NORTH SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Spring 2012
Class:
Times:
Place:
ESL Writing - ESL 035.70 (1383)
10:00 – 10:50 AM, Monday – Friday.
CC 3457
Teacher:
Office:
Phone:
Email:
Sherry Tuinstra-Rosales (You may call me “Sherry”)
IB 2423C, # 7
(206) 934-3741, press 4 and please leave a message.
sherry.tuinstra@seattlecolleges.edu I check it almost every day.
Please come to see me when you have questions or need extra help. Please make a special appointment or
email me. I am usually available to meet after our class.
You can buy our textbook in the NSCC bookstore or on the internet. Try amazon.com or half.com. (You may be able to
borrow or buy a used book from another student.) The book is “on reserve” at the NSCC library. Go to the front desk and ask.
Great Writing 1: Great Sentences 3rd edition
by Keith Folse, Elena Vestri-Solomon and April Muchmore-Vokoun
Materials you need:
-The textbook is required. You must bring your textbook to class every day.
- A 3-ring notebook in which to keep all of your papers and my instructions for the class
-A separate notebook for journal writing
- Pencils and an eraser
-A Dictionary (optional)
There are 51 class days:
First day of class:
Last day of class:
**NO CLASS:
Monday, April 2
Tuesday, June 12
Monday, April 23rd teacher’s release day
Friday May 11th, teacher’s release day
Monday May 28, Memorial Day HOLIDAY
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Snow and Bad Weather- Call my office number (206) 934-3741, press 4 to hear a message from me to know if I will
be at school. Go to www.schoolreport.org to know if the college is open.
THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS CLASS:
Attendance:
Be on time and stay for the whole class. If you are sick or have an emergency, please call
me and leave a message. Come to class every day.
Three tardies equal one absence. (3x late to class= 1 absence)
Participation:
Every day I watch and listen to see how well you are learning. SPEAK ONLY ENGLISH
IN CLASS. Listen when other students or the teacher are talking. Work politely and
respectfully with your classmates.
Homework:
It is your responsibility to prepare for class and do your homework. When you miss
class, ask a classmate for the homework. Be sure to ask me for handouts.
Chapter Tests:
You will have four tests, one about every two weeks. I will announce the test dates in
class.
* How your final grade will be calculated:
For a passing grade, you must have an average of at least 75% in each area below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Attendance and Participation
Homework and Writing assignments, including Journals
Unit Tests (four)
Performance Tasks: in class writing
= 10% of your grade
= 30%
= 30%
= 30%
TOTAL= 100%
**Performance Tasks:
There will be “performance tasks”, also called “PTs”. These help us see your progress in English. You will show
how well you write by completing a writing assignment in class.
The grades for PTs are :
4= Excellent, 3= Good (passing grades)
2= Developing, 1= Beginning (NOT passing grades)
Please do your best to come to class on test days!
If you do not take a test or do a task, you will get a 0% for that test or task.
Please tell me ahead of time if you know that you will be absent. You will do the test on the day you come back
to school. You must make an appointment to do the test at my office if necessary.
Objectives:
Level 3 ESL Writing is for students who want to improve their writing skills. We will study English word order, spelling
problems, sentence boundaries, grammatical problems and simple paragraph writing.
VERY IMPORTANT !!
Tuition: You must pay your $25.00 tuition. If you do not pay, you will be dropped from this class. If you
are dropped you can go to the Advising Office to enroll again. If you do not pay for a quarter you can not
register for the next quarter until your bill is paid.
Repeat Policy: Students can not take the same class more than 3 times without permission from the
Assistant Dean.
General College Policies and Rules
 Smoking is allowed ONLY where there are signs saying it is OK. Please do not smoke in stairwells or near
classroom doors.
 Before you come into the classroom, PLEASE turn off your cell phone. You cannot talk on your cell phone
in the library or the LOFT either.
 Perfumes make some people very sick. The college asks everyone (teachers and students) not to wear
perfume or cologne to class. Please be kind and follow this policy so that everyone will be able to study.
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