ESOL 0350-Level 3 Reading
Instructor:
Ms. Jo Golub
Email:
jogolub4@gmail.com
Office Phone:
(713) 718-7750
Office Hours:
before class or during lunch
Class Meeting,Room 218: Tuesday 11:40 – 1:20
Thursday 11:40 – 1:20
Reading Lab ,Room 209: Thursday 10:20- 11:10
TEXTBOOKS:
Interactions 2, Silver Edition by Pamela Hartmann and Elaine Kirn
Three Screenplays by Horton Foote
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is a continuation of ESOL 0346. As such, it develops reading skills and comprehension of increasingly difficult
reading selections.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
This course (0350) seeks to prepare students for college level or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives:
• implementing reading skills such as skimming, scanning, summarizing and applying prior knowledge;
• identifying the main idea and supporting details of entire texts as well as individual paragraphs
• discovering word meaning through context clues, introducing approximately 1500 vocabulary words, and supporting
vocabulary expansion through recognition of word forms, prefix, and suffix recognition and the understanding of
synonyms and antonyms;
• exposing students to a wide variety of reading sources;
• encouraging critical thinking and improving on student's analysis of the author's purpose, as well as the way the
organizational method chosen by the author relates to the purpose.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
• read a variety of texts of varying lengths on subjects of general academic interest;
• read works of non-fiction and fiction outside of class and report on the reading;
• demonstrate an improved reading rate;
• consistently use the basic reading skills of previewing, skimming, scanning, summarizing, determining meaning from
context, and drawing conclusions;
• identifying and analyzing various organizational methods employed by authors such as process, description, definition,
compare/contrast, and cause/effect.
HCCS POLICIES:
WITHDRAWAL:
The last day for administrative or student withdrawal is Thursday, November 18, 2010 by 4:30 P.M. A student may also be
dropped from the Gulfton program for excessive absences until that date. After that date, the student will receive the grade
that has been earned. HCCS policy prohibits faculty from assigning a “W”(withdrew/dropped) after the official drop date.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
Any student with a documented disability (physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, speech, etc.) who needs to
arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of
each semester. Faculty is authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services
Office. For questions, contact Donna Price at (713) 718-5165 or the Disability Counselor at your college. To visit the ADA
Web site, log on to <www.hccs.edu>, click “Future Students”. Scroll down the page and click on the words, “Disability
Information”. SOUTHWEST ADA COUNSELEOR is Dr. Becky Hauri (713) 718-7910.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT:
Sexual harassment in any form is not tolerated at HCCS. See the HCCS Student Handbook for further information.
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Academic honesty is expected, and no form of academic dishonesty will be tolerated. Copying, cheating, or plagiarism will
result in a zero for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook for further information.
TUITION NOTICE:
Students who repeat a course three or more times will face significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and the other Texas
public colleges and universities.
CLASS POLICIES:
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance is very important. If a student is absent for more than ten hours of classes during the semester, s/he may be
dropped from all classes.
TARDINESS:
Be on time. If a student is ten or more minutes late for class, s/he will be considered tardy. An accumulation of three tardy
arrivals will equal one absence. If a student misses a lab or is tardy to a lab, or disappears from class, s/he may earn an
absence. Please enter quietly and take the nearest seat if you are late or tardy to a class or a lab.
MAKE-UP POLICY:
CLASS WORK AND HOMEWORK:
Each student is responsible for all of the work assigned in class and during lab. If you are absent, please contact a
classmate, find out the assignment, and turn in the work when it is due. If you cannot turn in the work at the assigned time,
turn it in when you return to class. If you have not been absent, but you turn in your homework late, points will be deducted
from your score.
TESTS:
If a student is absent for a test, s/he may try to make an arrangement with the instructor to take the test before the graded
tests are given back to the other students. If this is impossible, the student may request a special testing date. Such a request
may or may not be granted. A missed test counts as a grade of zero. Therefore, it is best to take tests at the time that they
are scheduled.
QUIZZES:
Students cannot take make-up quizzes. However, the lowest quiz grade for each student will be dropped.
PERSONAL ELECTRONICS IN THE CLASSROOM:
If it buzzes, rings, beeps, squeaks, vibrates or makes any other sound, it must be turned off. Even if it is set on “silent”,
electronic devices are prohibited during quizzes and exams. Their use will be considered a form of academic dishonesty.
GRADING VALUES:
Tests and Quizzes
Reading Project
Three Book Reports
80%
15%
5%
HCCS GRADING SCALE:
A = 90 – 100
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79
IP = 0 – 69 (cannot go to next level)
ESOL 0350 READING
IMPORTANT: This course schedule is approximate, and changes may be necessary.
WEEK
DATE
1
Administrative tasks
The Author – Audience Contact
Recognizing the organizational method used by the author
Chapter 1: Education and Student Life
2
Chapter 1 continued
Chapter 1 continued + Introduction to summarizing
3
TEST – Chapter 1 + start Chapter 3: Business and Money
Chapter 3 continued
4
Chapter 3 continued
TEST – Chapter 3 + start Chapter 4: Jobs and Professions
5
Chapter 4 continued
Chapter 4 continued
6
TEST - Chapter 4 + start Chapter 5: Lifestyles Around the World
Chapter 5 continued
7
TEST – Chapter 5 + start Charts and Graphs (instructor provided material)
Graphs and Charts continued
8
Becoming Critical Readers (instructor provided material)
Becoming Critical Readers continued
9
Chapter 7: Language and Communication
Chapter 7 continued
10
Chapter 7 continued
TEST – Chapter 7
11
Chapter 8: Tastes and Preferences
Chapter 8 continued
12
Chapter 8 continued
TEST – Chapter 8
13
Chapter 9: New Frontiers
Chapter 9 continued
14
Chapter 9 continued
TEST – Chapter 9
15
Chapter 10: Ceremonies
Chapter 10 contined
16
There is no Final Exam for Reading 0350
ESOL 0350 READING
Semester Plan for Reading Lab: This plan is tentative, and changes may be necessary
WEEK
DATE
1
Bring students to Reading Resource Center
2
The Structure of a Narrative
3
Background for To Kill a Mockingbird (TKMB) and the evolution of a novel to a
screenplay. Assign Reading 1 – Title page to page 20 (bottom)
4
TKMB – discuss setting, characters and plot; clarify vocabulary; watch first 20 minutes
of the movie. Assign Reading 2 – pages 20-35
5
TKMB – discuss setting, characters and plot; clarify vocabulary; watch 22-25 minutes of
the movie (end of the first school scene.) Assign Reading 3 – pages 36-47 (at the top.)
6
TKMB – discuss setting, characters and plot; clarify vocabulary; watch 20 minutes of
movie (to when Tom is brought back for trial.) Assign Reading 4 – pages 47 – 65
7
TKMB – discuss setting, characters and plot; clarify vocabulary; watch 35 minutes of
the movie. Assign Reading 5 – pages 66-71.
8
TKMB – discuss setting, characters and plot; clarify vocabulary; watch 20 minutes of
movie. Assign Reading 6 – pages 72-80.
9
TKMB – discuss plot; clarify vocabulary; watch 30 minutes of the movie to the end.
10
TKMB – wrap up
11
To be determined for the remainder of the term
12
13
14
15
16
There is no Final Exam for Reading 0350.