Houston Community College
Intensive English Program
ESOL 0351
Advanced-Intermediate Composition
Instructor:
E-mail:
Textbook:
Gilberto André Elissetche
gilbert.elissetche@hccs.edu or
gilberto.elissetche@aliefisd.net
Ready to Wright From Paragraph to Essay,
Second Edition
Karen Blanchard and Christine Root
Class Times:
Mon. 4:50-6:30 pm
Wed. 4:50-6:30 pm
Computer Lab is
Wed. 3:50-4:40 pm
This course is a continuation of ESOL 0347. It concentrates on the development of writing
skills using controlled composition and production of the five-paragraph essay.
Statement of Purpose:
ESOL 0351, Advanced Intermediate Composition, seeks to prepare students for continuation
into ESOL 0354 and ultimately for college composition courses and academic writing in general
by accomplishing the following objectives:
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Strengthening student’s awareness of the basic notions of paragraph development,
particularly the role of the topic sentence and internal logical movement of the
paragraph.
Introducing students to the basic principles of the multi-paragraph composition,
focusing especially on the role of the introductory and concluding paragraph,
drafting an effective thesis statement, and organizing the composition according to
clear logical pattern.
Improving students’ sentence combination skills, especially in the area of the
strategy and techniques of coordination within compound sentences and within
complex sentences.
Increasing students’ awareness of the nature of the writing process, especially in
the area of effective topic sentence construction and in the necessity and
techniques of revision and editing.
Course Outcomes:
After taking ESOL 0351, you will be able to
 use correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation appropriate to the level;
 show control of forms for simple present, present progressive, simple past, past
progressive, present perfect and future;
 write simple sentences and compound sentences using all seven of the
coordination conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs/sentence connectors;
 write complex sentences with adverb clauses with relatively high level of accuracy;
 write complex sentences with adjective and noun clauses and conditional clauses
with limited accuracy;
 generate ideas through prewriting;
 organize and write a sophisticated paragraph with a clear topic sentence,
supporting sentences and concluding sentence using familiar or new material;
 organize and write a moderately sophisticated five-paragraph essay of at least
200-300 words with an introductory paragraph and thesis statement, supporting
paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph based on familiar or new material in
various of rhetorical patterns using essay form
 revise a paragraph or essay whose errors have been identified.
Warning-Automatic Failure on Final Exam
If your final exam is fewer than 150 words and is off topic, has no thesis statement or topic
sentence, or if you write all of it using only simple sentences, you will receive a grade of F on
your essay.
Course requirements:
Grades:
In-class essays
55%
Mid-term essay
10%
Final Essay
20%
Homework
Impromptu in-class journals
100-90
A
89-80
B
05%
79-70
C
10%
69-60
F or IP
Important days this semester:
Monday, September 06, 2010 Labor Day
Thursday, November 25, 2010 Thanksgiving Break
Friday, November 26, 2010 Thanksgiving Break
Class Policies:
Attendance: No absences are excused, and anyone who misses more than ten hours of class
will be dropped from the class. Attendance is calculated by the hour. Please make every effort
to be in class each night. Missing a lab or being late to a lab will also count as an absence.
Tardiness: Please be on time. If you miss more than 15 minutes, you will be counted absent
for that hour of class.
Withdrawals: F-1 students may not withdraw from the class without being out of status.
Other students must withdraw before November 8th in order to receive a “W”.
Cell phone and pagers: Please turn them off before you enter the classroom. An exception
will be made with an emergency situation. Please let me know you have it on.
Missed tests, exams, quizzes: Please do not be absent on testing days. Some quizzes and
examinations cannot be made up if you are absent. If you miss class work, you cannot
receive full credit for making it up.
Late homework: If homework is one day late the grade will go down ten points. Two days
late=20 points down. Late homework will not be accepted after the second day.
Academic dishonesty: Any form of copying, cheating, or plagiarism will result in a grade of
0 for the assignment. The instructor will decide whether to permit you to makeup the work,
and under what circumstances it might be made up. See HCCS Student Handbook.
Students with disabilities: Students with learning or physical disabilities which might affect
their performance should contact the HCCS disabilities coordinator, Dr. Becky Hauri at (713)
718-7909, Fax (713) 718-7906
Sexual harassment: Sexual harassment in any form is not tolerated at HCCS. See the
student handbook for further information.
Schedule:
Note: This schedule is subject to change. The instructor may make changes if required to
cover the required material in the course. Quizzes may or may not be announced.
Week 1
Chapter 1
Week 2
Chapter 2
Week 3
Chapter 3 In-Class Paragraph
Week 4
Chapter 4
Week 5
Chapter 4
Week 6
Chapter 5 In-Class Essay
Week 7
Chapter 5
Week 8
Chapter 6 and Midterm Essay
Week 9
Chapter 7
Week 10
Chapter 7 In-Class Essay
Week 11
Chapter 8
Week 12
Chapter 8
Week 13
Chapter 11 In-Class Essay
Week 14
Chapter 11
Week 15
Review
Week 16
Final Examination