Intensive English Program Northeast College ESOL 0353 Advanced Reading for Foreign Speakers CRN 76028 – Spring 2011 Northline Campus – Room 220 / 11:50AM-2:00PM Tues/Thurs 3 lecture/2 lab / 80 hrs per semester / 16 weeks Professor: Office phone: Email: Office location: Office Hours: Mel Shaw 713-718-8181 mel.shaw@hccs.edu Room 310 2:00-2:30PM Tues/Thurs or by appointment Textbooks: Inside Reading 4 by Richmond, Kent, Oxford UP (2009); To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Course Description: This course is designed to further develop critical reading skills for college-bound students. The skills gained in ESOL 0350 are further refined to guide students toward mastery of deduction, inference, and figurative language. Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate familiarity with a challenging academic target vocabulary. 2. Develop reading skills such as previewing, scanning, using context clues to clarify meaning, finding the main idea, summarizing, and making inferences. 3. Read and discuss with understanding an English-language novel. Attendance & Tardiness: According to HCCS policy, you may be dropped if you miss 12.5% (four days) of class. Being on time is very important in the United States. 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. You must return from lunch and break on time. Make-up Policy: Missing a test is a serious matter. Make-up tests will only be given in extreme cases. If you have a serious emergency, it is your responsibility to call me before the scheduled exam so that I can make arrangements with you. Scholastic Dishonesty: Giving or receiving information from other students on a test or project is cheating. Students who cheat will receive a zero for the assignment. Repeated incidents can result in suspension from the class. Disability Support: Students who need reasonable accommodations for disabilities should contact the Disability Support Service counselor to make necessary arrangements. Ms. Kim Ingram is the NE College DSS counselor. Her number is 713-718-8420. Teachers are only authorized to provide accommodations requested by that office. Electronic Devices: When you enter the classroom, turn off your cell phone. Text-messaging is not permitted during class. Any other electronic device (laptops, IPODs, etc.) not authorized by the professor must be turned off. Withdrawal Policy: Faculty cannot withdraw students on their final semester roll sheets. If you cannot complete the course, you must complete the withdrawal form before the official “Drop” date. Otherwise, you will receive a grade, probably an “F.” Grading Criteria: Attendance/Participation Vocabulary Quizzes Unit Tests TKM Quizzes Grading Scale: 90-100= 80-89 = 70-79 = Below 70= A B C IP or F 5% 25% 50% 20% Level IV Reading Course Calendar Spring 2011 Week Date Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1/18 Introduction to course and diagnostic testing 1/20 Unit 1 (1-8) 1/25 Unit 1 (9-16) 1/27 Unit 2 (17-23); Vocabulary Quiz #1 2/1 Unit 2 (24-32) 2/3 Unit 3 (33-39); Vocabulary Quiz #2 2/8 Unit 3 (40-48) 2/10 Vocabulary Quiz #3; Test #1 (Units 1, 2, & 3) 2/15 Unit 4 (49-56) 2/17 Unit 4 (56-64) 2/22 Unit 5 (65-72); Vocabulary Quiz #4 2/24 Unit 5 (72-80) 3/1 Unit 6 (81-87); Vocabulary Quiz #5 3/3 Unit 6 (87-96) 3/8 Unit 7 (97-103); Vocabulary Quiz #6 3/10 Unit 7 (104-112) 3/14-3/18 Spring Break 9 3/22 Vocabulary Quiz #7; Test #2 (Units 4, 5, 6, & 7) 3/24 Unit 8 (113-120) 3/29 Unit 8 (121-128) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3/31 Unit 9 (129-136); Vocabulary Quiz #8 4/5 Unit 9 (136-144) 4/7 Unit 10 (145-152); Vocabulary Quiz #9 4/12 Unit 10 (153-160) 4/14 Vocabulary Quiz #10; Test #3 (Units 8, 9, & 10) 4/19 Discuss TKM Chaps 1-7 4/21 Chaps 8-10; TKM Quiz #1 4/26 Chaps 11-15; Part 1 of movie 4/28 Chaps 16-20; TKM Quiz #2 5/3 Chaps 21-26; Part 2 of movie 5/5 Chaps 27-31; Part 3 of movie 5/10 TKM Quiz #3