Houston Community College Northeast
Intensive English Program
Level II Reading
Fall 2012
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Mel Shaw
ESOL 0346 Intermediate Reading
22448
Tues/Thurs 11:50-2:00
713-718-8181
Tues 2:00-2:30
mel.shaw@hccs.edu
Textbooks: Cause & Effect (4th Edition), Ackert / Lee
Reading Power 2 (4th Edition), Jeffries / Mikulecky
Course Description: A continuation of ESOL 0342, this course develops reading skills
and comprehension of more difficult reading selections.
Course Objectives: Students will be able to summarize and recognize the main idea
of a passage as well as locate specific facts. They will be able to infer the meaning of
new vocabulary and implied information. They will also develop their vocabulary and
word study skills.
Absence and Tardy Policies: According to HCCS policy, the teacher may drop any
student who has missed 12.5% (four days) of class. If you arrive more than five
minutes late, you will be counted tardy. (3 tardies=1 absence) If you are more than
fifteen minutes late, you will be counted absent.
Make-up Policy: There will be no make-up tests except in extreme emergencies. You
must call the officer or email me if you have an emergency.
Scholastic Honesty: Do not copy the work of other students. If you need help with an
assignment, ask me for assistance.
Disability Support: Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning,
psychiatric, developmental, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable
accommodations must contact the Disability Support Services (DSS) Counselor at the
beginning of each semester. Faculty members are authorized to provide only the
accommodation requested by the DSS Office. Ms. Kim Ingram is the Northeast
College’s DSS counselor. Her telephone number is 713-718-8420.
Course Repeaters: Students who repeat a course three or more times must pay
higher tuition at HCC and other Texas public colleges and universities. If you are
considering course withdrawal because you are not earning passing grades, talk 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.
Cell Phones:
Turn off your cell phone while you are in class. Students are not
permitted to talk or text on the phone during class time.
Grading Scale:
A=90-100
B=80-89
C=70-79
IP=Below 70 (Progessing, but not passing)
F=Below 70 (Not passing for 2nd semester)
Grading Criteria:
Unit Tests
Lab
Attendance/Participation
75%
20%
5%
Course Calendar
Level II Reading
Fall 2012
WEEK DATE ASSIGNMENT
1
8/28
8/30
Course Introduction; testing
1-1 Burke and Wills: Across Australia
2
9/4
9/6
1-2 Alexandra David-Neel: A French Woman in Tibet
1-3 Vitus Bering: Across Siberia to North America
3
9/11
9/13
1-4 Robert Scott: A Race to the South Pole
1-5 Into the Deep: Ocean Exploration
4
9/18
9/20
Unit 1 Test
2-1 World Population Growth
5
9/25
9/27
2-2 Changes in the Family
2-3 Women and Change
6
10/2
10/4
2-4 Rain Forests
2-5 The Garbage Project
7
10/9 Unit 2 Test
10/11 3-1 Roadrunners
8
10/16 3-2 Afraid to Fly
10/18 3-3 Languages and Language Diversity
9
10/23 3-4 Skyscrapers
10/25 3-5 Left-Handedness
10
10/30 Unit 3 Test
11/1 4-1 Biospheres in Space
11
11/6
11/8
12
11/13 4-4 Photovoltaic Cells
11/15 4-5 Biological clocks
13
11/20 Unit 4 Test
11/22 Thanksgiving Day
14
11/27 5-1 Headaches; 5-2 Sleep and Dreams
4-2 Earthquakes
4-3 Snow and Hail
11/29 5-3 Health Care and Epidemics
15
12/4
12/6
5-4 Medicine: From Leeches to Lasers
5-5 Cholesterol and Heart Disease
16
12/11 Unit 5 Test