Instructor: Sue Clary	Course: Writing Class – ESL Level 4, 5, & 6
Office: R130	Dates: April 6 – June 15
Office Hours: By Appointment	Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:20 pm
Phone Number: (425) 564-2008	Room: R 106 B
E-mail: sue.clary@bellevuecollege.edu	School Closure Line: (425) 401-6680

Learning Objectives / WA Standards

We will learn and practice how to convey ideas in writing. At the end of this quarter, successful students should be able to:

• Decide the kind of writing you need in your daily life
• Determine the kind of writing you want to improve
• Plan before you write
• Revise your writing
• Find and correct mistakes in your writing
• Decide and use the correct grammar for your sentences
• Spell better

Attendance

Poor attendance will affect your progress. Arriving late will also affect your progress. You need to come to every class. If you miss 20% (2.2 hours), you will not make progress. Attendance is important to progress to the next level. When you are sick, either email Sue or leave her a voicemail message. If you leave class and cannot come back, tell the teacher. It is very important.

About Class

Turn off your cell phone during class.

You will need paper, pens, and pencils. Bring them to each class.

Come to class on time.

Do all homework and participate (work in groups/with partners, ask questions) in class.

Be polite and respect your classmates. We learn from each other. We can help each other. We must treat one another with respect, even when we have different ideas. We will use professional student behavior that does not disturb others.

Grading

On some of your tests and on your homework, you will receive these numbers:

4 or +	Excellent
3 or √	Good
2 or √-	Needs more work
1 or -	Beginning

Folders

Each student will keep a folder. The papers in the folder will help show how much English you learn. Always deep these papers in your folder:

1. Attendance sheets
2. Writing Goals for this class
3. All of your writing assignments from the class
4. ARM sheet

Schedule Writing Class – ESL Levels 4, 5, & 6 (This schedule may change).

WEEK 1	Class Overview Past Tense Review Paragraph Exercise HW: Write a paragraph about your holiday break	4/6
WEEK 2	Writing Goals Editing Irregular Verb Practice HW: Practice Editing (finding and fixing mistakes)	4/13
WEEK 3	Editing Irregular Verb Dictation Simple and compound sentences Partner Interview HW: Write an introduction about your partner	4/20
WEEK 4	Editing Simple and compound sentences Review letter format HW: A letter describing something interesting about yourself	4/27
WEEK 5	Editing Compound and complex sentences Present Perfect verb tense HW: A paragraph about how your life has changed since you came to the US	5/4
WEEK 6	Editing Review compound and complex sentences Group story Irregular Verbs review HW: Verb worksheet about simple past and present perfect verbs	5/11
WEEK 7	Verb Worksheet Revision Checklist Adjective & Adverb Clauses Irregular Verb Review HW: Adjective & Adverb Clause worksheet and a paragraph about a happy day in your life	5/18
WEEK 8	Review Adjective & Adverb homework Review and revise compound and complex sentences Prepositions Irregular Verb Review HW: A paragraph about a happy day in your life	5/25
WEEK 9	Revision checklist Prepositions Spelling Irregular Verb Review HW: Preposition and Spelling worksheets Writing Test next week	6/1
WEEK 10	Review homework Final Review of compound & complex sentences Past and present perfect verb tenses Writing Test	6/8
WEEK 11	End of quarter celebration! Advising appointments	6/ 15

Academic Honesty

According to the website http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/policy.html “The principle of academic honesty underlies all that we do and applies to all courses at Bellevue College.  One kind of academic dishonesty is plagiarism, which may take many forms, including, but not limited to, using a paper written by someone else, using printed sources word-for-word without proper documentation, and paraphrasing or summarizing the ideas of others without acknowledging the source.  Plagiarism can also occur when non-written ideas are taken without documentation-using someone else's design or performance idea, for example.  In short, plagiarism is passing off someone else's ideas, words, or images as your own; it amounts to intellectual theft-whether or not it was your intention to steal.  Bellevue College instructors have access to commercial plagiarism detection software, so please be advised that any work you submit may be tested for plagiarism.”

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarism work will receive a grade of 0 without the possibility of make up. Cheating, stealing and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source) are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College  http://bellevuecollege.edu/writinglab/Plagiarism.html

Bellevue College e-mail and access to MyBC

All students registered for classes at Bellevue College can get an e-mail account. You can use your student e-mail and log in

to MyBC. Your teacher can tell you more about your account. To create your account, go to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam

Ready for the Flu

It is possible that many students might get to flu this year. Bellevue College is preparing. There is a website for students with information about the flu. The “Ready for the Flu” website is at http://bellevuecollege.edu/flu/students.asp. Also, your Bellevue College student e-mail account is the best way for your teacher to e-mail you if there is an emergency about your class or important information about the flu.

Policy Statements

Students in ESL classes at Bellevue College should make progress in their level. If there is no progress, students may not continue in the classes. The teacher looks at your attendance, classroom work, and tests (including CASAS tests) to decide your progress. The teacher will tell you at the end of the quarter that you need to improve. If you don’t improve, you might not be able to register for classes in the future.

Students with disabilities must progress like other students. You should tell the teacher about your disability, special illness, or your need for special arrangements in class. You can contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) office, in room B132, by telephone 425-564-2498 or TTY 425-564-4110 or at their website http://bellevuecollege.edu/drc to learn more information.

We do not wish other people (parents, spouses, and friends of students) to speak for students about school performance because this can slow student growth and progress. We do this because we would like students to speak for themselves and be independent. We also do it because the federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) says that we must protect the privacy of student education records. It is BC policy to keep school performance between the school and the student. If a student asks for a parent, spouse, or friend to be at any instructor-student discussion of academic performance, instructors will look at each situation and make the final decision. You can see all of this policy, Arts and Humanities Commitment to Student Growth and Development, at www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum.

Bellevue College Public Safety is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. It is located in K100 (telephone 425-564-2000 and website: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety. )