Argumentative an Opinion
Discuss pp. 141-143 ************
Writing sentences with relative (adjective clauses), pp. 144-160
The Opinion Essay, pp. 161-162
Adverb
and
Fact vs. opinion, pp. 163-164
Adjective Clauses
Journal #9, p. 164, #3
Teacher
supplements
Expressing an Opinion, counter-argument
pp. 163-171
Write C4D1
Write C4D2
Review -- Write Final Essay
Final Grammar Exam
Instructional Materials
 Destinations 2: Grammar for Academic Success by Herzfeld-Pipkin
 Destinations 2: Writing for Academic Success by Herzfeld-Pipkin
 Online site to accompany Destinations 2:
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http://elt.thomson.com/destinations
An English-English dictionary (The COBUILD Dictionary or the Longman
Dictionary of American English have been ordered for you, but you may buy
another American English dictionary). Note: Students will not be permitted
the use of any electronic devices during exams. This includes electronic
translation machines.
Pens (two colors), highlighters, a pencil, and an eraser, and stapler
Scantrons
A thumb drive
A 1” notebook to be used only for this course containing:
Lined paper (standard size-8.5 by 11 inch);
All previous handouts
All homework assignments
All graded work
HCC Policy Statement – ADA: Services to Students with Disabilities
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision,
hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the
Ability Services Office in Room 102 Learning Hub, or call (713) 718-6164 to make
necessary arrangements at the beginning of each semester. Your instructor is
authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the office of Ability
Support Services.
HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty
A student who is academically dishonest is, by definition, not showing that the
coursework has been learned, and that student is claiming an advantage not
available to other students. The instructor is responsible for measuring each
student's individual achievements and also for ensuring that all students compete on
a level playing field. Thus, in our system, the instructor has teaching, grading, and
enforcement roles. You are expected to be familiar with the University's Policy on
Academic Honesty, found in the HCC catalog. What that means is: If you are
charged with an offense, pleading ignorance of the rules will not help you. Students
are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in fulfilling course
requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by HCC
System officials against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. “Scholastic
dishonesty”: includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and
collusion.
Cheating on a test includes:
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Copying from another students’ test paper
Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test
Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization
Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole
or part the contents of a test that has not been administered
Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered
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Plagiarism means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged
incorporation of that work in one’s own written work offered for credit.
Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing
written work offered for credit. Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may
include a grade of 0 or F in the particular assignment, failure in the course, and/or
recommendation for probation or dismissal from the HCC System. (See the Student
Handbook)
HCC Policy Statement: Class Attendance
Class Attendance - It is important that you come to class! Attending class regularly is
the best way to succeed in this class. Research has shown that the single most
important factor in student success is attendance. Simply put, going to class greatly
increases your ability to succeed. You are expected to attend all lectures and labs
regularly. You are responsible for materials covered during your absences. Class
attendance is checked daily. Although it is your responsibility to drop a course for
nonattendance, the instructor has the authority to drop you for excessive absences.
If you are not attending class, you are not learning the information. Because the
information that is discussed in class is important for your career, students may be
dropped from a course after accumulating absences in excess of 12.5% hours (8
hours) of instruction (F-1 students should particularly take note of this so as not to
affect your visa status). The eight hours of class time would include any total classes
missed or for excessive tardiness. Remember: Class attendance equals class
success.
HCC Course Withdrawal Policy
If you feel that you cannot complete this course, you will need to withdraw from it
prior to the final date of withdrawal (See your course calendar). Before you
withdraw from your course, please take the time to meet with the instructor to
discuss why you feel it is necessary to do so. The instructor may be able to provide
you with suggestions that would enable you to complete the course. Your success is
very important. Beginning in fall 2007, the Texas Legislature passed a law limiting
first time entering freshmen to no more than SIX total course withdrawals
throughout their educational career in obtaining a certificate and/or degree.
To help students avoid having to drop/withdraw from any class, HCC has instituted
an Early Alert process by which your professor can “alert” you and HCC counselors
that you might fail a class because of excessive absences and/or poor academic
performance. It is your responsibility to visit with your professor or a counselor to
learn about what, if any, HCC interventions might be available to assist you – online
tutoring, child care, financial aid, job placement, etc. – to stay in class and improve
your academic performance.
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If you plan on withdrawing from your class, you MUST contact an HCC counselor or
your professor prior to withdrawing (dropping) the class for approval and this must
be done PRIOR to the withdrawal deadline to receive a “W” on your transcript. If
you do not withdraw before the deadline, you will receive an F or an IP (see below)
as your final grade.
College Grading System:
Students who have completed English 0347 and show that they are ready for the
next level (ENGL 0349) with a final average of 70% or higher will receive a letter
grade of A, B, or C. Students who are not ready for English 0349 may receive a
grade of IP. The IP grade is not a good or bad grade; however, it means "IN
PROGRESS" and requires the student to take English 0347 again because the student
will benefit from another semester in 0347 to learn all of the skills that are taught in
this course. However, if a student repeats 0347 after receiving one IP, a letter grade
must be given (A, B, C, or F upon completing the course for the second time).
Repeat Course Fee
The State of Texas encourages students to complete college without having to
repeat failed classes. To increase student success, students who repeat the same
course more than twice, are required to pay extra tuition. The purpose of this extra
tuition fee is to encourage students to pass their courses and to graduate. Effective
fall 2006, HCC will charge a higher tuition rate to students registering the third or
subsequent time for a course. If you are considering course withdrawal because you
are not earning passing grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as
possible about your study habits, reading and writing homework, test taking skills,
attendance, course participation, and opportunities for tutoring or other assistance
that might be available.
Use of Camera and/or Recording Devices
As a student active in the learning community of this course, it is your responsibility
to be respectful of the learning atmosphere in your classroom. To show respect of
your fellow students and instructor, you will turn off your phone and other electronic
devices, and will not use these devices in the classroom unless you receive
permission from the instructor.
Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape recorders, is prohibited
in classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations where instruction,
tutoring, or testing occurs. Students with disabilities who need to use a recording
device as a reasonable accommodation should contact the Office for Students with
Disabilities for information regarding reasonable accommodations
Classroom Policies
As a student active in the learning community of this course, it is your responsibility
to be respectful of the learning atmosphere in your classroom. To show respect of
your fellow students and instructor, you will turn off your phone and other electronic
devices, and will not use these devices in the classroom unless you receive
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permission from the instructor.
1) Regular and punctual attendance is mandatory. After 4 absences, you may be
dropped. Two tardies (entering after the class is scheduled to start, leaving early, or
leaving during class) count as an absence. If you are absent, you are still
responsible for the class work. Therefore, get the phone number or email of 2
classmates so that you can find out about the work that you have missed:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
If you are absent on the day of a composition or test, it is your responsibility to
notify me and to make arrangements for doing the work after an absence.
2)
Students are expected to participate in all class discussions and take notes in
class
and annotate (mark up) readings.
3) Both textbooks and a ring binder for all class work must be brought to class each
day.
4) Please double-space all compositions and write neatly, on one side only, in
blue/black pen. When you type any work, please double space and use a size 12
font.
5) Written assignments, exercises, and all readings are to be completed before the
class meeting for which they were assigned. Late homework is not accepted.
Homework is due before class begins. Homework is not always collected. Rather it
will be checked randomly, and missing assignments will be counted against the final
grade.
6) Anyone caught cheating on a test or composition will immediately be given a “0”
on that assignment. Anyone caught cheating twice will be dropped from the class.
Cheating takes many forms. One form is plagiarism, that is, using another person’s
words or ideas without giving them credit. In American schools, plagiarism is
considered dishonest, like stealing or cheating. Plagiarism can be “borrowing” a
friend’s paper or downloading papers from the Internet. We will learn language
skills to avoid plagiarism and develop our understanding of it throughout the
semester, but if you think you might be plagiarizing, stop and don’t do it.
7) You are responsible for all the information on this syllabus. Put it in your
notebook and bring it to class with you. Read it over when you have a question
about the course.
8) No cell phones or other electronic devices are to be used in class unless the
teacher has incorporated them into the assignment. If you leave class to answer
your cell phone, you will be counted tardy. Turn your phone off before class.
Students who are in any way disruptive will be asked to leave and marked absent.
Following is a list of behaviors I consider unacceptable for class:
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asking
Sleeping or daydreaming during class
Chronic tardiness; be here when class starts!
Reading or working on materials that are extraneous to this class
Doing homework for this class inside the classroom
Walking or wandering around the classroom when not doing group work
Prematurely packing up your books and bags before class has ended
Chatting with your classmates while I am talking or your classmates are
questions
Checking your cell phones or other electronic devices; all cell phones must be
turned off.
Course Work
Compositions: Because this is primarily a writing course, the bulk of your grade will
be based on your compositions. You will write a minimum of 5 compositions this
semester (including the final essay). These essays will be written in class. All essays
must be about 300-500 words in length, and the Opinion essay must be 500 words.
You will keep all of your drafts and comp. assignment sheets in your binder. The
final draft will be typed and must be submitted with the first draft(s) in order to
receive a grade for the composition.
Quizzes: The instructor will periodically test you on grammar we have
studied in class to measure how well you understand the material, but grammar
tests are not a large percentage of your final grade. The grammar is taught to
support your writing.
NOTE: If you are absent when we have a quiz, there is no make-up quiz.
However, at the end of the semester, the lowest quiz grade for every student will be
dropped. In other words, if you miss a quiz, you will get a “0” grade, but it will not
count toward your final grade.
Homework: Homework consists of grammar and writing assignments, reading
of texts, some online research, and comprehension and vocabulary exercises. You
will receive a completion grade rather than a letter or number grade for homework.
You always have homework for this class. The HW assignments that are on the
calendar should be done over the weekend. The assignments in the D2 column
should be done daily. An average homework load in ENGL 0347 is 1-2 hours for
every hour in class. If you are taking too many classes or working long hours, you
will not have time to complete the homework. Please do not remain in this class if
you do not have time to complete the work, for it will result in a failing grade.
The course calendar lists all of the reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary exercises and
that will be done for homework. While doing all the homework and attending class is not a
complete guarantee of success, it is certainly true that not doing it is a guarantee of failure.
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In-Class Essays
Students write four in-class essays during the semester, plus the final exam essay. They
must be written on loose-leaf lined paper, on every other line (double-spaced). When
you write, do so legibly because if I cannot read your writing, that will be counted as an
error. While the in-class essay is graded, no grades are recorded until you have typed the
in-class essay and corrected your errors. In other words, your grade is a zero for the in-class
essay until a second draft is done. If you do not return it typed and corrected, you will
receive a zero as a grade for that in-class essay.
Evaluation of Written Work
Grades for written work will take into account: content, logical sequencing, use of
transitions, topic sentences and support, range and sophistication of vocabulary, complexity
of sentences, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and length. Grammar errors result in the
loss of points. More points are taken off for other problems such as the lack of a thesis
statement, problems with topics sentences, or problems with content and length. Your
instructor is required to use a departmental “rubric” to evaluate your essays, but he/she
may use other criteria for different kinds of writing assignments.
The Final Exams
The final exam consists of two parts: a comprehensive multiple-choice grammar
section based on the grammar in the textbook and the grammar book, AND an essay
that is similar to one of the compositions that is written during the semester. The
essay exam will be given on the last day of class, and the grammar exam on the
final exam day. See your course calendar for the time and date of the final exam.
You will need a green Scantron for the grammar exam. A student who fails both the
essay and grammar final will have to repeat ENGL 0347. If a student has a passing
average for the course but fails both parts of the final exam, the instructor will meet
and review that student’s work with the Assistant Chair for Academic ESL to
determine if that student needs to repeat this class.
Grading
Your instructor will conduct grammar and vocabulary quizzes, and essay exams
which you can use to determine how successful you are at achieving the course
learning outcomes (mastery of course content and skills) outlined in the syllabus. If
you find you are not mastering the material and skills, you are encouraged to reflect
on how you study and prepare for each class. Your instructor welcomes a dialogue
on what you discover and may be able to assist you in finding resources on campus
that will improve your performance.
HCC Grading
4 points per semester hour
A = 100- 90
B = 89 - 80:
3 points per semester hour
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C = 79 - 70:
2 points per semester hour
D = 69 - 60:
1 point per semester hour
59 and below = F
0 points per semester hour
IP (In Progress)
0 points per semester hour
W(Withdrawn)
0 points per semester hour
I (Incomplete)
0 points per semester hour
AUD (Audit)
0 points per semester hour
IP (In Progress) is given only in certain developmental courses. The student must re-enroll to
receive credit. COM (Completed) is given in non-credit and continuing
Grading Percentages
Compositions 1,2
Compositions 3,4
Quizzes
Homework
Final Essay
Final Grammar Exam
15%
30%
10%
5%
25%
15%
Supplemental Syllabus:
I reserve the right to supplement this syllabus at any time during the
semester with additional guidelines, rules of conduct, and changes to
the course calendar to meet the needs of the class.
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